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Good morning from Collegeville,

There must have been quite the party at LaPlayette last night. The “walk of shame” count in the parking lot this morning was 4. The music wasn’t too loud, at least it did not wake me. Maybe they were watching the Olympics.

In April of 1999, George Maurer did a tribute to Duke Ellington at The Paramount Theater. I have been a big fan ever since. We never miss his Christmas special at The Paramount in downtown St. Cloud.

George is a Johnnie and he has been composing music since 1988. George’s latest musical and theatrical composition has been 10 years in the making. He has set the works of German poet Rainer Maria Rilke to music. He and some of his friends will be performing “Autumn Song” at the Tennessee Williams Theater Festival September
20th – 23rd in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

There is a Kickstarter campaign to help raise the funds for the expense of the trip. Please consider supporting one of central Minnesota’s real gems in this effort. Here is the link:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/868070034/autumn-song?ref=email www.georgemaurer.com

The APHC show this week is a sour mash of shows from Kentucky and Tennessee. Special guests include Sam Bush, Patty Loveless, The Memphis Horns and Alvin Youngblood Hart. Writer Bobbie Ann Mason talks about the importance of radio. Enjoy the show.

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives” William James