First, John Hardy, with the five-string.

Then a medley (with the nine-string) built around Careless Love, including Frankie & Johnny, an adult version of the princess and frog tale, Frog Went A-courtin', and Father, Oh Dear Father (about the daughter who's told that all the boys she wants to marry are her half-brothers).

Then a light-hearted medley composed of The Mule in the Mines, The Landlady's Daughter, Pig in the Gutter, Old Woman Who Loved a Swine, and What Shall We Do With the Old Sow's Hide.

It was quite lovely -- vintage Art Thieme.

-- BK