December 15, 2001
Live from Hill Auditorium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, with fiddler Jeremy Kittel, guitarist Jesse Mason, Jo Serrapere and the Hot Tail Section, Robin & Linda Williams, and Mollie O'Brien.

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Ann Arbor Days (Jo Serrapere & the Hot Tail Section)
News from Lake Wobegon


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Kittel and Jesse Mason Christmas Blues
00:00Logo
00:12Tishomingo
02:14GK open, talk about Michigan, liberal Ann Arbor
03:03Mary Had A Baby - GK, Mollie, Robin and Linda
06:34Blackberry Blossom/Jingle Bells/You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Jeremy Allan
09:50A'soulin' - GK, Mollie, Robin and Linda
14:06Synonym script
15:44Coffee script
19:47Christmas Songs: A Christmas Carol, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, Talkin'
28:40Powdermilk Biscuit Break
30:30Lake Wobegon Weekend announcement
32:55Theme Restaurants script
34:15Bertha's Kitty Boutique script
35:40Hill Auditorium script
38:08GK talks about Ann Arbor
44:19Fiddley Squat: Andy Stein, alumnus, intros
47:28GK talks to Jo Serrapere
50:08Changing Like The Seasons - Jo Serrapere and the Hot Tail Section
53:48Ann Arbor Days - Jo Serrapere and the Hot Tail Section
57:59Catchup script
1:01:02There'll Be Some Changes Made - intermission
1:05:12Greetings
1:09:42Barry Minot script
1:18:04GK talks to Jeremy Allan Kittel
1:19:23Gloomy Winter Is Now Away- Jeremy Allan Kittel and Jesse Mason
1:23:58GK talks to Robin and Linda Williams
1:25:08Wintergrace - Robin and Linda Williams
1:28:13Monologue
1:46:03Irish Heartbeat - GK, Mollie, Robin and Linda
1:50:20Christmas Medley - GK, Mollie, Robin and Linda, GASB
1:55:55Credits
1:57:36Blackberry Blossom closer

Photos from the show
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Jo Serrapere in rehearsal Jeremy Kittel and Jesse Mason
The Helpful Gospel Quartet in rehearsal Hill Auditorium on the campus of the University of Michigan
Jo Serrapere and the Hot Tail Section Smiley Mollie O'Brien backstage.
Reading room at the Cook Legal Research Center on campus

Guest Recordings
  • Jo Serrapere & the Hot Tail Section
  • Jeremy Kittel
  • Mollie O'Brien
  • Robin & Linda Williams
  • Music Information
    Performers, music sources and credits

    Writing Credits:
    Research and ideas: Russ Ringsak, Marilyn Heltzer, Laura Levine, Dan Fiorella
    Jokes: Greg Fideler
    City Notes: Jeff Mortimer

    Guest Information
  • Jo Serrapere & the Hot Tail Section
  • Jeremy Kittel & Jesse Mason
  • Mollie O'Brien
  • Robin & Linda Williams
  • Scripts
  • Synonym Society
  • Coffee
  • Theme Restaurants
  • Bertha's Kitty Boutique
  • Hill Auditorium
  • Catchup
  • Barry Minot
  • Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

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