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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:30:12 | The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| 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. |
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Chuck Mead |
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| Joe Savage plays the pedal steel guitar. |
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Nellie McKay accompanies herself on ukulele during "If I Had You." |
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| Roy Blount Jr. |
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Becky Schlegel |
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