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April 28, 2007
Coming to you this week from the beautiful state of Georgia, where spring has sprung like a bell's been rung, we'll welcome special guests, the "first couple" of old-time country music, Norman and Nancy Blake, performing with old-time master fiddler James Bryan and his daughter, guitarist and singer, Rachel Bryan. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with Richard Dworsky, and the News from Lake Wobegon. It'll be all peaches and cream this week on A Prairie Home Companion.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:02:13 | GK talks about Columbus, tonight's guests |
| 00:04:20 | "Columbus, GA" - GK and Shoe Band |
| 00:06:45 | GK talks to Norman Blake |
| 00:07:44 | "While The Band Was Playing Dixie" - Norman and Nancy Blake with James and Rachel Bryan |
| 00:12:39 | "Green Summertime"/"Middlebrook Waltz" - Robin and Linda Williams |
| 00:18:01 | "Statesboro Blues" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band |
| 00:21:25 | Hospital script |
| 00:26:10 | GK introduces Jake Fussell, "Georgia Buck" |
| 00:29:05 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:31:25 | Coffee script |
| 00:32:25 | GK intros Nancy and Norman Blake |
| 00:33:02 | "Hawaiian Mother of Mine" - Norman and Nancy Blake, James Bryan and Rachel Bryan |
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| Segment 3 |
| 00:36:15 | News From Lake Wobegon (with "It Is Well With My Soul") |
| 00:55:42 | "Deliah" - Pat Donohue, Jake Fussell and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 00:59:46 | Intermission/"Honeysuckle Rose" |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:04:08 | Greetings |
| 01:07:26 | Fred Newman SFX script |
| 01:17:03 | "Magnolia Blossoms" - GK, Robin & Linda |
| 01:20:48 | "Georgia On My Mind" singalong |
| 01:23:25 | Columbus notes (Cathy and Fred Fussell and Virginia Causey) |
| 01:31:31 | Rhubarb SFX script |
| 01:35:45 | Vanderbilt script |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:41:33 | ""I'm Going To Georgia" - Norman and Nancy Blake with James Bryan and Rachel Bryan |
| 01:44:08 | GK talks about Ma Rainey, other famous Columbus people |
| 01:46:07 | "Raggy Levy" - Jake Fussell |
| 01:49:16 | SUV script |
| 01:52:15 | GK talks more about Columbus, end credits |
| 01:56:48 | "Georgia Crawl" "- Pat Donohue and Shoe Band |
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Photos from the show
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| GK does back up for Robin and Linda Williams on "Green Summertime." |
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Columbus, GA native Jake Fussell |
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| Jake Fussell teams up with Pat Donohue and the Shoe Band for "Deliah." |
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Fred Newman gives us some tense jazz fingers |
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| Sue Scott plays the exasperated teen Brittany |
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Nancy Blake switches to the cello for "I'm Going to Georgia" |
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