THIS SIDE OF WABASHA
This week on A Prairie Home Companion a mix of two shows we did from the Fitzgerald Theater with Stephanie Davis, Becky Schlegel, fiddler Stuart Duncan, and old-time icon Mike Seeger on the Jaw Harp. Martin Sheen makes his singing debut, Nick Lowe sings "Long Limbed Girl", and in Lake Wobegon there's been trouble brewing over the large concrete walleyes on display in the Magandantz's yard. Plus in The Story of Bob, Bob enters the Municipal Art Contest with his sculpture called "The Enormous Chairs." Sit down and take a load off for a special show from St. Paul's radio paradise, The Fitz.
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This week's addition to the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Martin Sheen.
Singer songwriter Nick Lowe performs, 'Lately I've Let Things Slide.'
Mike Seeger and his autoharp
Tom Keith gets to whistle while he works.
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:12 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:56 - GK Open
- 00:03:18 - "Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky" - Stephanie Davis, GK and Shoes
- 00:07:38 - GK talk about Stuart Duncan
- 00:08:18 - "Fiddler's Drag" - Stuart Duncan and Shoes
- 00:10:27 - Guy Noir script
- 00:18:03 - GK talk about Becky Schlegel
- 00:18:17 - "The Bramble and the Rose" - Becky Schlegel and GK
- 00:21:51 - GK talks with Mike Seeger
- 00:24:35 - "(The New) Wildwood Flower" - Mike Seeger and Shoes
- 00:27:50 - GK Intro Powdermilk
- 00:27:59 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break with Stuart Duncan
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Segment 2
- 00:31:54 - GK talk more with Mike Seeger
- 00:33:00 - Mike Seeger plays juice harp
- 00:34:53 - GK talks with Stephanie Davis
- 00:36:14 - "Bronco Buster's Ball" - Stephanie Davis and Shoes
- 00:39:13 - Café Boeuf script
- 00:43:05 - The Story of Bob script
- 00:52:59 - GK intro Stuart Duncan
- 00:53:26 - "Alabama Jubilee" - Stuart Duncan and Shoes
- 00:55:56 - Intermission/"Hey Good Lookin'" - Shoes
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Segment 3
- 01:00:23 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:00:40 - "Milwaukee Blues" - Pat Donohue
- 01:03:38 - Radio script with Martin Sheen
- 01:22:31 - GK intro Nick Lowe
- 01:23:24 - "Long Limbed Girl" and "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" - Nick Lowev
- 01:29:07 - GK talk with Nick Lowe
- 01:30:40 - "Without Love" - Nick Lowe
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Segment 4
- 01:33:18 - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:41:50 - "Lately I've Let Things Slide" - Nick Lowe
- 01:45:10 - "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" - Nick Lowe and Shoes
- 01:48:06 - GK talk with Martin Sheen
- 01:51:36 - "How Can I Keep From Singing" - Martin Sheen and Rich Dworsky
- 01:54:31 - GK Credits
- 01:55:38 - "Songs of the Auvergne" - Maria Jette and Sonja Thompson
- 01:58:23 - Underwriting
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