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Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Ad Vielle Que Pourra and Ch'uwa Yacu.

Live from the Fitzgerald Theater with the traditional Canadian folk of Ad Vielle Que Pourra, and Ch'uwa Yacu, the South American band who won the New York Subway Musicians contest and were given an all-expense-paid trip to St. Paul to perform at the Fitzgerald Theater. (They arrived in the middle of a below-zero cold snap.)

Guests[]

  • Ad Vielle Que Pourra
  • Ch'uwa Yacu

Opening[]

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


Broadcast Rundown[]

00:00    LOGO
01:46    Tishomingo Blues
04:09    GK talk about cold
05:22    Tim Russell Credits
06:39    GK segue
07:35    TOP HAT WHITE TIE AND TAILS
09:58    Fred Farrell Animal Calls: Use in a Blizzard
11:06    GK intro Michael Doucet
12:10    MA DOUCE AMIE
16:15    Interchange with Ad Vielle/GK intro
17:44    MENAGE A QUATRE
23:12    GK talk about the hurdy-gurdy
24:14    ECOUTEZ LES MAMANS
27:25    GK ANNOUNCEMENT
27:26    Cowboys: Moving on to Wyoming
39:24    GK intro Pat Donahue
39:57    THE ROAD TO KINGDOM COME
43:29    GK segue to Ch'uwa Yacu
44:19    YAMOR
48:33    GK talk to Faustino
50:29    NORMA ILLUSION
54:45    Guy Noir: Weather Man
1:04:10    segue to intermission
1:04:32    STOMPIN AT THE SAVOY
1:04:41    Break Credit Announcements over Music
1:05:49    Station Break Netcue, music continues
1:10:37    AMERICAN DUCT TAPE COUNCIL: Rotten Teenagers
1:11:49    YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME (Greetings)
1:11:40    Cold Weather: Character Builder
1:23:33    GK into Ch'uwa Yacu
1:24:22    SUENOS
1:28:53    Monologue: Handel's Messiah
1:49:37    Intro Ad Vielle Que Pourra
1:49:48    UN FRANCAIS AU QUEBEC
1:54:45    Credits and Café Boeuf: The Café Won't Close When it's Cold
1:56:41    ALOUETTE
1:59:36    Applause out of music
1:58:52    That's our show!

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