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Garrison Keillor's Rhubarb Show
April 3, 2004
This is the second of a series of special late-night cabaret performances at the Fitzgerald Theater. This week we featured Jazz singer Jennifer Grimm, gospel group House of Mercy, piano legend Willie Murphy, Mike Gunther, Spider John Koerner, and the Rhubarb House Band.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 "Blue Guitar Stomp" - The Blue Rockets

00:04:22 "Blue Bonnet Rag" - The Blue Rockets

00:07:29 GK recites "A Poem for Spring" - A.E. Housman

Segment 2

00:08:40 "Nothing But The Blood" - House of Mercy band

00:11:14 "Lonesome Grove" - House of Mercy band

00:14:39 House of Mercy band introduces its members

00:15:42 GK tells a joke

Segment 3

00:16:45 GK introduces Jennifer Grimm

00:17:06 "The Boy From Ipanema" - Jennifer Grimm and her band

00:21:50 "At Last" - Jennifer Grimm and her band

00:27:43 Video segment 1

Segment 4

00:28:47 "Shake Sugaree" - Willie Murphy

00:35:16 GK talks about binge drinking in the Midwest

00:36:13 GK recites "As Befits A Man" - Langston Hughes

00:37:17 "What I Don't Want to Know (I Don't Want to Know)" - Mike Gunther

00:40:56 "Have Mercy" - Mike Gunther

Segment 5

00:49:33 John Koerner tells a joke

00:51:18 "Careless Love" - John Koerner

00:55:27 "Stride By Stride" - Richard Dworsky

00:57:57 "Steel Guitar Rag" - Cindy Cashdollar and the Blue Rockets

Segment 6

01:01:30 "Limericks" - GK and Rich Dworsky

01:03:14 "Christ For President" - House of Mercy band

01:06:26 "Just Like Abraham" - Mike Gunther

01:10:22 GK tells a joke

Segment 7

01:11:35 "Delia's Gone" - John Koerner

01:15:11 "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel" - John Koerner

01:18:11 GK talks to Jennifer Grimm

01:19:45 "Kansas City" - Jennifer Grimm and her band

01:25:13 Video Segment 2

Segment 8

01:26:26 GK recites two poems about comfort

01:27:50 "Built For Comfort" - Willie Murphy and the Blue Rockets

01:35:31 "Pickaway" - Cindy Cashdollar and the Blue Rockets

01:38:39 Credits, "Blue Guitar Stomp"

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