Nighttimes Variety; 1111; Greg Brown, Mcclan Family Band, Red Willow Band; SD-Base

Night times is made possible in part by a grab for the northwest area foundation. A. Lawyer from the Twin Cities. This is night time as variety with your show. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening everyone and welcome once again my time's variety on tonight's show we'll be bringing you some country swing music from South Dakota's red willow band and some authentic Kentucky bluegrass music from the McLean family. Also with us tonight is a superb songwriter Greg Brown who will be talking to Greg a little later on this evening. I would like to begin tonight by welcoming the McLean family band with us the Macleans have performed in 62 different countries from Afghanistan to Zambia and all the countries in between the total 62 there

is authentic American folk music arranged and a lot of times written by the Macleans. The first song that they're doing for us tonight is a traditional fiddle tune with lyrics written by Raymond McLean the father and vocals and fiddle by Raymond Maclean the son. It's called back up and push ladies and gentlemen please welcome the McLean family band. What. You say there. Says.

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a truly talented songwriter Greg Brown he lives in Iowa City and has been playing and writing music for the past 10 years Gregg performs throughout the Midwest and is a frequent guest on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion show. His first album 44 in 66 has just been released and he's going to do it to right now off of that album. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome Greg Brown. Less sad because they all. Look out to try to get a little bit better. Some of the bad things they do but the night is young so I'm up for what I want to put on my hand I'm a poet and my plan is to boost the smile and I'm going to go downtown. Downtown with my pal around and check out all the sights so we'll be back here in the money. Feelin about are good but I do what I want but I ain't going to do what I should.

Let. Some people tell me that they love the my. Best. Buy was I to this is the one bagel with an AC swirls arriving to give Dolphins driving cars a. Blowfish blow into with grizzly bears and the bison are going to go downtown downtown and they all are. Sound check got all the facts will be back in the morning. Feelin about ever. Going to do what I want I ain't going to do what I should to where if you haven't checked it out or you know just what I mean there was a few surprises in that same old scene you might miss them but I. Wouldn't really have a lot on make you glad for anything you done got blown up you want to go downtown downtown the night all around the little town check out all the facts it will be back in the Mon feelin about it good. Going to do what I want I want to do what I do. Where else I might get lucky and run into my friends a block with

apartments the sign is the ring put on a little. Kid. Gets along and saw what I was sell was wealthy but the would be the wall I'm going to go downtown downtown and my father run a little check out all the sites so if I get them on feeling about I'm doing what I do what I want what I am going to do what I do. Yes when the flags come up so soon. So. Let's play a little music in trash that living room. Level back to business with a good old friend a file. Just keep playing music manage that the life of one of the downtown downtown and my father around the little town I got all his life so everybody. In the morning. Feeling about ever going to do what I want I am going to do what I have to. That you would know better Magica just before the gun monitors display

but then my not be undone. You want to know them in the zone with somebody with the moon the stars and the bells in numbers over to the indomitable they don't want to move down south. The sound of my alma mater when she got all of this I sat back in the muck reading the data but do what I want I don't know what. It's all gonna go down down to the dock and a great battle later on right now I would like to welcome one of the most popular groups in the Midwest the red willow band the red willow bands music combines jazz bluegrass gospel and swing and you said it couldn't be done yes it can because they do it so well. Most of the tunes that they do are original in the two songs that they're doing for us tonight are both original tunes.

Ladies and gentlemen please give a warm welcome to the red willow band. Ron. Paul. Would. Go. Again. With. Me.

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Read all band tomorrow night and Wednesday night at 9 o'clock. Right now I would like to bring back the McLean family band with a beautiful classical tune featuring Ruth MacLaine on vocals Please welcome the McClain family band. Let's see. Thank you beautiful. I'm standing right now next to who I assume is the head of the

McLean family band Raymond McLean. How long have you been together as a family band. Well I thought you're going to say as a family and a curse for some of us has been longer than for others. We began playing in the living room like front porch like imagine a lot of families did I think yours did of course. Thank you. About 12 13 years ago. Has this been a tradition in your family or in the generations before us first playing music together was in lots of families are ours too. So your father before you were knew his father before they used to play in a string band and my grandfather used to sing along and so forth. Now your wife what is her name. Betty Betty is she. She's not with us right now. She's at home doing our business I dressed smartly. I also know you have played so many different countries so 60 to I think is the month that we got. Do you find that your music goes over well in places like Japan and Afghanistan.

Sure. Music is music and people are people. People like to have good times. And music is really just a kind of a means to communicating it. Its been a pleasure to have you here as well as your entire family. I would like to welcome back once again with another tune. What is this tune called under the double eagle it's an instrumental and you'll see. All right. I believe you at all surprised. OK. Once again the McLean family band. And by the way that was Nancy-Ann on that fancy footwork.

They're terrific people standing next to me right now is my guest Greg Brown. Nixon was called early and this is a tune that you've written about God or about the weather or it's about a little town called early in the northwest and it's a town I knew we were going to the town and I thought they must have named it for the early morning light. Coming up over the prairie's. But it turned out it was actually named for a guy named Judge early. One that's out in a poker game and finished the song and welcome once again Greg Brown. One morning I walked. Oh I lived up on the street. No one was around. Sun was just coming. Up over my whole

history. You know a little oh fun time. Do we know if the moaning life for when the dew is still ahead. So Brad latter end up putting my home on the rail. Pizza was on horse town and that's all right I had with me. The flower Oh forever forever you get bloody all the little towns blossom. Soon there were many scatter light five flights crossed and one was caught early. Sure thing did rise in modern life but they do still that.

So let us. Bylaw Oh yes it was your style and that's all rise with me. And it's many sub five star on the floor by the fire and I don't know but there were a few was where I would use the for the green Some are we seeing for you here in my life with a Do this do that. So let us my

whole mole in the room it's a Awolowo North style. That's all right. For tonight I would like to thank my guest Greg Brown the red will abandon McLean family band next week. Brown is going to be with us so that would be quite a show. I'm Michel. Well a band is going to play us out Goodnight everybody. Is that.

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