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Live from the Bay Area-Concord, California. With the Turtle Island String Quartet and underground cartoonist R. Crumb and his band, the Cheap-Suit Serenaders. Keillor talk about Concord/Bay Area, Puff from Bertha's Kitty Boutique is corrupted by Crumb's Fritz the Cat; Guy Noir and Guy's Alpha Cologne.

Rebroadcast on September 14, 1996.

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  • Turtle Island String Quartet
  • R. Crumb and the Cheap-Suit Serenaders

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"Oh, hear that old piano from down the avenue.
I smell the salads, I look around for you.
Oh my sweet old someone, coming through that door.
It's Saturday and the band is playing.
Honey, could we ask for more?"
        – Tishomingo Blues

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