
Index File + Stoney Lonesome archival performance
Clip: Season 2024 Episode 42 | 4m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
We ask again about "Minnesotan performer" + a tune from Stoney Lonesome from the archives.
We ask again about "Minnesotan performer" + a tune from Stoney Lonesome from the archives.
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Index File + Stoney Lonesome archival performance
Clip: Season 2024 Episode 42 | 4m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
We ask again about "Minnesotan performer" + a tune from Stoney Lonesome from the archives.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWE'VE GOT THE PICK YA DILLY PIZZA.
[ Laughter ] >> PICCADILLY PIZZA.
THAT WAS THE LATE RON MADDUX, CO-FOUNDER OF THE TASTE OF MINNESOTA AT ITS ORIGINAL ST. PAUL LOCATION AND ALWAYS A LIVELY CHEERLEADER FOR THE CAPITOL CITY.
WE'RE NEARLY OUT OF TIME TONIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A QUICK INDEX FILE SECTION FOR YOU.
NO ONE CALLED IN WITH A RIGHT ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S QUERY, AND TO BE HONEST, WE DIDN'T GET ANY GOOD WRONG ANSWERS EITHER.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO RE-ASK IT.
CATHY TOOK US BACK IN TIME TO JUNE OF 2003.
A CURRENT "MINNESOTAN" WAS IN TOWN "PERFORMING" BEFORE A CROWD.
ON THE DAY IN QUESTION, HE OR SHE ACCOMPLISHED A CAREER "FIRST," AND IT BECAME PART OF THEIR ROOKIE YEAR RECORD-SETTING FEAT.
OUR MYSTERY PERSON WOULD RETURN TO MINNESOTA INTERMITTENTLY FOR NEARLY A DECADE BUT DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES WOULD NEVER PERFORM AS WELL AS THEY DID IN THE SUMMER OF 2003.
15 YEARS LATER, HE OR SHE BEGAN SPENDING SEVERAL MONTHS EACH YEAR HERE IN MINNESOTA, WHICH IS WHY WE CAN CLAIM THEM AS OUR OWN.
HERE'S AN EXTRA HINT FOR YOU.
THINK OF THE TIME OF YEAR.
THINK OF A SPORT THAT IS OFTEN PLAYED OUTSIDE.
OUR QUESTION FOR YOU: WHO IS THIS MYSTERY "MINNESOTAN," AND WHAT DID HE OR SHE ACCOMPLISH IN THE TWIN CITIES IN JUNE OF 2003?
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM RADKE LAKE, BALL CLUB, OR HOMER TOWNSHIP IN WINONA COUNTY.
651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL WITH ALL OF YOUR CLEVER ANSWERS, RIGHT OR WRONG.
YOU CAN ALWAYS DROP A NOTE IN OUR ELECTRONIC INBOX: ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.
QUICK PROGRAMMING NOTE FOR YOU.
"ALMANAC" STAFF WILL BE TAKING A BREAK NEXT WEEK, SO WE'LL BE BACK FRIDAY, JULY 12TH.
BE SURE TO GET YOUR INDEX FILE ANSWERS IN BEFORE THEN.
WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.
IT WAS THIS WEEK IN 1993 THAT BLUEGRASS BAND STONEY LONESOME PERFORMED NEXT DOOR IN STUDIO "A."
TAKE A LISTEN.
AND THANKS FOR WATCHING.
AND BE CAREFUL.
>> ♪ I WALK DOWN ALONE ♪ ♪ I LOOK DOWN THE STREET ♪ ♪ NO ONE WAS AROUND ♪ ♪ AND THE SUN WAS JUST COMING UP ♪ ♪ OVER MY HOME ♪ ♪ ON HICKORY STREET ♪ ♪ IN A LITTLE FARM TOWN ♪ ♪ HEY, THE MORNING LIGHT BREEZE ♪ ♪ WHILE THE DEW IS STILL HEAVY ♪ ♪ SO BRIGHT ♪ ♪ MY HOME ON THE RANGE ♪ ♪ IT'S A ONE-HORSE TOWN ♪ ♪ AND IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME ♪ ♪ THE PLOW BROKE THE PRAIRIE ♪ ♪ AND THE PRAIRIES GAVE PLENTY ♪ ♪ THE LITTLE TOWNS BLOSSOMED ♪ ♪ AND SOON THERE WERE MANY ♪ ♪ SCATTERED LIKE FIRE FLIES ♪ ♪ ACROSS THE DARK NIGHT ♪ ♪ AND ONE WAS CALLED EARLY ♪ ♪ AND THE SURELY DID LIGHT ♪ ♪ PAINT THE MORNING LIGHT PRETTY ♪ ♪ WHILE THE DEW IS STILL HEAVY ♪ ♪ SO BRIGHT AND EARLY ♪ ♪ MY HOME ON THE RANGE ♪ ♪ IT'S A ONE-HORSE TOWN ♪ >> "ALMANAC" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY MEMBERS OF THIS PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.
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