Greg Brown, Duluth Accordianaires, Iowa Choir, Prudence Johnson, Garrison Keillor, Vern Sutton. The Wallets, Butch Thompson,
Who Woulda Thunk It ( Greg Brown ) Stars and Stripes Forever (Duluth Accordianaires ) Accordian man polka (Duluth Accordianaires ) Melody of love (Duluth Accordianaires ) Jalisco (Duluth Accordianaires ) Mississippi serenade ( Prudence Johnson ) Home in the sky ( Prudence Johnson ) All the money's gone ( Greg Brown ) People hide love ( Greg Brown ) Better Get Better ( Greg Brown ) Of time and space ( Garrison Keillor ) Greg don't go to the coast ( Garrison Keillor ) Four wet pigs ( Vern Sutton ) I don't wanna have a nice day (The Wallets ) Slow food (The Wallets ) Train Carrying Jimmy Rogers Home ( Butch Thompson ) Early (Iowa Choir ) Iowa Waltz (Iowa Choir )
Belcher Seed Company Bertha's Kitty Boutique Fearmonger's Shop Feed and Seed Lake Wobegon Chamber of Commerce Mackeral Bob Albums Minnesota Language Systems National Interstate Road System Peterson, Ritche Powdermilk Biscuits
Albuquerque; Ruthie had a baby, Bud took the snowplow off his truck; Harold visited by seed salesman; / March and Lent in MN makes you miserable. It's cold and you wear about 30 pounds of wool clothing. The wind blows sand into your eyes. You are miserable, and cold and then you think about Albuquerque where you never get old because you never get cold. If Christians in Albuquerque asked God about the best place to live, he might say MN. GK loves LW because the people look March in the face and deny that it exists. Bud took the blade off the snow plow. If it snows, we'll have to wait for it to melt. Ruthy's baby was not far enough into wedlock. Everybody said she came from a big-boned family. At 8-1/2 pounds, it was the largest premature baby in history. Harold at the Feed and Seed put out the seed packets in the old wooden bins. Ritche Petersen, the Belcher salesman, told Harold to provide visible appeal. Ritche believes that this will be a great year for seeds. He and his wife are going to buy a town house. He drives an old Rambler from town to town, thinking 'Sales!' The floorboards of the Rambler have been mulched with dirt from 100 towns. As the weather gets warm. the seeds are putting down roots. When his Rambler goes to the junkyard, beans, corn, water melon and flowers will reproduce for decades. Spell out 'SPRING K.' ----- It was a cloudy and dismal week in Lake Wobegon. Going outside, the wind blow blew sand in your eyes as you trudged through the ugly backyards of dead grass. This type of weather makes one dream about other locations. The truth is, God likely believes Minnesota is the perfect location. This week, in spite of the snow forecast, Bud took the blade off of the snowplow because he was just done with it. The snow would just have to melt. Denial. At the Feed and Seed, Harold was putting out the packets of seed. He too was denying the fact that winter really might not be over. It is the belief that this is the year of the seed. Ritche Belcher is the seed salesman from Belcher Seeds, and at twenty-five he takes great pride in his work. He has spilled lots of seeds in the car over the last few years and as the weather warms, plants start sprouting through the floor boards. Eventually these cars become planters that need to end up in the junkyard. Spring is coming.
Greg Brown is going on a tour. Long discussion of Greg Brown's music.