>> WE WILL BREAK DOWN THIS WEEK'S ELECTION ON THE LOCAL STATE AND NATIONAL STAGES WITH THE VETERAN POLITICAL OBSERVER.

>> WE WILL BRING YOU TO THE 15TH ANNUAL ALL SOULS NIGHT IN DULUTH.

A COLORFUL RECOGNITION OF GRIEF.

>> WE WILL REMEMBER MIMI PARKER WHO PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 6.

>> THOSE STORIES AND FORCES OF THE REGION COMING UP NEXT ON ALMANAC NORTH.

HELLO AND WELCOME THE ALMANAC NORTH, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, AND JULIE, WE BEGIN THANKING ALL THE MILITARY VETERANS TONIGHT FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> IMPORTANT TO TAKE SOME TIME ON THIS VETERANS DAY.

>> THANKS AGAIN FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US IN YOUR ENTIRE COUNTRY.

>> WELCOME, EVERYONE, A REFERENDUM FOR INCREASED CITY FUNDING FAILED BY OVER 200 VOTES IN THIS WEEK'S ELECTION AS VOTERS REJECTED A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

VOTERS APPROVED A COMMUNITY RECREATION INITIATIVE THAT WILL RAISE THE CITIES SALES TAX BY A HALF A PERCENT.

THE REFERENDUM WILL RAISE NEARLY $20 MILLION TO UPGRADE THE ICE ARENA, UPDATE PARKS RECREATION FACILITY, AND COMPLETE A CITYWIDE TRAIL.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ELECTION NEWS COMING UP.

>> DULUTH-BASED MINNESOTA POWER IS CLOSER TO ITS GOAL OF PROVIDING COAL FREE ELECTRICITY BY 2035.

THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION VOTED ON THURSDAY TO APPROVE A PET -- APPROVE A PLAN A RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS.

MINNESOTA POWER WILL ADD MORE WIND AND SOLAR POWER AND EVENTUALLY SHUT DOWN ITS TWO REMAINING COAL BURNING PLANTS.

>> THE RESULTS OF THIS WEEK'S ELECTIONS ARE STILL BEING DIGESTED, ESPECIALLY ON THE NATIONAL SCENE OR CONTROL OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE AND SENATE STILL HANG IN THE BALANCE.

THERE WERE PLENTY OF SURPRISES UP-AND-DOWN THE BALLET IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN.

HERE TO HELP US SORT IT ALL OUT IS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.

MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE US BACK TO WINSTED OUT TO YOU AS YOU ARE WATCHING THE ELECTION RETURNS COMING IN FROM THIS WEEKEND.

>> I THINK EVERYBODY KNEW THAT NORTHEAST MINNESOTA WAS GOING TO GO REPUBLICAN.

I DID NOT TAKE IT WOULD GO AS FAR AS IT DID THIS TIME, BUT IT DID.

I THOUGHT THAT THE GOVERNOR WON BY A BIGGER MARGIN THAN I THOUGHT HE WOULD.

I THOUGHT THE STATEWIDE RACES WOULD BE CLOSER.

NOT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RACE, IT COULD'VE BEEN CLOSER, BUT I THOUGHT THOSE RACES, AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE DEMOCRATS PULLED THE TRIFECTA.

>> ARE TODAY'S YOUNG VOTERS NOT AS PARTY ORIENTED AS THEIR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS?

>> I DON'T THINK THEY ARE.

I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT COLLEGE STUDENTS HAD A STRONG LIBERTARIAN STREAK IN THEM.

NOT LIKE THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, MORE LIKE A MIND YOUR OWN TYPE OF BUSINESS STREAK.

I SUSPECT -- I KNOW THAT -- I DON'T INTERVIEW THEM, BUT THEY TOLD ME A LOT OF THEM ARE RUNNING THIS ELECTION AND I KNOW WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT AT THE CAMPUS BOX AND IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY DEMOCRAT.

AND THAT PROBABLY WENT A LOT INTO THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIAL ISSUES AND THINGS THAT AFFECT THEIR IMMEDIATE FUTURE.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE SWITCH OVER TO SOME REPUBLICANS IN THIS AREA.

NOT TOO LONG AGO, NORTHERN MINNESOTA, NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WAS REALLY RELIABLY BLUE.

WHAT IS CHANGING IN TERMS OF THE MESSAGING THAT THE PARTIES ARE BRINGING THAT'S REALLY RESONATING WITH PEOPLE OR NOT RESONATING WITH THEM.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT, FOR INSTANCE, CD8, WALLS LOST THAT RACE BY 10 PERCENTAGE POINTS.

SO IT TELLS SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THESE GREATER MINNESOTA IN THESE URBAN AREAS.

AND I THINK AS FAR AS CDA, A LOT OF IT DEALS WITH CULTURAL ISSUES AND JUSTICE FEELING THAT DEMOCRATS AREN'T LIKE US.

SO I THINK IT GOES IN THE MORE OF THAT THAN IT DOES ANY SPECIFIC ISSUE.

>> EIGHTH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN BE THE DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGE MEN -- CHALLENGER.

EVEN SO, WHERE SHE A STRONG OPPONENT?

QUITE SHE WAS A GOOD CANDIDATE.

SHE'S A STRONG SETTING ONE IN THE DISTRICT, BUT SHE WAS A GOOD CANDIDATE.

FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS THESE DREAMS OF CAMPAIGNS, I THOUGHT SHE RAN A SMART CAMPAIGN, SHE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ISSUES, SHE HAS A LOT OF HERE'S HOW YOU DO THINGS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

SHE TALKED ABOUT MINING ALONG THE LINES OF HERE'S HOW WE CAN WORK OUT THESE PROBLEMS.

CLICK SHE DID A LOT OF TELEVISION ADS, SO SHE GOT HER FACE AND HER NAME OUT THERE A LOT.

>> NOT MUCH, SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE HAD.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO WIN AS A CHALLENGER TO INCUMBENT, YOU CAN'T GET BY HAVING LESS MONEY, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BUY THE NAME RECOGNITION AND REPUTATION THAT HE ALREADY HAS, AND PARTICULARLY IN A DISTRICT LIKE THAT WHERE YOU START OFF AT A DISADVANTAGE.

SO, YES, SHE DID A LOT OF TRAVELING, IT WAS A STRONG GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN BUT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL PARTY, I THINK IT WAS AN UPHILL CLIMB.

>> ANY OTHER REAL INTERESTING RACES TO YOU THAT CAUGHT YOUR INTEREST OR HAD A SURPRISING IMPACT?

>> I THOUGHT THE RACE TO REPLACE BOCK WAS INTERESTING.

I WASN'T SURPRISED ABOUT THE RACE TO SUPPORT THOMAS.

I WAS SURPRISED THAT REPRESENTATIVE MURPHY LOST.

I WAS SURPRISED.

TOWARDS THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE.

I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT ROB EKLUND LOSS.

JUST BECAUSE.

THEY WERE VERY INFLUENTIAL, BOTH OF THEM WORK STRONGLY ACROSS THE AISLE.

I DON'T THINK WE CALL THEM PARTISAN.

ON THE OTHER HAND, EVERYBODY KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN SOONER OR LATER.

>> NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, THE COST OF LIVING, FOOD, HOUSING, HEAT, GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.

DO YOU THINK SOME CANDIDATES DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THIS WAS A MAJOR ISSUE, OR DID THEY ALL REALIZE APPLE TOOK ON DIFFERENT APPROACHES?

>> I THINK THEY ALL REALIZED IT.

WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR STATE REP SAYING I WILL DEAL WITH INFLATION, THEY AREN'T GOING TO.

I THINK EVERYBODY REALIZED IT.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A BIGGER IMPACT.

I THICK IF YOU JUST GO BY WHAT WE CALL THE FUNDAMENTALS, THE POPULARITY OF THE PRESIDENT, THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A WIPE OUT.

I THINK THAT'S THE MYSTERY OF THE SELECTION, NOT ONLY IN MINNESOTA, NOT NATIONWIDE ANNA MINNESOTA IS THAT DEMOCRATS DID AS WELL AS THEY DID.

>> THE FACT THAT DEMOCRATS DID SO WELL AT THE STATE LEVEL IN MINNESOTA, HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT IN TERMS OF CLOUT FOR THIS REGION NOW THAT WE HAVE A BUNCH OF REPUBLICANS REPRESENTING US?

>> WE DEFINITELY LOST CLOUT IN THIS REGION.

WHEN YOU LOSE PEOPLE -- SENATOR THOMAS WAS RESPECTED BY EVERYBODY.

SENATOR BOCK.

NOW YOU ARE LOSING REPRESENTATIVE MURPHY, REPRESENTATIVE ACKLIN, YOU DO LOSE CLOUT.

YOU WOULD HOPE THAT THIS STATE, THAT WALT WOULD SAY I REPRESENT THE WHOLE STATE.

YOU HOPE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT BRINGS IT IN THE PLAY.

NATIONALLY, IF THE REPUBLICANS TAKE THE HOUSE, REPRESENTATIVE AMERSFOORT WILL HAVE A BIG ROLE.

AND I THINK THE REP WILL ALSO HAVE A CHARIMAN SCHIFF.

>> A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE GLAD THE ELECTION IS OVAL -- OVER BECAUSE OF NEGATIVE TELEVISION ADS.

DID YOU FIND THAT TO BE TRUE?

>> I DON'T WATCH THAT MUCH TELEVISION.

>> THERE WAS A WEIRD ELECTION WHEN SO MUCH WAS GOING ON.

I THINK PEOPLE SAY IT DETERS VOTER TURNOUT, IDLED THE EVIDENCE.

I THINK PEOPLE GOT TIRED OF THE CHAOS OF THE LAST FEW YEARS.

FIRST WE HAD THE PANDEMIC.

I THINK THEY GOT TIRED OF THAT TO AN EXTENT, ONE OF THE THINGS TEST DR. JENSEN, I'M NOT SURE HE RAN A VERY GOOD CAMPAIGN.

ONE OF THE THING SAYING YOU WILL HAVE THE SECRETARY OF STATE ARRESTED IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD CAMPAIGN STRATEGY.

AND ONCE THE ABORTION DECISION CAME BY, I THINK YOU HAVE TO TAKE A DECISION ON IT.

NEXT DAY, WELL, MAYBE -- HE DID THAT ON OTHER ISSUES.

I THINK WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE STATE INCOME TAX.

IT'S SOMETHING I'VE WONDERED IF THESE NOMINATING CONVENTIONS ARE THE BEST WAY TO GO.

THEY TEND TO MAYBE NOMINATE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT THE FRINGES OF THE PARTY.

THAT IS THE KIND OF THING.

IT WAS AN INTERESTING CAMPAIGN AND I THINK CANDIDATE QUALITY PAID INTO IT.

I THINK YOU REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS RUNNING AND THEY WERE SPENDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THIS RACE DOWN HERE WHERE EVERYBODY WAS ENGAGED.

>> HOW MUCH DID THE ABORTION DECISION PLAY INTO THIS YEAR'S ELECTION LOCALLY AND ON A NATIONAL LEVEL?

>> I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED ABOUT HOW MUCH IT PLAYED IN AND I THINK IT DID A 24.

PEOPLE LOOKED AT IT AS TAKING AWAY A RIGHT.

IN THE INNS -- IN THE INCONSISTENCY, WE WILL SEPARATE THE CANDIDATES AND THEY WILL HAVE A POSITION ON ABORTION AND THOSE WHO ADOPTED IT FOR POLITICAL REASON.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION TO SOMETIMES AFTER 15 WEEKS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS IS REALLY EXTREME AND DANGEROUS WHAT WE ARE DOING.

I THINK SOME OF IT WAS PEOPLE HAD STRONG OPINIONS.

I THING IT MOBILIZED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

PEOPLE WHO ARE ANTIABORTION RIGHTS OF ALWAYS BEEN MOBILIZED.

PEOPLE WHO ARE PRO-ABORTION RIGHTS HAVE ALWAYS ARGUED THE SUPREME COURT, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS.

IT MOBILIZED PEOPLE AND MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT PLAY TO YOUNGER VOTERS.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, NOW GET SOME REST.

YOU'VE GOT TWO YEARS UNTIL THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

>> GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN.

>> TIME NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT, VOICES OF THE REGION WHEN WE HEAR FROM AN AREA JOURNALIST ABOUT STORIES IN THE NEWS.

THIS WEEK OUR GUEST IS MARSHALL HELM BERGER IN MINNESOTA.

>> 750 VOTERS IN THE COUNTRY.

WE SHAPE MINNESOTA'S GOVERNMENT ON TUESDAY WHEN THEY NEARLY ELECTED HERMANTOWN COUNCILMEMBER.

IT'S REPRESENTED IN THE MINNESOTA SENATE.

IT WAS LESS THAN A THOUSAND VOTES IN A GAVE THE MAGIC NUMBER OF 34 SEATS IN THE 67 MEMBER SENATE TO REGAIN CONTROL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN SIX YEARS.

THEY BROUGHT AN IMPRESSIVE RESUME HAVING SERVED AS POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR FORMER U.S.

SENATOR TO HEIDI HANKINS.

HE ALSO WORKED ON RULE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

THE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE SHOWN AND HE RAN A WELL-ORGANIZED EFFORT IN A DISTRICT THAT WAS TRENDING INCREASINGLY REPUBLICAN.

HE WAS HELPED BY THE SIX B PORTION OF THE DISTRICT AROUND THE HERMANTOWN AREA SURROUNDING DULUTH.

HE ALSO PERFORMED WELL IN COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES WHILE THEY LEAD IN THE SIX A PORTION OF THE DISTRICT LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN FRINGES.

ALTHOUGH HOUSE CHILD PERFORMED WELL IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT TO HANG ONTO THE WIND, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT REPUBLICAN ROGER HAS DEFEATED ROB ECTON OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

AND THAT'S BY A RANGER -- RAZOR THIN MARGIN IN THAT VERY LIKELY WILL GO TO A RICOH SINCE IT'S LESS THAN TWO DOZEN VOTES SEPARATING CURRENTLY.

>> TUESDAY'S VOTE WAS LIKELY A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR REPUBLICANS IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

WHILE IT COULD BE OTHER CARDS, IT DIDN'T PLAY OUT THAT WAY ON TUESDAY.

MAJOR CITIES INCLUDING VIRGINIA AND ELY ALL BACK WALLS OF THE GOVERNORS RACE.

IT PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE GLORY DAYS IN THE REGION.

IN THE RURAL TOWNSHIPS, THE SHIFT TOWARDS THE REPUBLICAN DEFINITELY CONTINUED WITH ONLY A FEW EXCEPTIONS.

THIS WENT FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES BY TWO TO ONE MARGINS.

THE BIGGEST BRIGHT SPOT FOR THE GOP CAME WITH THE ELECTION OF CONGRESS FROM THE EIGHTH DISTRICT TO 57% TO 43% MARGIN.

THAT WAS BASED ON THE STRENGTH OF THE SUPPORT OF THE NEW SOUTHERLY DISTRICTS IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE LAKES AREA IN THE NORTHERN TWIN CITY SUBURBS.

ORDERS ACTUALLY BACK TO THE DFL TALENT OR -- CHALLENGER BY SUBSTANTIAL MARGINS.

SHE WON ST. LOUIS COUNTY 57% TO 43%.

SHE ALSO EDGED IN LAKE COUNTY.

AND FINALLY WE ARE REPORTING ON THE DEATH OF FORMER SENATOR DERRICK JOHNSON WHO PASSED AWAY MONDAY AT THE AGE OF 80 AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS.

JOHNSON IN HIS HEYDAY WAS ONE OF MINNESOTA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL POLITICIANS.

HE BEGAN HIS RISE TO PROMINENCE IN THE 1960'S WHEN HE WAS ELECTED MAYOR OF HIS HOMETOWN WHEN HE WAS 23 YEARS OLD.

HE LATER RAN SUCCESSFULLY FOR THE LEGISLATOR SERVING IN THE MINNESOTA HOUSE, 1971 TO 1976, AND VOTERS ADVANCED INTO THE STATE SENATE FOUR YEARS LATER, AND IT WAS THERE THAT HE DEVELOPED HIS REPUTATION AS A POLITICAL STRATEGIST AND WITH A POPULACE PLAYER.

JOHNSON FREQUENTLY DREW CRITICISM FOR METRO AREA LEGISLATORS AND WE VIEWED HIM AS USING HIS POSITION FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, BUT IT WAS HIS CRITICISM HE WORE AS A BADGE OF HONOR AND THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF THE CONSTITUENTS.

HE RETURNED YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH HUGE MARGINS.

1998 WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER WHEN HE LAUNCHED A SURPRISINGLY STRONG BID IN WHICH HE TOOK ON THE HEIRS OF FOUR MINNESOTA DYNASTIES AND A FIVE WAY DFL PRIMARY, FINISHING A VERY STRONG THIRD AHEAD OF SUCH NOTABLES AS MARK DAYTON AND TED.

♪ >> THE 15TH ANNUAL ALL SOULS NIGHT TOOK PLACE THIS PAST SATURDAY IN DULUTH WITH FOLKS COMING TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THOSE WE'VE LOST.

THE NIGHT INCLUDED POETRY READINGS, FIRE DANCING ON THE PUPPET DISPLAY.

OUR PRODUCER BROUGHT A CAMERA TO THE EVENT FOR A SNAPSHOT OF ALL SOULS.

>> I REMEMBER LOOKING FOR MY PARENTS BEFORE I WAS BORN.

BEFORE I WAS BORN, LITTLE PEOPLE LIVING IN CREEKS.

>> THIS IS THE 15TH ANNUAL ALL SOULS NIGHT.

IT'S A CONCOCTION OF DIFFERENT TRADITIONS.

THIS TIME OF YEAR WE CELEBRATE THE VEIL IS THIN AND WE WILL HAVE OUR LOVED ONES AND ANCESTORS VISIT.

REMIND US OF THE GOOD TIMES WE HAD BEFORE.

I'M A PUPPET AND MASK MAKER AND I WAS ASKED BY THE DILUTE ART INSTITUTE TO COLD CURE AND EXHIBIT ABOUT PUPPETS AND MASKS.

WE REALIZE IT WAS ON DAY OF THE DATA AND I LIVE FOR YEARS IN MEXICO AND I THOUGHT, THAT'S THE TRADITION I WOULD LIKE TO EMULATE RATHER THAN MASKS AS HALLOWEEN CHARACTERS.

IN THE UNITED STATES, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, IT WAS BEST TO STUFF IT DOWN AND NOT SHOW EMOTIONS, WHICH WAS VERY UNNATURAL AND THAT KINDA GRIEF ANY MOTION COMES OUT.

THERE'S A TIME FOR GRIEF AND A TIME FOR TWO YEARS AND IT'S A LOSS WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEBODY TO DEATH, BUT THERE IS A TIME WE WERE REMEMBER ALL THE THINGS THAT MADE US LAUGH ABOUT THE PERSON, THE INDIVIDUAL THINGS THEY DID THAT WERE SO ENDURING AND WE HONOR HUMAN -- HUMOR.

>> DEATH IS A METAPHOR OF TRANSFORMATION IS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL THING AS WE GRAPPLE WITH THESE MASSIVE SHIFTS IN SOCIETY.

TO ACKNOWLEDGE DEATH AND ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT WAS DONE BEFORE US IS A WAY OF SAYING WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT'S NEXT.

IT'S A COOL MOMENT TO PAUSE OF WHO WE WANT TO CREATE AND WHO WE ARE.

♪ >> BECAUSE I DO PUPPETS AND MASKS I WANTED TO DEVELOP AN EVENT THAT BRINGS THIS SPECTACLE OF ALL KINDS, BUT ESPECIALLY PUPPETS.

AN EVEN LIKE THIS CAN'T HAPPEN WITH ONLY ONE PERSON.

ASSESSING HIS HELP PEOPLE COME FORWARD.

WE HAVE THE FIRE SPINNERS.

WE ARE ALSO HAVING THIS INCREDIBLE PROJECTION THAT SNOW THIS YEAR.

LAST YEAR WE DID PROJECTIONS OUTWARDLY.

THEY ARE PROJECTING INTIMATE.

THEY WILL USE SOME OF MY SMALLER MARIONETTE PUPPETS AND THEY WILL BE ON THE SIDES.

I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE OBSCENE PIECES BUT NOT THE WHOLE THING YET.

>> AMERICAN CULTURE RIGHT NOW, WE'VE LOST SO MUCH RITUAL AND TRADITION IN CONNECTION TO SPIRIT, THIS PRACTICE OF HONORING ANCESTORS AND CONSIDERING OUR PLACE IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY.

IN THE FUSION OF THAT AND THAT IS NOT TIED TO ANY SPECIFIC FAITH BUT THAT YOU CAN COME TO AN FIND YOUR WAY TO EXPRESS THAT GRIEF IN CONNECTION TO THE UNKNOWN AND BE HONEST LIKE A RARE, IMPORTANT THING.

AND JUST A WAY THAT MARY CONNECTS THAT WITH THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW, YOU GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

YOU GET THE ANCIENT, SACRED, MODERN AND FRESH COLLIDING IN A WAY THAT FOR ARTISTS, IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR.

>> IT'S AMERICAN, SO, WE CAN'T DENY WHO WE ARE.

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WE WILL LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH WORDS AND MUSIC FROM INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN DULUTH INDIE ROCK BAND.

MIMI PARKER AND HER HUSBAND WITH THE BANDS HEART AND SOUL.

MIMI DIED LAST WEEKEND FROM OVARIAN CANCER AT BELOW -- AT THE AGE OF 55.

THE CLIP YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF WDSE'S THE PLAYLIST PROGRAMS.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY AND BE KIND.

♪ >> ♪ AND NOTHING THAT HARD ♪ >> WE STARTED IT WAS ONE SYMBOL AND A SNARE DRUM AND SHE BRANCHED OUT WITH ANOTHER DRUM.

HER APPROACH TO DRUMS WAS A BIG FACTOR IN DEFINE THE SOUND OF THE BRAND -- BEN.

THERE ARE MOMENTS THAT COME INTO PLAY BUT IT JUST BLENDS IN.

>> RECORDINGS SEEMS LIKE THERE'S KEYWORDS, PIANO AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO STEVE, ESPECIALLY AT THIS LAST RECORD, THERE'S A LOT OF PIANO AND KEYBOARDS ON THAT RECORD AND WE THOUGHT, WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT LIFE.

>> THAT'S BEEN OUR INTENT TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THE SONGS LIVE BECAUSE THAT'S THE TEST OF A GOOD SONG.

YOU CAN MAKE A LOT OF THINGS SOUND GOOD IN A RECORDING, BUT IF YOU CAN PLAY IT LIVE AND IT CAN TRANSFER THAT WAY, I THINK THAT'S THE TEST.

>> ♪ WHEN I GO DOWN, I WON'T EVEN MINUTE I'LL BE GREAT I'LL BE JUST FINE YOU ALL STAY OUT ALL NIGHT LOOKING AT THE SKY LINE I'LL STILL HAVE MY SITE I'LL STILL HAVE MY EYES AND WE WILL MAKE LOVE WON'T HAVE TO FIGHT WE WON'T HAVE TO SPEAK AND WE WON'T HAVE TO LIE STOP WRITING SONGS STOP STRETCHING OUT LIES IT WON'T HAVE TO RUN.

WHEN I GO DOWN IN