THE WILD WEST

THIS WEEK'S SHOW

Tuba
July 26, 2008

Coming up this week on A Prairie Home Companion: a special Wild West compilation show full of unwashed cowboys, jangling spurs, painful cacti, and rotgut whiskey. Cowboy poet Paul Zarzyski recites "Bucking Horse Moon," Stephanie Davis sings an ode to bailing twine, and Wylie Gustafson gives a sentimental performance of "Cattle Call." And because you can never have too much yodeling, Janet Sorenson sings "Cowboy Sweetheart," plus Tish Hinojosa, Chris Thile, Joe Ely & Joel Guzman, and Robin & Linda Williams.

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Segment 1
00:00:00 APHC Logo Open
00:00:11 Tishomingo Blues
00:00:55 GK Open
00:03:46 "Tumblin' Tumbleweed," The Hopeful Gospel Quartet
00:06:04 Rhubarb script (Texas)
00:10:45 "Bailing Twine," Stephanie Davis
00:14:50 Radio Rodeo script
00:19:40 "The Good Night Loving Trail," Joe Ely & Joel Guzman, w/GK and Prudence Johnson
00:24:46 Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 2
00:26:18 GK Intro Janet Sorenson
00:26:52 "Cowboy's Sweetheart," Janet Sorenson
00:28:43 The Lives of the Cowboys script
00:41:25 GK Intro Wylie Gustafson
00:42:26 "Yodeling Cowhand," Wylie Gustafson
00:46:32 "Cattle Call," Wylie Gustafson
00:50:22 Poet Paul Zarzyski recites "Bucking Horse Moon"
00:52:02 "El Paso," Chris Thile
00:57:22 GK Intermission Intro, over "Gee Whiz," Peter Ostroushko and Shoes
Segment 3
01:02:21 GK Welcome Back
01:02:39 Guy Noir script
01:12:10 "Ole Montan," Wylie Gustafson
01:15:16 Berthas script (Montana)
01:17:34 GK Tish Hinojosa Intro
01:18:01 "Con su pluma en su mano (With a Pen in His Hand)," Tish Hinojosa
01:21:41 Cinqo de Mayo script (Rodeo SFX)
01:26:15 GK Intro Cowboys
01:26:34 "Way Out There" and "South Dakota," The Cowboys
Segment 4
01:30:54News From Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)
Segment 5
01:52:11 "High Noon," Pat Donohue
01:54:20 GK Credits
01:55:32 "Goodnight Little Cowpup," Stephanie Davis

Guest Information
  • Stephanie Davis
  • Wylie Gustafson
  • Tish Hinojosa
  • Joe Ely and Joel Guzmán
  • Janet Sorenson
  • Chris Thile
  • Robin & Linda Williams
  • Paul Zarzyski
  • Guest Books and Recordings
  • Stephanie Davis
  • Wylie Gustafson
  • Tish Hinojosa
  • Joe Ely and Joel Guzmán
  • Chris Thile
  • Robin & Linda Williams
  • Paul Zarzyski

  • Scripts
  • Rhubarb
  • Radio Rodeo
  • The Lives of the Cowboys
  • Guy Noir
  • Bertha's
  • SFX

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