AND A POCKET GOPHER HEAD.

>> WE USED TO HAVE MORE ANIMALS VISIT HERE IN THE STUDIO.

ANYWAY, TIME FOR THE MINNESOTA HISTORY PORTION OF THE SHOW AND THIS WEEK'S EFFORT IS ONE OF OUR MYSTERY PERSON SPECIALTIES.

SO THE PRODUCER IS ONCE AGAIN ASKING ME TO TALK IN A SILLY VOICE, SO HERE GOES.

[ SPEAKING IN SOUTHERN ACCENT ] "I WAS BORN IN OCTOBER OF 1979 IN EAST GERMANY.

MY FAMILY MOVED TO ST. PAUL IN THE EARLY 1990S AND I GRADUATED FROM ST. PAUL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1997.

I AM NOT A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN MINNESOTA OR ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD, BUT THE "PRODUCT" I HELPED CO-FOUND IN 2005 IS NOW WORLD RENOWNED.

I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS "PRODUCT" THAT IS NOW DONE MILLIONS O EVERY DAY.

SO WHEN AM I?

AHEM.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU'RE CALLING IN FROM MODUM CEMETERY OR COMPUTER AVENUE IN BLOOMING BETO.

651-229-1430 THE NUMBER TO CALL WITH ALL OF YOUR GUESSES RIGHT OR WRONG.

YOU CAN DROP US AN E-MAIL NOTE, ALMANAC@TPT.ORG, THE ELECTRONIC ADDRESS.

WHILE YOU'RE ON THE INTERNET GOOGLE MAY BE A GOOD RESEARCH TOOL HIS WEEK.

EXTRA CREDIT TO ANY FORMER TPT STAFFER WHO CALLS IN WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER AND NOTE THEIR CONNECTION TO THIS FIRST THING THAT THIS MYSTERY MINNESOTAN DID.

JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC FROM THE ARCHIVES.

THIS WEEK, 2013, AWARD-WINNING NASHVILLE SONGWRITER JERRY VANDIVER VISITED US IN STUDIO B.

B.

IN ADDITION TO WRITING COUNTRY SONGS THAT HAVE SOLD MORE THAN 15 MILLION RECORDS, JERRY SPENDS A LOT OF TIME IN A CANOE IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS AND HE HAS OF COURSE WRITTEN ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

TAKE A LISTEN TO "CAMP COFFEE."

BE BACK NEXT WEEK, AND BE CAREFUL.

♪ ♪ >> LYRICS: CRAWL OUT OF THE TENT, FIRST THING I DO FIRE UP THE POCKET ROCKET, START THE BREW WAIT FOR A WHIFF OF THAT WAKE-ME-UP AROMA AND THEN I'M IN A HAPPY CAMPER MOMENT WITH MY HANDS AROUND THE MUG I'M WATCHIN THE MIST RISE THE FIRST HOT SIP OPENING MY EYES FRENCH PRESS, GROUND FRESH, DIPPING BACK PERCOLATOR, IN THE CASE CHAFFE, GORMET, SPECIAL BLEND YOU KNOW I SAY THE TIME WITH MY MORNING CUP CAMP COFFEE ♪ ♪ LATER TONIGHT WHEN DINNER'S LONG GONE CAMPFIRE'S STARTED AND THE DISHES ARE DONE MY BLUE MUG'S WAITING WITH MY CAFFEINE FIX AND A LITTLE EXTRA SOMETHING THROWN INTO THE MIX WITH MY HANDS AROUND THE MUG WATCHIN THE SUNSET THE FIRST HOT SIP HOW GOOD CAN IT GET SWISS MISS, CHOCOLATE CHIP, DUNK A LITTLE COOKIE IN IT JIM BEAM, IRISH CREAM, MAKER'S MARK, AMARETTO ... SUPPORT IS ALSO PROVIDED BY... GREAT RIVER ENERGY: PROVIDING WHOLESALE POWER TO 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH ITS MEMBER-OWNER COOPERATIVES AND CUSTOMERS.

DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: IMPROVING ORAL HEALTH AND HELPING COMMUNITIES THRIVE.

DELTADENTALMN.ORG/TPT.

AND EDUCATION MINNESOTA: THE VOICE FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

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