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October 20, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll roll down the Great Wagon Road for our show at Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, North Carolina. With special guests, legendary blues singer Nappy Brown, big time country artist Suzy Bogguss, prodigious ragtime pianist Ethan Uslan, and national banjo champion Charles Wood. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with fiddler Stuart Duncan, and the News from Lake Wobegon.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:05:08 | "Charlotte Town" - GK, Shoe Band |
| 00:07:55 | "My Dixie Darling" - Suzy Bogguss, GK, Pat Donohue, Shoe Band |
| 00:10:25 | "My Old Kentucky Home" - Ethan Uslan |
| 00:11:55 | "Carolina Shout" - Shoe Band |
| 00:13:35 | Charlotte script |
| 00:23:58 | "Chimney Rock" - Shoe Band |
| 00:26:40 | "It Is Well With My Soul (Casserole)" - GK, Suzy Bogguss |
| 00:29:54 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:34:16 | GK Intros Suzy Bogguss |
| 00:35:00 | "Even if that Were True" - Suzy Bogguss |
| 00:38:46 | News From Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| Segment 3 |
| 00:54:37 | "Carolina Moon" - Ethan Uslan |
| 00:57:50 | GK intros Nappy Brown |
| 00:58:09 | "Keep On Pleasin' You" - Nappy Brown |
| 01:00:54 | "Give Me Your Love" - Nappy Brown |
| 01:06:06 | Intermission/"Blackberry Blossom" - Shoe Band |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:10:00 | Welcome Back to 2nd half/Greetings |
| 01:14:20 | GK talks about Charlotte, NC |
| 01:18:27 | Chicken script |
| 01:20:37 | GK talks with Ethan Uslan |
| 01:22:26 | "Nocturne/Ragtime" - Ethan Uslan |
| 01:26:37 | Guy Noir |
| 01:38:00 | "Lime Rock" - Charles Wood |
| 01:40:30 | GK talks with Suzy Bogguss |
| 01:41:32 | "The Bus Ride" - Suzy Bogguss |
| 01:45:19 | "Gold Watch and Chain" - Suzy Bogguss, GK |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:45:19 | "Gold Watch and Chain" - Suzy Bogguss, GK |
| 01:47:42 | GK talks about Nappy Brown |
| 01:48:40 | "Bye Bye Baby" - Nappy Brown |
| 01:52:05 | Rhubarb script |
| 01:54:30 | Credits |
| 01:56:09 | "Next Time I'm In Town" - GK, Suzy Bogguss, Shoe Band |
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Photos from the show
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| Garrison Keillor leads The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
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Pat Donohue joins Suzy Bogguss for the tune "Even if that Were True." |
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| The very snappy Nappy Brown. From Charlotte, of course. |
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Garrison sorts through Greetings during intermission. |
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| Stuart Duncan |
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Charles Wood with "Lime Rock." |
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