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Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN With Cajun band BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet and mandolinist Peter Ostroushko & Friends.

Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minneosota, with Ian Frazier, Peter Ostroushko, and BeauSoleil.

From January 24, 1998, from The Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul with Peter Ostroushko and Friends, Michael Doucet avec BeauSoleil, Pat Donohue with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band performing "The Snow Shuffle" and Ian Frazier's wonderfully hilarious Lamentations of a Father.

Rebroadcast on February 27, 1999.

Guests[]

  • Ian Frazier
  • Peter Ostroushko
  • BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet

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
00:14    Tishomingo Blues
01:03    Opening credits—intro guests
04:30    Pat intro tune
04:38    THE SNOW SHUFFLE
07:55    applause—GK talk about winter/Proust in the Midwest— Talk with Peter Ostroushko
12:43    VIRGINIA REEL FROM HELL
17:47    applause
18:05    Peter announce musicians/talk about Heart of Heartland
19:42    HEART OF THE HEARTLAND
23:24    applause—GK back announce
23:47    Talk about guys in old system of childbirth, etc.
26:17    POWDERMILK BISCUIT THEME
27:31    applause—GK intro Ian Frazier
27:57    Ian Frazier set up piece
28:42    LAMENTATIONS OF A FATHER
37:18    applause
37:48    OLE FONTENOT'S SWEDISH CAJUN CAFE
38:52    applause—intro Beausoleil
39:10    newZ REEL
41:46    applause—Michael Doucet talk
42:20    Ma Vie S'est Arretee
47:30    SILVER LINING
1:03:00    applause—GK segue to intermission
1:03:32    MISS ANNABEL LEE
1:07:04    welcome back to second half
1:07:20    GREETINGS
1:10:26    PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK
1:10:45    GK talk with Ian Frazier
1:13:15    REMINDER ABOUT T-TUTT
1:14:51    GK INTRO ANDY STEIN
1:15:03    GET HAPPY
1:17:40    applause—GK talk with Peter Ostroushko
1:20:35    PUPPY BELLY DANCE
1:24:46    applause
1:25:06    MONOLOGUE—Hockey Game story
1:47:00    DOWNTOWN STOMP
1:48:22    APPLAUSE—GK BACK ANNOUNCE PAT DONOHUE
1:48:32    RHUBARB
1:51:17    applause—Welcome back Beausoleil/Michael talk
1:52:16    CAN'T YOU SEE?
1:54:59    APPLAUSE—
1:55:15    FINAL CREDITS
1:56:45    J'AI ETE AU BAL
1:59:22    That's our show for tonight!

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