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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 |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Photos from the show
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| Howard Levy demonstrates the wonders of the diatonic harmonica |
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Prudence Johnson leads the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band on "Baltimore Oriole" |
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| The Jerry Douglas Band's Larry Atamanuik on drums |
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Viktor Krauss on bass with the Jerry Douglas band |
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| Something stinks for our sound man Fred Newman during an SFX script |
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The Purdue Varsity Glee Club with the "Farewell Amelia Earhart" |
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