June 15, 2002
Rebroadcast August 7, 2004
Live from the Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri, with Iris DeMent and the Wilders, the Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and the Memphis Horns.

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00:00Logo
00:12Tishomingo Blues
02:14GK talks about Kansas City Zoo, Canadian geese, President Bush, John Ashcroft, fountains, barbecue
04:5220-75 - Memphis Horns and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
08:00Something's Got A Hold on Me - Mollie O'Brien and HGQ
11:40Kansas City Blues - Robin Williams and HGQ
15:26Father's Day script
19:14House of Steak script
23:05The Crawl - Memphis Horns and Shoe Band
26:35Powdermilk Biscuit Break
28:43Catchup script
31:34Unclouded Day - Iris Dement
35:40The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home - Iris Dement intros
40:36Sweet is the Melody - Hopeful Gospel Quartet
43:52Kansas/Missouri script
45:35Lives of the Cowboys script
57:21K.C. Moan - Pat Donohue, Shoe Band, and Memphis Horns
1:01:15Intermission - Castle Rock
1:06:00GK talks about Kansas City
1:12:52GK talks about Russ Ringsak, he performs "The Right Time"
1:16:27GK talks to Iris Dement, she performs "Living on the Inside"
1:22:22Monologue
1:37:26The Cheapest Kind - Robin & Linda Williams
1:42:26SFX script- Fred Newman
1:48:25The Shores of Jordan
1:53:00Credits, greetings, Home on the Range
1:57:42Last Night closer - Memphis Horns and Shoe Band

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Iris Dement Wayne Jackson
Tim Russell and Sue Scott Russ Ringsak and Robin Williams
Andrew Love The Starlight Theater

Guest Recordings
  • Iris Dement
  • Memphis Horns
  • The Hopeful Gospel Quartet
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  • Memphis Horns
  • The Hopeful Gospel Quartet
  • Scripts
  • Father's Day
  • House of Steak
  • Catchup
  • Kansas/Missouri
  • Cowboys
  • Sound Effects

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