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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

February 7, 2004
Tune in this week as we broadcast live from the thermal waters of Hot Springs, Arkansas. On the musical roster are mandolin virtuoso and bluegrass rebel Sam Bush, cowboy poet Billy Joe Shaver, and steel guitar and dobro master Cindy Cashdollar.

This show was rebroadcast on March 5, 2005. Listen to the whole show as aired during the rebroadcast.

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In segments
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Segment 1
00:00:00Logo (MPR)
00:00:12Tishomingo Blues
00:02:53GK talks about Hot Springs, home of Bill Clinton, home of world's shortest St. Patrick's Day parade, bath houses, city is a loose buckle on the bible belt, pure water, politics
00:05:07"Eight More Miles to Louisville" - Sam Bush and Shoe Band
Segment 2
00:09:02Duct Tape script
00:11:53"Blue Guitar Stomp" - Cindy Cashdollar and Shoe Band
Segment 3
00:13:05Babes script
00:14:28"Hey Good Lookin'" - Cindy Cashdollar and Shoe Band
Segment 4
00:16:01Radio script
Segment 5
00:47:19Fritz Electronics script
Segment 6
00:18:41Guy Noir script
00:30:02Powdermilk Biscuit Break with "Turn Your Radio" "On Nonsense Song" "Where the Soul of Man Never Dies"
00:35:00GK talks about Hot Springs
00:40:47"Dixie" - GK and Shoe band
00:41:52"Old Chunk of Coal" - Billy Joe Shaver
00:45:22"Georgia on a Fast Train" - Billy Joe Shaver
00:49:14"Live Forever" - Billy Joe Shaver
Segment 7
00:52:24Grieg (Married Life) script
01:00:36Intermission - Marie
01:05:25Greetings
01:10:00"They're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" - Sam Bush and Shoe band
Segment 8
01:15:56Wait script
01:17:27GK talks to Charlotte Crosmer, national old-time fiddling champion
01:18:42"Beaumont Rag" - Charlotte Crosmer and Pat Donohue
01:21:06GK talks to Charlotte about her family, her trophy
01:22:43"Blackberry Blossom" - Charlotte Crosmer, Sam Bush, and Shoe Band
01:25:49GK talks to Billy Joe Shaver
01:28:12"Good Ol' U.S.A." - Billy Joe Shaver
Segment 9
01:32:14News From Lake Wobegon
01:49:00"Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" - Pat Donohue and Cindy Cashdollar
Segment 10
01:51:00Catchup script
01:53:00Credits, "Goodnight Ladies" "Arkansas Traveler"


Photos from the show
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Billy Joe Shaver with bandSam Bush
Sam Bush with Shoe Band The Shoe Band


Guest Information
  • Sam Bush
  • Billy Joe Shaver
  • Cindy Cashdollar
  • Guest Recordings
  • Sam Bush
  • Billy Joe Shaver


  • Scripts
  • Duct Tape
  • Babes
  • Radio
  • Fritz Electronics
  • Guy Noir
  • Grieg
  • Wait
  • Catchup




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