Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Live from Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts, it is our Season Finale with Leo Kottke, The Nilsson Sisters string quartet, pianist Hsing-Ay-Hsu and accordionist Dan Newton.

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00:00Logo
00:12Tishomingo
02:10Up on The Roof - GK, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
05:35SFX script, Surprise Symphony
10:28Norman Rockwell Polka - Dan Newton and Shoe Band
13:38Commercial Spots/ Drive Through script
17:21GK talks about Tanglewood
18:48Tarantella (Liszt) - Hsing-Ay Hsu
25:45Guy Noir script
38:13Powdermilk Biscuit Break
39:42Ge Mig En Dag (Give Me a Day) - GK and Shoe Band
41:43Too Fast - Leo Kottke
45:28Standing on the Outside - Leo Kottke
49:00Hobo script, into My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
1:03:26Intermission - My Blue Heaven
1:07:50Greetings
1:12:33What'll I Do? - GK, Shoe Band, and Nilsson Quartet
1:16:00Ketchup script
1:20:06Summertime - GK, Nilsson Quartet, Shoe Band
1:23:03Where Are All the Democrats? - GK, Pat Donohue, Shoe Band
1:25:45GK talks to Hsing-Ay Hsu
1:28:33Mazurka (Chopin) - Hsing-Ay Hsu
1:30:58Etude Pour Les Nuits Doigts (Debussy) - Hsing-Ay Hsu
1:33:20GK talks to Leo Kottke, into Corrine, Corrina
1:39:57Monologue
1:53:36Living in the Country
1:55:43Red River Valley (Housatonic Valley)

Photos from the show
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Leo Kottke Hsing-Ay-Hsu
Mr. Dan Newton On the lawn at Tanglewood
GK opening the show Tim Russell in Hobo script

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  • What'll I Do? {lyrics}
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  • Where Are All the Democrats? {lyrics}

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