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Special Guests Saturday, June 5, 2004 Singer-guitarist Leon Redbone first gained public attention as a performer in Toronto in the 1970s. He recorded several albums and made a number of appearances on Saturday Night Live during that period. In more recent decades, Redbone's distinctive voice and delivery have been heard as part of numerous television and radio advertising campaigns, and in the movie Elf as the Snowman. Redbone's most recent release is titled Any Time. Breathing new life into "old-timey" music, Old Crow Medicine Show is made up of five artists from all over the country. They were born in the summer of 1998 when its members met in upstate New York and decided to travel westward in the spirit of old time traveling medicine shows and minstrel acts. They traveled ten thousand miles in three months, playing in countless theaters, schools, and honkytonks. While in the mountains of Southern Appalachia they had a truly "hands-on" experience--learning old ways of farming and music making, playing with some of the finest old-time musicians, making their own instruments, and raising a sheep named Daisy and a pig named Jasmine. They have since moved to Nashville, Tennessee and perform frequently at The Grand Ole Opry. Old Crow Medicine Show is Ketch Secor (vocals, fiddle, harmonica), Willie Watson (vocals, guitar), Critter Fuqua (banjo, slide guitar, vocals) Kevin Hayes (guitjo) and Morgan Jahnig (doghouse bass). | | | | |
Now Available:
A Christmas Blizzard
GK's New Holiday Story
A comic novella about a Hawaii-bound holiday traveler who ends up stranded in his North Dakota hometown.
Audio edition also available»
The Prairie Home cruise has become legendary on two of the Seven Seas and now is setting sail on a third, a weeklong spring break cruise of the western Caribbean along the Mexican coast, and it leaves March 14 from Tampa.
Stories of a Wobegon romance far from home, all delivered with Garrison Keillor's trademark humor.
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The latest collection of Lake Wobegon short stories gathered from live broadcasts include Confirmation Sunday, the church directory photos, Pastor Ingqvist's leather bound sermons along with song lyrics and the "95 Theses," among others. Companion audio also available.
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