November 20, 1999
 Live from Rapid City, South Dakota, with bluegrass group Becky Schlagel and True Blue, and vocal harmony from the Cowboys.

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00:00Logo
00:12Tishomingo
02:02GK Talk about Rapid City
05:14Boogie My Blues Away
09:00Applause - GK Back Announce
09:28Times Are Gettin' Hard
12:15Applause - GK Talk
12:38Guns
17:17Jesse
20:21Mount Rushmore Park Ranger
25:57GK Intro The Cowboys
24:40Way out There
26:12Applause
26:25South Dakota
29:12Powdermilk Biscuit Break
29:38Music Break
30:42GK Sings
31:03Applause/GK Talk about South Dakota
40:14GK Intro Becky Schlagel and True Blue
40:43Listening to the Rain
43:19Applause
45:14Don't Let Me Cross over Love's Cheatin' Line
49:35GK Back Announce
49:59The Lives of the Cowboys
102:38Applause-GK Segue to Intermission
103:12Buddy's Habits
106:57Welcome Back
108:20Home on the Plains
112:58Applause/Greetings
116:18Ketchup
118:34GK Intro Becky Schlagel
119:47I Cried Again
122:26Applause
122:40Wings of an Angel
125:52Monologue
152:46The Easy Road (GK Credits Band Over Tune)
154:56Payday
156:34GK Back Announce
157:31East Tennesse Blues Fiddle Playoff
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  • The Cowboys
  • Becky Schlegel
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  • Mount Rushmore
  • Ketchup Advisory Board
  • Jesse Ventura
  • Gun Confiscation
  • The Lives of the Cowboys
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