TO BE, RATHER THAN TO SEEM

THIS WEEK'S SHOW

Tuba
August 2, 2008

Coming up this week on A Prairie Home Companion, the best of two shows we did from the "Tar Heel" State. From our shows in Charlotte and Chapel Hill, we'll hear from legendary Bluesman Nappy Brown, The Red Clay Ramblers, and Sweet Honey in the Rock. Plus Suzy Bogguss, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Tom Keith, and Fred Newman, and the news from Lake Wobegon. So y'all join us for some sticky sweet Southern memories, this week!

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Segment 1
00:00:00 APHC Logo Open
00:00:11 Tishomingo Blues
00:00:55 GK Open
00:04:20 "Charlotte Town," GK and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band (071020)
00:06:55 Medley: "My Dixie Darling," Suzy Bogguss, GK and Shoes, plus "My Old Kentucky Home," Ethan Uslan and "Carolina Shout," Shoes
00:12:34 Charlotte script
00:22:55 "Chimney Rock," Shoes
00:25:31 GK Powdermilk Break
00:25:49Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 2
00:29:46GK Intro Suzy Bogguss
00:30:30"Even If That Were True," Suzy Bogguss
00:34:19 "Nocturne Ragtime," Ethan Uslan
00:38:35 Guy Noir script
00:49:55"Lime Rock," Charles Wood
00:52:27GK Intro Nappy Brown
00:52:42 "Keep On Pleasin' You" and "Give Me Your Love," Nappy Brown
01:00:17 GK Intermission Credits, over "Blackberry Blossom," Shoes
Segment 3
01:04:08 GK Welcome Back
01:05:26 "I Remember, I Believe" and "Wanting Memories," Sweet Honey in the Rock
01:15:35 GK Intro Little House
01:15:47 Little House in the Big Swamp script
01:18:51GK Intros The Red Clay Ramblers
01:19:53 "Snuff Dippin' Woman" and "Pal-Yachee," The Red Clay Ramblers
Segment 4
01:27:36 News From Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)
Segment 5
01:48:53"I Feel Fine," Pat Donohue
01:51:18We Are," Sweet Honey in the Rock
01:54:20GK Credits
01:55:28"Bye, Bye Baby," Nappy Brown
01:58:26 GK Recorded Underwriter Credits

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  • Sweet Honey in the Rock
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  • Sweet Honey in the Rock

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  • Guy Noir
  • Little House in the Big Swamp
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  • Charlotte Town

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