May 15, 2004
 It's our last St. Paul show of the season, and we have a batch of musical guests with us. Jazz singer Inga Swearingen and gospel vocalist Jearlyn Steele perform, and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band welcomes Peter Ostroushko, Cindy Cashdollar, and Andy Stein. All this, plus the return of alternative-country band BR549.

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Segment 1
00:00:00Logo (MPR)
00:00:12Tishomingo Blues
00:03:06GK reads underwriting credits
00:03:38GK reflects on 30 years of APHC
00:05:09"His Eye is On the Sparrow" - GK and Jearlyn Steele
Segment 2
00:10:54Fish script
00:12:08GK talks about our changing spring weather with Jearlyn Steele
00:12:50"Sweet Corn" - GK and Jearlyn
Segment 3
00:16:26SFX (school) script
00:20:39GK intros BR5-49
00:21:09"Ain't Got Time" - BR5-49
00:23:30"Settin' The Woods on Fire" - BR5-49
00:26:33Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 4
00:31:45Guy Noir script
00:42:36"Give A Dog A Bone" - Pat Donohue
Segment 5
00:45:50Bertha's Kitty Boutique script"
00:47:05SFX (balloon)
00:53:39"My Minnesota Home" - GK and Shoe bande
00:56:19"Heart of the Heartland" - Peter Ostroushko and Shoe band
00:59:44Intermission - "Shivers"
01:04:14Welcome Back to the 2nd half, greetings
Segment 6
01:07:50Cowboys script
01:13:24"150th Anniversay" - Elim Lutheran - GK and Philip Brunelle
01:19:46"Whatever" - GK, Inga, audience, and Shoe band
01:22:40"Hush Little Baby" - Inga Swearingen
Segment 7
01:26:14News from Lake Wobegon
01:41:57"Cashdollar Berkshire Blues" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
01:44:44"Honky Tonkin' Lifestyle" - BR5-49
01:48:00"Ain't No Train to Memphis" - BR5-49
Segment 8
01:51:46Catchup script
01:55:17Credits, "Goodnight Ladies" / "Lighthouse" closer

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Jearlyn Steele and GKTom Keith and Fred Newman
Inga Swearingen BR5-49
Tim Russell and Sue Scott GK and BR5-49
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Guest Information
  • BR5-49
  • Philip Brunelle
  • Cindy Cashdollar
  • Peter Ostroushko
  • Jearlyn Steele
  • Andy Stein
  • Inga Swearingen
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  • BR5-49
  • Cindy Cashdollar
  • Peter Ostroushko
  • Inga Swearingen
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    Scripts
  • Fish
  • SFX (school)
  • Guy Noir
  • Bertha's Kitty Boutique
  • SFX (balloon)
  • Lives of the Cowboys
  • Elim Lutheran
  • Catchup


    •  Lyrics
  • Tishomingo
  • His Eye is On the Sparrow
  • Sweet Corn
  • My Minnesota Home
  • Whatever
  • Hush Little Baby


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