April 2, 2005
We've been looking forward to this: On Saturday we'll start our month-long visit to New York City with a live broadcast out of Town Hall. We invited mandolin virtuoso and bluegrass rebel Sam Bush, cabaret star Maude Maggart, violinist Andy Stein and vocalist Prudence Johnson.

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Segment 1
00:00:00Logo
00:00:13Tishomingo Blues
00:02:44GK talks about Buddy Holly, also, cadet Jessamyn Liu
00:04:20Opening SFX script
00:12:46"42nd St."/"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Maude Maggart
00:17:38Yiddish/Minnesota Dictionary script
00:20:59GK talks with Sam Bush
00:21:30"Memphis in the Meantime" - Sam Bush and Shoe Band
Segment 2
00:26:01Hans Christian Anderson script
00:34:48Powdermilk Biscuit Break
00:39:15GK talks to Pat Donohue
00:39:48"Big City Bound" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
Segment 3
00:42:21GK talks about Buddy Holly
00:44:00It Doesn't Matter Anymore" - GK, Prudence, Shoe Band
00:44:57"True Love Ways" - GK, Prudence, Shoe Band
00:47:33Guy Noir script
01:06:00Intermission/"Broadway"
Segment 4
01:10:05Greetings
01:13:32Department of Folk Song, GK talks to Cendra Lynn
01:15:29"Baby's Boat's a Silver Moon" - Prudence Johnson
01:17:40GK talks about Jimmie Rodgers
01:19:34"The Train Carryin' Jimmie Rodgers Home" - Prudence Johnson and Shoe Band
01:22:52Coffee script
01:24:25"Forgotten Man" - Maude Maggart
01:27:54GK talks to Maude Maggart
01:30:11"Talk of the Town" - Maude Maggart
Segment 5
01:33:26The News from Lake Wobegon
Segment 6
01:47:05"Puppies & Knapsacks" - Sam Bush and Shoe Band
01:51:09Catchup script
01:55:08"I'll See You Again" - Maude Maggart
01:56:35Credits
01:57:38"Red River Valley" - GK, Prudence, Shoe Band

Scene at the Fitz

June 25, 2005
Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta, Georgia
Bea Meyer and Iris Schessel. Bea was born and raised in Minnesota, but now lives in Atlanta.


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The leader of our Guy's All-Star Show Band, Rich Dworsky.Cabaret singer Maude Maggart, with "42nd Street"/"Boulevard of Broken Dreams."
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Prudence Johnson joins Garrison on a tribute to Buddy Holly, with "True Love Ways." Maude Maggart plays herself in the Guy Noir script.
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Garrison leads the audience in "Oklahoma."The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, featuring Andy Stein and Sam Bush, with "Puppies and Knapsacks."

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  • Sam Bush
  • Maude Maggart
  • Andy Stein
  • Prudence Johnson
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  • Sam Bush

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  • Yiddish/Minnesota Dictionary script
  • Hans Christian Anderson script
  • Guy Noir script
  • Coffee script
  • Catchup script
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