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May 19, 2007
Coming to you again this week from the glamorous State Theater in Minneapolis, we'll welcome a Texas singer, songwriter, and fearsome fiddler, Carrie Rodriguez with Hans Holzen and Kyle Kegerreis, and Sun Records legend Cowboy Jack Clement. Also with us, heartland holubtsi hero Peter Ostroushko, poet Louis Jenkins, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with Andy Stein, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, and the News From Lake Wobegon, where there's a whole lot of deep fried walleye left over from the opener. It's all coming up this week on A Prairie Home Companion.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | "Tishomingo Blues" |
| 00:02:15 | GK talks about the hot weather, people in shorts, Syttende Mai, Jon Stewart, downtown Minneapolis |
| 00:05:00 | State script |
| 00:07:41 | "Freeway Man" - Shoe Band |
| 00:10:15 | Graduation script |
| 00:18:27 | GK talks about Cowboy Jack Clement |
| 00:19:19 | "No Expectations" - Cowboy Jack and Shoe Band |
| 00:23:00 | "Just Someone I Used To Know" - Cowboy Jack Clement and Shoes |
| 00:25:58 | GK talks about the people eating outdoors, kissing |
| 00:27:30 | "As Time Goes By" - GK/Audience |
| 00:29:34 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:31:09 | GK intros Louis Jenkins |
| 00:32:13 | Louis reads "Seagulls", "Fish" and "Ambition" |
| 00:35:58 | Crispy script |
| 00:42:31 | GK intros Carrie Rodriguez |
| 00:43:34 | "Seven Angels on a Bicycle" - Carrie Rodriguez |
| 00:48:11 | "He Ain't Jesus" - Carrie Rodriguez |
| 00:52:24 | Bugs script |
| 00:56:21 | "Mill City Rag" - Peter Ostrousko and Shoes |
| 00:58:19 | GK talks with Carrie |
| 00:58:36 | "Today I Started Loving You Again" - GK, Carrie Rodriguez and Shoes |
| 01:01:28 | GK announces into Intermission/"Limehouse Blues" - Shoes |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:05:46 | Greetings |
| 01:10:32 | GK intros Carol Nielsen, 2007 Eagle Lake Lutheran hot dish winner |
| 01:15:04 | GK talks to Carrie Rodriguez |
| 01:15:40 | "I Don't Want to Play House Anymore" - Carrie Rodriguez band |
| 01:18:06 | Smoke script |
| 01:20:34 | GK talks about Cowboy Jack's radio show on satellite radio, he sings "Old Fashioned Drunk" |
| 01:22:27 | "Seriously" - Jack Clement and Shoes |
| 01:25:10 | "Gone Girl" - Cowboy Jack and Shoe Band |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:28:33 | News From Lake Wobegon |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:41:20 | "Crane Slow Drag" - Peter Ostroushko and Shoe Band |
| 01:44:30 | "Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl" - GK/ Shoes |
| 01:47:38 | GK intros Louis Jenkins |
| 01:48:01 | Louis Jenkins reads "The Afterlife" |
| 01:49:50 | Green script |
| 01:51:33 | "Never Gonna Be Your Bride" - Carrie Rodriguez Band |
| 01:54:35 | Space script |
| 01:56:27 | Credits, "The Yellow Rose of Texas" triple fiddle closer |
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| GK provides the narrative |
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Sue and GK play college graduates |
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| Louis Jenkins shares a taste of the "Afterlife" |
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The Royal Academy of Radio Actors |
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| Carol Nielsen brings her hot dish to the show |
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Pat Donohue samples the Hungry Man Casserole |
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