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Cheese Curds
August 9, 2008

Coming up this week on A Prairie Home Companion, memories from the Great Minnesota Get Together:The State Fair. Becky Schlegel will sing a Greg Brown song, Patty Griffin will sing "Long Ride Home" and Jearlyn Steele will recall her first place win at the State Fair Talent Show. Plus, Minnesota broadcaster Tommy Mischke, Del McCoury and his band, and Guy Noir takes on security detail at the Fair. We're gearing up for our mammoth State Fair Rhubarb tour with pronto pups and cheese curds.

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Segment 1
00:00:00Open
00:00:11Tishomingo Blues
00:00:55GK Open
00:03:16"Early" - Becky Schlegel, GK and Shoes
00:07:24Lives of the Cowboys script
00:17:36GK Intro Tommy Mischke
00:18:20"Back to the Water" - Tommy Mischke and his band
00:22:16GK talks with Tommy Mischke re: school
00:23:14"Grandpa" - Tommy Mischke and his band
00:27:13Coffee script
00:29:11Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 2
00:30:23GK Intro Del McCoury
00:30:44"All Over God's Promised Land" - Del McCoury and his band
00:34:09GK talk with Del McCoury re: new grandchild
00:35:03"Five Flat Rocks" - Del McCoury and his band
00:38:11Duct Tape script
00:40:06"Led by the Master's Hand" - Del McCoury and his band
00:42:56GK talks re: Becky Schlegel's new baby, intro Becky
00:43:29"Angel" - Becky Schlegel
00:46:18Catchup script
00:49:43GK talks about the State Fair w/ Tommy Mischke, intros next song
00:52:13"Thoughts of You" - Tommy Mischke and his band
00:57:54Intermission/"Dr. Jazz" - Shoes
Segment 3
01:01:26GK Welcome Back
01:01:59"Grandstand Shuffle" - Shoes
01:04:51GK talks about Fair w/Jearlyn Steele
01:06:12"I'm Saved" - Jearlyn Steele
01:09:36Rhubarb script
01:15:13GK Intro Patty Griffin
01:16:00"Long Ride Home" - Patty Griffin
01:19:23"Top of the World" - Patty Griffin
01:24:17Guy Noir script
01:34:16"It's All Right" - GK, Jearlyn Steele, Patty Griffin, Becky Schlegel
Segment 4
01:37:02 News From Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)
Segment 5
01:53:13GK Credits
01:54:26"Up to the Mountain" - Patty Griffin

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Jearlyn Steele gets the crowd moving with the Etta James tune "Tell Mama." Future leaders of tomorrow, the 4-H Ambassadors Chantal Liepold and Bob Wippler, chat with Garrison.
Garrison and The Shoes open the show with "Tishomingo Blues." It was a full house at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand.
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  • Del McCoury
  • Patty Griffin

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  • The Lives of the Cowboys
  • Coffee
  • Duct Tape
  • Catchup
  • Rhubarb
  • Guy Noir

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