May 20, 2000
 Live from the Redding Convention Center in Redding, California, A Prairie Home Companion welcomes Ramblin' Jack Elliott and women's vocal ensemble Kitka.

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00:00Logo
00:11Tishomingo
01:50GK Talk About Redding/Northern California
04:53California Cottonfields
07:39Applause - GK Segue
07:53Cowboys
18:51Applause - GK Back Announce, Introduce Kitka
20:57Prexvrunkna Ptichka (Bulgarian Song of Spring)
22:52Applause
23:13Dumaj Zlato (Slow Bulgarian Song)
25:49Applause - GK Talk With Julie
27:15Shto Mi E Milo (Macedonia Folk Dance)
30:00Applause - GK Back Announce/Forward Promote Jack
32:05Powdermilk Biscut Break
33:50Applause
34:07Sound Effects - Redding
38:23Applause - GK Intro Jack Elliott
38:57San Francisco Bay Blues
41:46Applause - GK Talk With Ramblin' Jack Elliott
44:15Jack Tune, Intro Next Tune
45:03Diamond Joe
48:40Applause
48:57Danville Girl
51:52Applause - GK Thanks Ramblin' Jack
52:35The Woodcutter and the Owl
102:27Band Plays Off With At the Jazz Band Ball
103:21GK Segue to Intermission
103:41What A Little Moonlight Can Do
107:43Welcome Back to the Second Half/Talk About Chico
114:00Greetings
116:09Goin' Away
119:08Applause
121:08Old Shep
125:30Applause
125:56Monologue, With Recitation of Sonnet
148:00Doin' Things
150:07Applause
150:20NRA
151:54Applause
152:18I Mori Makja Jano/Ne Po Pogrebu
154:40Applause - Credits; Riding Down the Canyon

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Ramblin' Jack Elliott Kitka

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  • Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  • Kitka
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  • Tom Keith in Redding
  • Lives of the Cowboys
  • The Woodcutter and the Owl
  • National Rifle Association
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