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I'm Christine Dean and this is “Live from Studio A,” and I'm happy to be welcoming to our studios for the first time, a St.

Paul musician, Thomas Sticha.

Hello, Thomas.

Hello.

There's a lot of humor in what you do.

Yeah, humor tends to show up and in what I do, because that's just kind of who I am.

And life is serious.

But sometimes you just gotta laugh at stuff.

I've realized the roots that polka music has in my family.

My grandpa was a, polka concertina player, and a lot of their songs are really goofy and strange and about very random concepts.

So, I think kind of full circle.

It's it's deep in my blood somehow, to, to be able to write in that way.

So.

What would you like to play for us first?

Yeah, I kind of have a range of country folk.

I'm going to start out in the country side.

This is a love song that I wrote.

It's called “The Thing I Need.” You're the angel on my shoulder, when I let the devil win.

You're the sure is nice to know ya, special kind of friend.

You're the surest thing about me.

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And I'm in need of loving babe.

And you're just the thing I need.

You're the overdraft protection, when I'm at the ATM.

You're the antidepressant when I can't get out of bed.

You're the sweetest little lullaby, when I'm tired of counting sheep.

And I'm in need of a loving babe.

And you're just the thing I need.

The Slice from PBS North.