A Prairie Home Companion from American Public Media

March 4, 2006
This week, we continue our regional wanderings with a trip up the Red River Valley to Grand Forks, North Dakota. We'll broadcast from the Chester Fritz Auditorium on the University of North Dakota campus. Featuring Grammy-award winning Bluegrass heroes the Del McCoury Band, folk-singing farmer Chuck Suchy, and the best efforts of the Hopeful Gospel Quartet with Robin & Linda Williams. Also featuring, the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, and the News from Lake Wobegon. Join us this Saturday for a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:11 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:45 GK talks about living in the winter wonderland of Grand Forks, bra sculpture, river flows up, Tool Crib, Dave Barry has a sewage pump named after him

00:04:50 "Lead Me To That Rock" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet

00:07:26 "I've Been Working on The Radio" - GK/ HGQ/ GASB

00:10:24 Coffee Spot and Jingle - GK

00:11:16 GK intros next tune

00:11:44 "Jordan" - HGQ

00:14:16 GK introduces the Del McCoury Band, talks with Del

00:15:44 "She Can't Burn Me Now" - Del McCoury Band

00:19:27 GK intros Chuck Suchy

00:19:44 "Dakota Breeze" - Chuck Suchy with Rich Dworsky and Gary Raynor

00:24:53 Rhubarb script

00:29:49 Powdermilk Biscuit Break/"In the Sweet By and By"

Segment 2

00:33:12 "Count Your Blessings" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet

00:35:39 Cowboys script

00:43:00 "Dark As A Dungeon" - HGQ and Shoe Band

00:47:46 "Nothin' Special" - Del McCoury Band

00:51:15 Guy Noir script

01:02:04 Intermission/"Honeysuckle Rose"

Segment 3

01:06:55 Greetings/"You Send Me" - HGQ

01:11:08 GK talks to Chuck Suchy

01:11:54 "Oh Darlin'" - Chuck Suchy and Shoe Band

01:15:04 GK talks about Grand Forks

01:22:45 "Wait Till The Clouds Roll By" - HGQ/ Shoe Band

01:25:56 GK introduces Russ Ringsak

01:27:10 "Oreo Cookie Blues" - Russ Ringsak and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

01:29:45 GK talks to Del McCoury

01:30:13 "Seventh Heaven" - Del McCoury Band

Segment 4

01:34:29 News From Lake Wobegon

Segment 5

01:48:46 "I'll Twine Mid The Ringlets" - Robin & Linda Williams

01:53:17 "Dancing in the Kitchen" - Chuck Suchy and Shoe Band

01:56:38 Credits/"Gotta Travel On" closer

Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Russ Ringsak and Thomas Schuezger)


North Dakota native Chuck Suchy brings us "Dakota Breeze"		Russ Ringsak celebrates his birthday by singing the "Oreo Cookie Blues"


Garrison reports the News from Lake Wobegon		The Grammy Award-winning Del McCoury Band


The congenial Robin Williams		Ronnie McCoury on mandolin for the Del McCoury Band