♪♪ >> CATHY: YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT, GOSH, THAT WAS 15 YEARS AGO.

NEITHER R.T. RYBAK OR MARGARET ANDERSON KELLIHER BECAME GOVERNOR.

MARK DAYTON DID.

GOVERNOR DAYTON HAS NOT YET BEEN THE ANSWER TO AN INDEX FILE QUESTION.

JUST NOTING THAT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

WE ARE NEARING THE END OF OUR HOUR TOGETHER, BUT FIRST IT'S TIME TO CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON A BIT OF MINNESOTA HISTORY.

FOR THIS WEEK'S QUESTION, WE TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO 1993 AND AN UNUSUAL FEAT BY A MINNESOTA NATIVE, NOT SEEN HERE.

SOMETHING RELATED TO THIS MINNESOTA SUPERSTAR TOURED THE COUNTRY IN 1993, BRINGING OUT STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWDS ALONG THE WAY, BREAKING INDUSTRY NORMS OF BEHAVIOR AND LEADING A WELL-KNOWN INSIDER TO ANOINT THIS MINNESOTAN THE "MODERN MOZART."

OUR QUESTION FOR YOU IS SIMPLE.

WHO IS THIS MINNESOTAN?

AND WHY WAS HE OR SHE COMPARED TO MOZART?

HERE'S A HINT FOR YOU.

THIS "THING" DEBUTED IN IOWA.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM JITTERBUG LAKE, FISHDANCE LAKE, OR JIG LAKE UP IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY.

651-229-1430 ARE THE DIGITS TO DIAL TO REACH OUR FRIENDLY VOICE MAIL SYSTEM.

YOU CAN ALWAYS DROP US A NOTE IF YOU'RE ONLINE TOO.

YOU'LL FIND THE ELECTRONIC INBOX AT ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.

WHILE YOU'RE ONLINE, HOP ON OVER TO OUR WEBSITE AND CHECK OUT SHOWS FROM THE ARCHIVES.

TPT.ORG/ALMANAC.

YOU'LL LOVE THE HAIR STYLES.

TPT.ORG/ALMANAC.

IS WHERE THAT IS.

A QUICK TUNE-IN NOTE BEFORE WE GO.

REMEMBER TO CATCH "ALMANAC: AT THE CAPITOL" WITH MARY LAHAMMER, LIVE FROM THE HOUSE GALLERY, WEDNESDAYS AT 7:00 P.M., ON THE STATEWIDE MINNESOTA CHANNEL.

YOU CAN ALSO CATCH HOUSE AND SENATE FLOOR ACTION, COMMITTEE HEARINGS, AND MORE LEGISLATIVE COVERAGE ON THE SAME STATEWIDE CHANNEL.

WE'VE GOT JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR SOME MUSIC FROM THE ARCHIVES.

THIS WEEK BACK IN 2011, DEAN MAGRAW AND MARCUS WISE PAID US A VISIT HERE IN STUDIO "B."

TAKE A LISTEN.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.

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