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November 27, 2004
What's a holiday without friends, we say,
and that's why we've invited some of the best back to St. Paul for the
Thanksgiving-weekend show: The Boys of the Lough will play traditional Celtic tunes and singer/pianist Kelley Hunt will tune in with the blues. Robin and Linda Williams will be with us as well, as will guitarist/mandolinist/fiddler John Niemann, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and more.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:12 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:02:45 | Carson script |
| 00:09:24 | GK compares winter to marriage |
| 00:09:55 | "I Am a Pilgrim" - GK/Robin & Linda Williams |
| 00:12:26 | Meat script |
| 00:13:30 | "Blues When I Exercise" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band |
| 00:17:11 | GK introduces Boys of the Lough |
| 00:19:46 | "Hornpipes" - Boys of the Lough |
| 00:22:27 | "My Love, My God" - Boys of the Lough |
| 00:27:49 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:29:27 | GK talks to Robin & Linda Williams |
| 00:30:13 | Department of Folk Song: "Home Sweet Home," "A Mother's Prayer," "Daddy & Home," "Mom & Dad's Waltz," "Precious Memories" |
| 00:40:29 | Guy Noir |
| 00:48:56 | "Someday Never Comes" - John Niemann and Shoe Band |
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| Segment 3 |
| 00:53:02 | GK introduces Kelley Hunt |
| 00:53:33 | "Long Way Home" - Kelley Hunt Band |
| 00:58:11 | "Why Do I Love You?" - Kelley Hunt Band |
| 01:03:00 | Intermission/"Avalon" - Shoe Band |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:07:16 | Welcome back/Greetings |
| 01:10:30 | "Visions of Mother and Dad" - Robin & Linda Williams |
| 01:14:50 | Lives of the Cowboys script |
| 01:21:38 | GK talks to Kelley Hunt |
| 01:22:13 | "A New Shade of Blue" - Kelley Hunt Band |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:26:42 | The News from Lake Wobegon |
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| Segment 6 |
| 01:46:05 | "Stuff the Turkey" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 01:48:42 | "We're All Republicans Now" - GK and Shoe Band |
| 01:51:00 | GK introduces Boys of the Lough |
| 01:51:32 | "Polkas" - Boys of the Lough |
| 01:56:03 | Credits, "The Parting Glass," "Floers for Edinburgh" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band/Boys of the Lough |
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Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Melissa Sperl)
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| Sound-effects man Tom Keith chimes in on the Carson script. |
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Garrison introduces the Boys of the Lough, a traditional Celtic folk band, and learns how to pronounce the name Cathal. |
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| The Boys of the Lough with the Irish ballad, "My Love, My God." |
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Garrison starts the second hour of the show with some greetings submitted by the audience. |
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| Robin and Linda Williams with a song Linda wrote about her parents, "Visions of Mother and Dad." |
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The Boys of the Lough's Cathal (pronounced "Ca'-hal") McConnell closes the show with "The Parting Glass." |
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Dads Peter Cryan
& Jim Olmstead |
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We met these two guys on November 27, waiting outside in the snow for their families. Or "family," as the case may be since their kids got married in July: Peter Cryan (left) and his wife Terry were in St. Paul from Bolton, Massachusetts to give thanks with Jim (right) and Dixie Olmstead, the parents of son Phillip Cryan's new wife Julia. The newlywed Cryans drove up from Ames, Iowa for the occasion.
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