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August 25, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's a special compilation show all about the life of the working man and woman. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will sing "Red Clay Halo," The Wailin' Jenny's sing "One More Dollar," Butch Thompson will play the "Working Man Blues," and poet Deborah Garrison reads a few of her poems, including "Worked Late On A Tuesday Night." Dusty & Lefty get lucrative job offers, complete with benefits, and we'll hear the story of Bob Anderson who left Lake Wobegon and went to New York to get a job as a dancer.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:12 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:00:55 | GK Intro |
| 00:04:56 | Deborah Garrison reads "The Firemen" and "Worked Late on a Tuesday Night" |
| 00:08:07 | "Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl" - GK and Shoes |
| 00:11:08 | GK Intro Ruth Harrison |
| 00:11:45 | Ruth Harrison |
| 00:17:08 | "Working Man Blues" - Butch Thompson |
| 00:20:56 | GK Intro Waitresses/Graduation script |
| 00:21:23 | "Waitresses" - Dave Moore |
| 00:24:57 | Graduation script |
| 00:32:59 | GK Intro Powdermilk |
| 00:33:14 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:36:10 | GK Intro Cowboys |
| 00:36:34 | The Lives of the Cowboys script |
| 00:50:39 | "I've Been Working On the Radio" - GK and Shoes |
| 00:53:31 | Rhubarb script (Job Interview) |
| 00:57:26 | "One More Dollar" - The Wailin' Jennys |
| 01:02:17 | GK Intro Intermission |
| 01:04:46 | Intermission (We're In The Money) |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:07:09 | GK Welcome Back |
| 01:07:31 | Guy Noir script |
| 01:17:41 | "Red Clay Halo" - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings |
| 01:20:45 | Catchup script |
| 01:24:23 | GK Intro St. Paul script |
| 01:24:58 | St. Paul script |
| 01:32:34 | "Temping" - GK and Shoes |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:34:11 | The News From Lake Wobegon |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:53:59 | GK Credits |
| 01:55:39 | "Working Hard for the Joneses" - Nedra Johnson and Gravity |
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| Ruth Moody from the Wailin' Jennys asks for "One More Dollar" |
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Nedra Johnson sings "Working Hard for the Joneses" |
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| GK introduces poet Deborah Garrison |
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Gillian Welch and David Rawlings |
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