Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo (MPR)
00:00:10 Tishomingo Blues
00:03:02 GK talks about the drive up to Duluth from the Twin Cities
00:03:43 "You're the Top (Duluth)" - GK and Shoe band
00:07:50 Iron Range Wine commercial
00:08:35 Hair Donor commercial
00:09:28 North Shore commercial
00:10:12 "Life's A Funny Proposition" - Pat Donohue and Shoe band
Segment 2
00:14:00 Dog script
00:20:44 GK introduces Jerree Small
00:21:17 "'57 Chevy" - Jerree Small and Shoe Band
00:25:13 GK talks to Jerree Small
00:26:19 "Figaro" - Jerree Small, Shoe Band, and GK
00:29:18 Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 3
00:30:56 Guy Noir script
00:45:22 GK introduces Charlie Parr
00:46:06 "1922" - Charlie Parr
00:48:59 "Reverend's Eviction Blues" - Charlie Parr
00:53:03 Louis Jenkins reads "Duluth", "Hockey", "Berry Picking", and "An Ill Wind"
Segment 4
00:59:12 Catchup script
01:01:53 Swing 42 (Intermission)
01:06:07 Welcome back to the 2nd half - GK talks about national anthem
01:07:08 "The Star-Spangled Banner" - GK/ Rich Dworsky/ live audience
01:09:10 GK talks about Duluth's French origin
01:09:39 "La Marseillaise" - GK/ Shoe Band/ live audience
01:11:21 GK introduces French translator Milan Kovacovic
Segment 5
01:14:26 French Letter script
01:18:22 "French Canadian Medley" - Dan Newton and Shoe Band
Segment 6
01:22:05 Rhubarb script
01:25:20 GK talks to Jerree Small
01:27:03 "Minnesota" - Jerree Small, GK and Shoe Band
Segment 7
01:30:57 News From Lake Wobegon
01:44:43 "Foghorn Strut" - Shoe Band
01:47:25 GK talks about Duluth
01:51:10 "Ode to A New Dealer" - Charlie Parr
01:54:33 Louis Jenkins reads a new poem
01:55:55 GK talks to Louis Jenkins
01:57:20 Credits, Goodnight Ladies
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A Prairie Home Companion for April 24, 2004
April 24, 2004 broadcast with Charlie Parr and Louis Jenkins
Description
This week's show comes to you from the "Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas," Duluth, Minnesota. And so do this week's guests. We'll be joined by Charlie Parr, a Duluth-based country-blues musician, along with Louis Jenkins, a poet who has lived in Duluth for thirty years.