A Prairie Home Companion from American Public Media

January 28, 2006
There's nothing like a University audience to energize our old radio show, so this week we're headed to West Lafayette, Ind., to broadcast from the campus of Purdue University, close by the Wabash in famed Hoosier land. Our special guests include the "Jimi Hendrix of Bluegrass" Jerry Douglas and his band, senior savant of the diatonic harmonica Howard Levy, singer Prudence Johnson, and the Purdue University Varsity Glee Club. Also featuring the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting, and the News from Lake Wobegon, all this week on A Prairie Home Companion.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:14 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:22 GK opens, talks about Purdue University history

00:03:33 "West Lafayette (Railroad Bill)" - Pat Donohue and Garrison Keillor with band

00:07:10 "Emphysenia Two Step" - Jerry Douglas Band and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

00:11:07 GK talk about students at Purdue University, basketball teams

00:12:18 SFX script

Segment 2

00:16:34 "Hail! Purdue" - Purdue Varsity Glee Club, GK introduces them

00:19:14 "Ambien" - Purdue Varsity Glee Club

00:21:12 "Lafayette Phone Book" - Purdue Varsity Glee Club

00:23:32 "Stout-Hearted Men" - Purdue Varsity Glee Club

00:25:55 Ken Lay script

00:28:22 "Indiana Medley" - Shoe Band

00:32:44 Powdermilk Biscuit Break/"Farewell Blues"

Segment 3

00:34:56 Librarian script

00:41:13 GK talks about New Harmony, Indiana and Robert Owen

00:41:44 "Baltimore Oriole" - Prudence Johnson and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

00:45:30 Guy Noir script

00:58:34 "Who's Your Uncle?" - Jerry Douglas Band, with Pat, Rich, and Howard Levy

01:02:33 Intermission/"Limehouse Blues"

Segment 4

01:06:30 GK talks about Purdue, Amelia Earhart's connection, Greetings

01:10:08 "Farewell Amelia Earhart" - GK, Prudence Johnson, Jerry Douglas, Shoe Band, Purdue Varsity Glee Club

01:14:44 GK talks about technological advancement at Purdue, research projects

01:17:40 "Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind" - Purdue Varsity Glee Club

01:20:15 News From Lake Wobegon

01:34:55 GK intros Jerry Douglas

01:35:35 "A Remark You Made" - Jerry Douglas Band

01:40:10 "Walkin' Blues" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

01:44:35 GK makes an announcement about this summer's Alaskan cruise

Segment 5

01:45:23 Law script

01:47:04 Worry Womb script

01:50:11 "The Stars and Stripes Forever" - Purdue Varsity Glee Club

01:53:56 GK talks about Elliott Hall, credits

01:56:10 "On The Banks of the Wabash" - GK, Prudence, Glee Blub, Richard Dworsky

Photos from the show
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Howard Levy demonstrates the wonders of the diatonic harmonica		Prudence Johnson leads the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band on "Baltimore Oriole"


The Jerry Douglas Band's Larry Atamanuik on drums		Viktor Krauss on bass with the Jerry Douglas band


Something stinks for our sound man Fred Newman during an SFX script		The Purdue Varsity Glee Club with the "Farewell Amelia Earhart"