May 1, 1999
 Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Dave Von Ronk, Butch Thompson, and the Plymouth Music Ensemble Singers.

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 Recorded on May 1, 1999, from St. Paul, Minnesota.
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00:00Logo
00:13Tishomingo
01:58GK Talk about Spring
02:56El Hambo Short Quote
03:27Applause-GK Talk
04:42Lulu's Back in Town
07:01Applause-GK Talk with Philip
08:02Spring Medley
13:00Applause
13:48University Big Cheese
24:23GK Intro Dave Van Ronk
25:18Hong Kong Blues
28:28Dave Van Ronk Talk
29:25I'm Just a Lucky So and So
33:07Applause - GK Back Announce
33:34Guy Noir
40:35Applause - GK Talk
43:44Three Short Spring Songs:
     Gala Del Dia by Guastavino,
     Early Dawn (Welsh Folk Song),
     Song of Summer (Swedish)
49:50Applause
50:23Jungle Jamboree
50:51GK Talk about Duke Ellington
51:28It Don't Mean a Thing
51:54Duke Ellington Info
52:39Mood Indigo
53:08Cotton Club in Harlem
53:48Swampy River
54:15Through The 30's
54:46Cotton Tail
55:21First Black Composer..
56:10Black Beauty
56:42Orchestra Kept Going
57:12C-Jam
58:44I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
101:43More Ellington Talk
102:28I Let a Song into My Heart
104:26In My Solitude
104:50Applause-GK Intro Band
105:31Jungle Jamboree
109:14Welcome Back to the Second Half
109:28Duct Tape
110:53Applause-Greetings
114:17El Hambo
117:18Applause-GK Talk with Philip
118:05Applause-GK Intro
119:33Psychic Pizza
120:40Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
123:38Monologue
143:30Echo of Spring
147:54Applause - GK Back Announce
148:14Ketchup
151:25Applause Dave Van Ronk Joke
152:05Makin' Whoopee
154:55Applause - Final Credits
156:38GK Recite Poem by Wordsworth
157:25It Don't Mean a Thing
Guest Information
  • The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
  • Butch Thompson
  • Dave Van Ronk
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  • University Cheese
  • Guy Noir
  • Psychic Pizza
  • The Ketchup Advisory Board
  • American Duct Tape Council
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