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January 7, 2006
This week, we're on a deeply needed vacation. So, for this Saturday, we produced a special encore performance from January, 2005. Featuring "Country's most explosive hillbilly band" BR549, the magic fingers of Dan Chouinard, and singers Sally Dworsky and Prudence Johnson. Drummer Peter Johnson sits in with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting is at its best, and Garrison talks about winter, the holiday aftermath, and gets into trouble with Lutherans.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:12 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:01:41 | GK opens, talks about how cold it is, childhood obession with pump handles |
| 00:04:42 | "I Think of You" - GK and Shoe Band |
| 00:07:12 | GK introduces BR549 |
| 00:08:10 | "Little Ramona" - BR549 |
| 00:11:16 | "Cajun Persuasion" - BR549 |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:14:57 | Dry script |
| 00:16:27 | Gk talks with Pat Donohue about roadhouses |
| 00:17:25 | "All-Star Boogie" - Shoe Band |
| 00:21:08 | Tonsil script |
| 00:27:24 | "Chains" - GK, Prudence Johnson, Sally Dworsky, Pat Donohue, Shoe Band |
| 00:29:43 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
| 00:31:25 | GK talks to Prudence Johnson |
| 00:32:57 | "Vodka" - Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard |
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| Segment 3 |
| 00:35:53 | English Majors script |
| 00:39:06 | "Broken Bicycles" - Sally Dworsky |
| 00:42:33 | The News from Lake Wobegon |
| 00:57:57 | "Crackerjack" - BR549 |
| 01:02:11 | Intermission/"Hey Good Lookin'" - Shoe Band |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:06:18 | Greetings/Welcome to 2nd half of show |
| 01:12:22 | "Going Steady" - BR549 |
| 01:15:20 | "Freezin'" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band |
| 01:19:38 | Guy Noir script |
| 01:29:56 | "Start it All Over Again" - Sally and Rich Dworsky with Dan Chouinard |
| 01:33:20 | Listener Mailbag script |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:43:49 | "Rescue Cat" - GK and Shoe Band |
| 01:47:56 | "A Fool in Love" - Jearlyn Steele, GK and Shoe Band |
| 01:51:25 | GK brings BR549 back out |
| 01:52:48 | "I Got the Bull by the Horns" - BR549 |
| 01:56:15 | Credits |
| 01:57:28 | "Chains reprise"/Closer |
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Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Melissa Sperl)
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| BR549's Chuck Mead, with "Little Ramona." |
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Sound-effects guy Tom Keith. |
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| Prudence Johnson with "Vodka." |
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Sally Dworsky, singing "Broken Bicycles." |
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| Four-hands piano with Rich Dworsky and Dan Chouinard. The song: "Dr. Wang." |
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BR549, with the "I've Got The Bull By The Horns." |
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