April 10, 2004
The show will be spending Easter weekend at home in St. Paul's Fitzgerald Theater. Guests will include Texas country group The Flatlanders and vocalist Sally Dworsky. Plus Peter Johnson, John Niemann, and Dan Newton sit in with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band.

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Segment 1
00:00:00Logo (MPR)
00:00:08Tishomingo Blues
00:02:50GK opens, talks about Texas, taxes
00:03:45"Calypso" - The Driftwoods
00:06:41"You May Leave"/ "Easter Parade" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
Segment 2
00:08:45Taxes script
00:10:18"Jambalaya Polka" - Dan Newton and Shoe Band
Segment 3
00:13:36Guy Noir script
00:23:50GK introduces The Flatlanders
00:24:42"Wheels of Fortune" - The Flatlanders
00:28:14GK talks to The Flatlanders
00:30:05"Baby Do You Love Me Still" - The Flatlanders
00:33:06Powdermilk Biscuit Break
00:36:13"Wimoweh" - The Driftwoods
Segment 4
00:38:34GK talks to The Flatlanders
00:40:40"I'm Gonna Strangle You Shorty" - The Flatlanders
Segment 5
00:44:27Norwegenetics script
Segment 6
00:47:19Mrs. Hill script
00:56:24"Red, Red Robin" - Sally Dworsky and Shoe Band
01:00:11Intermission - "San Antonio Rose"
01:04:24Greetings
01:08:24St. Paul Jingle
Segment 7
01:09:38Coffee script
01:11:20GK talks to The Flatlanders
01:14:16"Back to My Old Molehill" - The Flatlanders
01:18:08GK talks more to the Flatlanders about Stubb's Bar-B-Cue in Lubbock
01:19:37"See The Way" - The Flatlanders
01:23:43"James Alley Blues" - Dan Newton and Shoe Band
Segment 8
01:27:42News From Lake Wobegon/Gospel medley
01:49:37"The Breakdown" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
Segment 9
01:53:29Easter Briefing script
01:55:38Credits
01:57:07"Goodnight Ladies"/ "Easter Parade"

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Pat Donohue The Flatlanders
Sally Dworsky Dan Newton

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  • The Flatlanders
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  • The Flatlanders

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  • Taxes
  • Guy Noir
  • Norwegenetics
  • Mrs. Hill
  • Coffee
  • Easter Briefing




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