A Prairie Home Companion for August 9, 2008 from American Public Media

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

00:00:00 Open

00:00:11 Tishomingo Blues

00:00:55 GK Open

00:03:16 "Early" - Becky Schlegel, GK and Shoes

00:07:24 Lives of the Cowboys script

00:17:36 GK Intro Tommy Mischke

00:18:20 "Back to the Water" - Tommy Mischke and his band

00:22:16 GK talks with Tommy Mischke re: school

00:23:14 "Grandpa" - Tommy Mischke and his band

00:27:13 Coffee script

00:29:11 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:30:23 GK Intro Del McCoury

00:30:44 "All Over God's Promised Land" - Del McCoury and his band

00:34:09 GK talk with Del McCoury re: new grandchild

00:35:03 "Five Flat Rocks" - Del McCoury and his band

00:38:11 Duct Tape script

00:40:06 "Led by the Master's Hand" - Del McCoury and his band

00:42:56 GK talks re: Becky Schlegel's new baby, intro Becky

00:43:29 "Angel" - Becky Schlegel

00:46:18 Catchup script

00:49:43 GK talks about the State Fair w/ Tommy Mischke, intros next song

00:52:13 "Thoughts of You" - Tommy Mischke and his band

00:57:54 Intermission/"Dr. Jazz" - Shoes

Segment 3

01:01:26 GK Welcome Back

01:01:59 "Grandstand Shuffle" - Shoes

01:04:51 GK talks about Fair w/Jearlyn Steele

01:06:12 "I'm Saved" - Jearlyn Steele

01:09:36 Rhubarb script

01:15:13 GK Intro Patty Griffin

01:16:00 "Long Ride Home" - Patty Griffin

01:19:23 "Top of the World" - Patty Griffin

01:24:17 Guy 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

01:53:13 GK Credits

01:54:26 "Up to the Mountain" - Patty Griffin

Photos from the show
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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.