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Garrison Keillor's Rhubarb Show
April 17, 2004
This is the third of a series of special late-night cabaret performances at the Fitzgerald Theater. The Minnesota-based musicians featured on this week's show are hip-hop band Heiruspecs, folkster Ben Connelly, jazz singer Jennifer Grimm, lounge-rockers Coach Said Not To, Jeff Horwich on saxophone, and Minnesota blues piano institution Willie Murphy.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | GK Opens |
| 00:04:17 | "Matchbox Blues" - Pat Donohue and the Blue Rockets |
| 00:06:33 | "Let's Do It" - GK and the Blue Rockets, with E.E. Cummings |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:08:36 | GK intros Heiruspecs |
| 00:09:22 | "Meters" - Heiruspecs |
| 00:15:00 | "Face Card" - Heiruspecs |
| 00:17:07 | "Spanish Rose" - Willie Murphy |
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| Segment 3 |
| 00:23:32 | GK talks about Minneapolis, talks to Ben Connelly |
| 00:28:54 | "The Falling Feels Like Flying" - Ben Connelly |
| 00:33:26 | "Won't Do Nothing Wrong Tonight" - Ben Connelly |
| 00:37:17 | GK talks to Ben Connelly |
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| Segment 4 |
| 00:37:44 | GK talks to Coach Said Not To |
| 00:41:05 | "A Series of Near Misses" - Coach Said Not To |
| 00:45:05 | "Shadow Puppets" - Coach Said Not To |
| 00:50:27 | GK intros the members of Coach Said Not To |
| 00:51:10 | "Words That I Employ" - Coach Said Not To |
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| Segment 5 |
| 00:54:48 | Tom Steffen stand-up segment |
| 00:59:30 | "Black Magic Woman" - The Blue Rockets |
| 01:03:01 | "Nobody Knows You" - GK and the Blue Rockets |
| 01:07:55 | GK talks to Ben Connelly |
| 01:08:43 | "You Burn Hotter" - Ben Connelly |
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| Segment 6 |
| 01:12:52 | GK talks about Jennifer Grimm |
| 01:13:54 | "Queer Condition" - Jennifer Grimm |
| 01:19:05 | "Funeral March" - Jennifer Grimm |
| 01:24:51 | GK talks to Jennifer Grimm |
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| Segment 7 |
| 01:26:09 | "5ives" - Heiruspecs |
| 01:31:12 | "It Takes" - Heiruspecs |
| 01:34:49 | GK talks to Willie Murphy |
| 01:36:30 | "Is There A Voice in the Night" - Willie Murphy |
| 01:41:57 | "Built for Comfort" - Willie Murphy and Blue Rockets |
| 01:41:29 | Credits |
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Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Jessica Nordell)
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| Muad'dib of Heiruspecs | | Jeff Horwich |
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| Jennifer Grimm | |
Eva and Linnea Mohn of Coach Said Not To |
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| Lee Violet of Coach Said Not To | |
Felix of Heiruspecs |
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