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April 26, 2008

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll bring you a live performance from the Summit Arena in Hot Springs, Arkansas. With special guests, Nashville's honky-tonk hellions BR549, and gospel grandmaster Jearlyn Steele. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The News from Lake Wobegon, and much more. Tune in this Saturday for an all new episode of A Prairie Home Companion.

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Segment 1
00:00 Logo
00:11 "Tishomingo Blues"
02:42 "Hey Porter"- GK/ band
05:20 "Jesus On The Mainline"/ "I'll Fly Away"- GK/ Jearlyn Steele/ GASB
08:13 Spa script
10:26 GK intros Chuck Mead
10:54 "One Long Saturday Night"- BR549
14:22 Guy Noir script
28:27 Powdermilk Biscuit Theme
Segment 2
31:00 GK talks about Vance Randolph, Down in Arkansas
35:26 "With You Again"- Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
38:24 Cowboys script
49:25 GK talks with Chuck Mead of BR549
50:48 "Lower Broad Street Blues"- BR549
55:00 "Cajun Persuasion"- BR549
57:45 "Coffee Jingle"- GK/ Jearlyn
58:57 "Tell Mama"- Jearlyn Steele/ Shoe Band
1:01:36 Intermission- "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie"
Segment 3
1:05:17 Greetings
1:08:48 "Blessed Assurance" - GK/ Jearlyn Steele/ Shoe Band
1:12:32 SFX script
1:18:15 "Little Rock Getaway"- Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
1:20:15 GK talks with Jearlyn Steele
1:21:16 "Shed a Little Light"- Jearlyn Steele and Shoe Band
1:24:58 "Deep River"- GK/ Jearlyn Steele
Segment 4
1:28:38News From Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)
Segment 5
1:45:15 "Weary Blues"- Pat Donohue/ Shoe Band
1:48:32 GK talks about Hot Springs
1:50:05 GK intros BR549
1:50:23 "It'll Be Me"- BR549
1:53:40 Credits, "In Arkansas", Eye Drops script
1:56:40 "Another Saturday Night"/ "A Fool in Love" closer


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Stage Manager Ken Evans brings Garrison a wireless microphone so he can mingle with the audience. Jearlyn Steele lends her vocal talents to "I'll Fly Away."
Andy Stein on saxophone. Chuck Mead of BR549.
Shaw Wilson, drummer for BR549. Fred Newman
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  • The Lives of the Cowboys
  • SFX
  • Eye Drops


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