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September 17, 2016      

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This show was a REBROADCAST
The Original Performance Date was 2004-10-02

This week: a rebroadcast from October 2004 at our home base in Saint Paul, the Fitzgerald Theater. Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Mark Knopfler plays "Back to Tupelo" and "Song for Sonny Liston"; folk and blues singer Geoff Muldaur performs "The Whale Swallowed Jonah" and "Small Town Talk"; and accordionist Dan Newton sits in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band for a medley of Bob Dylan tunes, polka-style. Plus: Guy Noir visits a psychologist, and an exploration of Saint Paul, City of Ambiguity. In Lake Wobegon, the host wades into frigid water to help Uncle Dean and Aunt Evelyn bring the dock in. Read notes from Rich Dworsky about this week's rebroadcast: Richard Dworsky:
This show featured the great singer/songwriter/guitarist Mark Knopfler playing with his band. His repertoire included "Back to Tupelo" (a dark song about Elvis and Hollywood) and "Song for Sonny Liston" (exploring the heroic and dark side of the legendary boxer). Not your ordinary subject matter for a rock and roller. Add Mark's instantly recognizable haunting electric guitar to the mix and it's always a great musical journey. Geoff Muldaur, the great folk and blues singer, whose high and reedy voice sounds like a voice from the earliest days of recordings, joined forces with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band for a few tunes. Geoff is also a scholar and preserver of jug band music, and it was always a thrill to play those tunes with him. And my very entertaining buddy, accordionist Dan Newton, created a Bob Dylan polka medley. Mark Knopfler, who co-produced Dylan, and has toured with him in recent years, must've really enjoyed it. We closed the show with Mr. Knopfler's classic country tune "The Next Time I'm In Town," which he recorded and often performed with guitar legend Chet Atkins. Garrison has made it one of his own signature "farewell" tunes over the years; and it was great to hear Garrison sing it with Mark and our Shoe Band. If you want to hear a couple more great renditions of this song, pick up the album A Prairie Home Companion: Duets, where you'll hear the song performed by Garrison and Chet Atkins in 1995, as well as a version sung by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris in 2006.