May 10, 2003
Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Robin and Linda Williams and their Fine Group, Adam Granger, Maria Jette with Dan Chouinard on piano, and the Singers of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church Gospel Band. Plus, Howard Levy joins the Shoe Band.

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00:00Logo
00:12Tishomingo Blues
02:50GK talks about the weather, spring and summer, Swedes, being old
05:20Green Summer- Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
11:17GK talks about being a Democrat- he doesn't want to be a Democrat anymore
12:44We're All Republicans Now - GK and Shoe Band
13:31Gypsy Woman - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
16:17Mr. and Mrs. Jones - Adam Granger
21:25Democrats script
22:57Bei Mir Bist du Schoen - Howard Levy and Shoe Band
26:09Mamma - Maria Jette and Dan Chouinard
29:35Explosives script
31:25Powdermilk Biscuit Break
33:22When She Loved Me - Maria Jette and Dan Chouinard
37:24Rainy Day Woman - Pat Donohue, Garrison Keillor, band
39:46The Blues Come Around - Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
43:07Republican Guns script
46:09Howard Levy Harmonicas script
48:30Howard's Boogie
49:25American Fishing Theater script
59:54Milky White Way - Wayne Luchau and the St. Andrew's Lutheran Church Singers
1:02:30Intermission - Oh Lady Be Good
1:06:50GK talks about pilot Anders Christenson, farmer John Johnson from Iowa, Greetings
1:13:27Home #235 - Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
1:17:57SFX script
1:20:10Ketchup script
1:22:52Marvin & Mavis - Springtime on Broadway
1:27:13Nuages - Howard Levy and band
1:31:12Monologue
1:45:13Heaven When You Die - GK, Robin & Linda Williams
1:47:57Matter of Time - Pat Donohue and band
1:51:18We're All Republicans Now reprise
1:52:56Used to Be - Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
1:57:15Credits, Next Time I'm in Town closer

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Linda Williams Robin Williams
Adam Granger Howard Levy and Pat Donohue
Tim Russell and Sue Scott Pat Donohue

Guest Recordings
  • Robin and Linda Willams
  • Howard Levy
  • Adam Granger
  • Maria Jette
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    Guest Information
  • Robin and Linda Williams
  • Howard Levy
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  • Democrats
  • Explosives
  • Republican Guns
  • Howard Levy Harmonica
  • American Fishing Theater
  • SFX
  • Ketchup
  • We Are All Republicans Now [lyrics]

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