A Prairie Home Companion for January 26, 2008 from American Public Media

January 26, 2008
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll layer up our geese fleece and huddle close for another live broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater. With special guests, BR5-49 front man Chuck Mead, Bluegrass singer Becky Schlegel, singer-songwriter Nellie McKay, humorist Roy Blount Jr., The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, and the always soleful Guy's All-Star Shoe Band. Plus, in Lake Wobegon, Clint Bunsen has been working double overtime jumping cars. So, keep your block heater plugged in, wash your long johns, and turn your radio on for some January cheer this Saturday.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 "Tishomingo Blues"

00:03:30 GK opens, talks about the winter carnival

00:04:16 "It's Only Radio" - GK/ Pat, into Radio script

00:09:55 "Freezin'" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

00:13:55 Skating script

00:19:40 GK intros Roy Blount and Chuck Mead, "Who What Where" segment

00:28:09 Rhubarb script

00:32:09 "If I Had You" - Nellie McKay and Shoe Band

00:36:28 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:37:59 The Lives of the Cowboys script

00:47:18 GK intros Nellie McKay

00:48:53 "Identity Theft" - Nellie McKay and Shoe Band

00:52:57 "A-Tisket A-Tasket" - Nellie McKay and Shoe Band

00:55:25 "Mother of Pearl" - Nellie McKay/ Shoe Band

00:58:40 "The Winter is Long" - GK/ Becky Schlegel/ Shoes

01:02:35 Intermission/"Roly Poly" - Shoe Band

Segment 3

01:07:13 Greetings

01:10:51 "I Heard the Bluebirds Sing" - GK/ Becky/ Shoes

01:13:00 Guy Noir script

01:23:28 Roy Blount and Chuck Mead/Shoes: "When Why" segment

Segment 4

01:30:12 The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)

Segment 5

01:45:57 "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - GK/ Becky Schlegel/ Shoe Band

01:49:06 "Politan" - Nellie McKay and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

01:54:00 GK intros band

01:54:18 Mental script

01:56:04 Credits, "The Next Time I'm in Town", "Way Too Late Too Go Home Early"

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Garrison starts the show with a song.		Chuck Mead


Joe Savage plays the pedal steel guitar.		Nellie McKay accompanies herself on ukulele during "If I Had You."


Roy Blount Jr.		Becky Schlegel