May 5, 2001
Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in beautiful downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, A Prairie Home Companion welcomes with singer Mollie O'Brien and guitarist Nina Gerber, John Renbourn, and Robin and Linda Williams.

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No Hiding Place (Mollie O'Brien)
News from Lake Wobegon


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00:00Logo
00:12Tishomingo
02:34GK Talk, Bush's 100 Days Script, Continue Talk
04:19Clean, Clean, Clean - GK, Robin & Linda, Mollie
07:15Applause, into Spring Fever - GASB
09:49Applause, GK Back Announce, English Majors script
13:00Applause, GK Intro and Talk with Robin and Linda
14:28After the Fire is Gone - Robin, Linda, GASB
17:35Applause, Linda Talk
18:15My Mama's Hungry Eyes - Robin, Linda, Nina, Gary Raynor
22:39Applause, GK Back Announce, American Pharmaceuticals
24:54Applause into Powdermilk Biscuit Break
26:43Applause, GK Intro and Talk With John Renbourn
29:19Judy and Angie - John Renbourn (instrumental)
33:07Applause, into Watch the Stars - John Renbourn (w/ vocal)
37:27Applause, GK Back Announce
37:52The Lives of the Cowboys script
52:18Applause, GK Back Announce, Intro Mollie O'Brien
53:14River's Invitation - Mollie O'Brien, Nina Gerber, GASB
56:27Applause, Nina Intro Next Tune
57:05Having Myself A Time - Mollie O'Brien, Nina Gerber, GASB
01:00:27Applause, Mollie Intro Next Tune
01:01:22No Hiding Place - Mollie, Nina, Robin, Linda, GK, GASB
01:04:11Applause, GK Back Announce
01:04:36I'll See You in My Dreams - Intermission
01:08:53Applause, Welcome Back, Jarod's Note, Duct Tape
01:11:03Greetings
01:14:22GK Talks to Prom-Skippers, into Give A Dog A Bone - Pat Donohue and GASB
01:17:56Applause, GK Back Announce, Ketchup script
01:21:17Applause, GK Intro Keep the Home Fires Burning - Linda, Robin, Mollie, GK
01:26:09Applause, GK Back Announce
01:26:23Monologue
01:48:35My Sweet Potato - John Renbourn (instrumental)
01:51:42Applause, GK Back Announce, Intro Mollie and Nina
01:52:20When I've Got the Moon - Mollie and Nina
01:56:32Applause, GK Back Announce, Credits
01:57:39No Hiding Place reprise

Photos from the show
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Mollie O' Brien GK and John Renbourn
GK with Robin and Linda Williams John Renbourn
GK, Linda and Robin Williams and Mollie O' Brien singing Clean, Clean , Clean Sue Scott
Linda Williams Pat Donohue and Give A Dog A Bone (with Rich Dworsky at the piano)


Music Information
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Guest Information
  • Mollie O' Brien
  • Nina Gerber
  • Robin & Linda Williams
  • John Renbourn
  • Scripts
  • English Majors
  • American Pharmaceuticals
  • Lives of the Cowboys
  • Duct Tape
  • Ketchup
  • Clean, Clean, Clean

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