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April 20, 2002
Live from the Town Hall in New York City, with U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, English folk singer Kate Rusby and Fiddlers 4.
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recorded on April 20, 2002, from New York, New York.
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| 00:00 | Logo |
| 00:11 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 02:08 | GK talks about New York City, oil drilling |
| 05:55 | Marble Top - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 08:17 | Nobody Knows You - Garrison and band |
| 12:22 | Catchup script |
| 15:37 | GK intros Fiddlers 4 |
| 16:56 | I Know - Fiddlers 4 |
| 21:17 | Mazurka - Fiddlers 4 |
| 25:58 | Billy Collins reads "Love", "More Than A Woman", and "Sonnet" |
| 35:00 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
| 36:36 | Lives of the Cowboys script |
| 46:40 | GK talks with Kate Rusby |
| 48:55 | Cobbler's Daughter - Kate Rusby |
| 53:32 | Botany Bay - Kate Rusby |
| 59:39 | Intermission - The World is Waiting For The Sunrise |
| 1:03:50 | Greetings |
| 1:07:29 | Apartment script |
| 1:10:45 | GK talks to U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins |
| 1:12:30 | Billy Collins reads "Dharma", "Litany" and "Forgetfulness" |
| 1:18:42 | Garrison talks to John and Kate |
| 1:19:50 | I Courted A Sailor - Kate Rusby |
| 1:25:18 | Monologue/ While We're Young |
| 1:38:32 | Southern Hospitality - Richard Dworsky |
| 1:41:23 | New York script |
| 1:47:12 | You Don't Know My Mind - Pat Donohue |
| 1:51:03 | Smoker script |
| 1:51:51 | I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free |
| 1:57:40 | Credits |
| 1:58:15 | Edinburgh Flowers closer |
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