A Prairie Home Companion for June 2, 2007 from American Public Media

June 2, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion we're headed down to the Rhubarb Festival in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Where, with a few samples of the coveted "BeeBopAreeBop" recipe, we'll pucker the pie holes of purists from Pigeon Falls to Plainfield. Joining us, Texas honky-tonk legend Joe Ely with guitarist Rob Gjersoe, local ladies The Rhubarb Sisters will sing some songs about the beloved Rheum, plus longtime duo Bob Bovee and Gail Heil will pitch in a tune or two, and Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band will kick up a cloud of dust out on the Lanesboro softball field. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The News from Lake Wobegon, and much more coming up this Saturday on A Prairie Home Companion.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 Tishomingo Blues

00:03:00 GK opens, talks about right field, softball and beer, Rhubarb Festival in Lanesboro

00:3:05 GK explains satellite switch, joins previous night's performance

00:3:50 "My Girl" – The Rhubarb Sisters

00:5:37 SFX script

00:9:26 Adventures in Scripture script

00:12:33 "I Heard" – Andy Stein and Shoes

00:14:35 The Lives of the Cowboys script

00:20:50 GK talks about Lanesboro, mixed religions, intros Bob Bovee and Gail Heil

00:22:05 "The Farmer is the Man" – Bob Bovee and Gail Heil

00:26:04 "Come Over and See Me Sometime" – Bob Bovee and Gail Heil

00:29:40 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:33:25 GK talks with Orval and Marie Amdahl

00:35:30 "The Amdahl’s Waltz" – Shoe Band

00:38:26 Rhubarb script

00:43:02 GK intros Joe Ely

00:43:41 Santa Rosa/ St. Augustine – Joe Ely and Rob Gjersoe, INTO Up on a Ridge

00:47:40 Guy Noir script

00:55:38 GK intros and talks with Yvonne Freese

00:58:20 Mouth So Charmful– Yvonne Freese

01:03:00 Intermission – Somebody Stole My Gal

Segment 3

01:07:45 Welcome back to 2nd half/Greetings

01:10:27 GK talks more about Lanesboro

01:15:50 GK talks to Joe Ely

01:16:29 "Silver City" – Joe Ely and Rob Gjerse

01:20:10 "Live Forever" – Joe Ely, Rob Gjerse and Shoe Band

Segment 4

01:23:50 News From Lake Wobegon

Segment 5

01:36:40 "God Bless The Outcasts" – Yvonne Freese

01:40:49 Ketchup script

01:44:38 Rhubarb Rag – Shoe Band

01:47:20 GK talks to the Rhubarb Sisters about rhubarb

01:48:40 The Rhubarb Song – GK and Shoe Band

01:50:30 Rhubarb One script (with Rhubarb Sisters)

01:55:05 Credits, "The Next Time I’m in Town" – Shoe Band

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Garrison throws the softball around between rehearsal sets.		When the sky was clear the setting could not have been more perfect in Lanesboro.


Decked out in hostess aprons and pink high tops, The Rhubarb Sisters join GK in their version of the tune "Hold Tight."		Joe Ely performs "Silver City."


The Royal Academy of Radio Actors (Tom Keith, Tim Russell, Sue Scott and Garrison Keillor) open with the script "Lanesboro."		Bob Bovee and Gail Heil, local tunesmiths, talk with Garrison under the big Rhubarb stage banner.