April 14, 2001
Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in beautiful downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, A Prairie Home Companion welcomes Lynn Peterson and from Scotland fiddle player Aly Bain, accordionist Phil Cunningham and the Battlefield Band.

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Start It All Over Again (Battlefield Band)
News from Lake Wobegon


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00:00Logo
00:13Tishomingo, Opening Credits
02:04GK Talk About Spring
05:04Oh Baby- Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
07:00Applause, GK Back Announce, into Guy's Shoes
08:40Applause, into Jacob's Ladder/Angel Band Medley
13:54Applause, GK Back Announce
14:08GK Intro Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain
17:09Stella's Trip to Kamloops/ Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell
20:51Applause, Phil Talks About Set of Jigs
22:46Charlie Hunter's Jig/The Mouse in the Cupboard/Rosewood
24:27Applause, GK Back Announce, into Celebrities script
29:41Applause into Powdermilk Biscuit Break
31:28Applause, GK Talks About Titanic
32:44God Moves on the Water - Pat Donohue and Band
36:10Applause, GK Back Announce, Happy Birthday Studs Terkel
36:44Guy Noir
51:49Applause, GK Intro Battlefield Band, Talk to John
54:38Applause into Number One
58:02Applause, Karine Introduces Next Tune
58:50Shepherd's Lad
01:02:35Applause, GK Back Announce
01:03:11My Honey's Lovin' Arms (Intermission)
01:06:46Applause, Greetings, T-TUTT Promo
01:10:31Intro Lynn, Today I Started Loving You Again
01:13:48Applause, GK Back Announce
01:14:00American Pharmaceuticals
01:16:13Applause, GK Intros Phil and Aly
01:18:10The Gentle Light
01:22:27Applause, GK Back Announce
01:22:50Monologue
01:43:00Applause, La Costeña
01:45:36Applause, GK Back Announce, Intro Battlefield
01:46:44Start It All Over Again - Battlefield Band
01:50:49Applause, into Wee Michael's March
01:55:06Applause, GK Back Announce, Credits
01:57:11Closer; Old Molly Hare

Photos from the show
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Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham The Battlefield Band (Alan Reid, Karine Polwart, John McCusker, and Mike Katz)
Mike Katz and Karine Polwart backstage GK reading the Greetings
Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham and the Battlefield Band Alan Reid and Karine Polwart
Final Bow at Show's End

Guest Recordings
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  • Aly Bain
  • Phil Cunningham
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    Guest Information
  • Aly Bain
  • Phil Cunningham
  • The Battlefield Band
  • Scripts
  • Guy's Shoes
  • Celebrities
  • American Pharmaceuticals
  • Guy Noir

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