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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

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September 20, 2008

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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Segment 1
00:00:00Logo
00:00:12Tishomingo Blues
00:00:56GK Open
00:03:18"Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky" - Stephanie Davis, GK and Shoes
00:07:38GK talk about Stuart Duncan
00:08:18"Fiddler's Drag" - Stuart Duncan and Shoes
00:10:27Guy Noir script
00:18:03GK talk about Becky Schlegel
00:18:17"The Bramble and the Rose" - Becky Schlegel and GK
00:21:51GK talks with Mike Seeger
00:24:35"(The New) Wildwood Flower" - Mike Seeger and Shoes
00:27:50GK Intro Powdermilk
00:27:59Powdermilk Biscuit Break with Stuart Duncan
Segment 2
00:31:54GK talk more with Mike Seeger
00:33:00Mike Seeger plays juice harp
00:34:53GK talks with Stephanie Davis
00:36:14"Bronco Buster's Ball" - Stephanie Davis and Shoes
00:39:13Café Boeuf script
00:43:05The Story of Bob script
00:52:59GK intro Stuart Duncan
00:53:26"Alabama Jubilee" - Stuart Duncan and Shoes
00:55:56Intermission/"Hey Good Lookin'" - Shoes
Segment 3
01:00:23GK Welcome Back
01:00:40"Milwaukee Blues" - Pat Donohue
01:03:38Radio script with Martin Sheen
01:22:31GK intro Nick Lowe
01:23:24"Long Limbed Girl" and "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" - Nick Lowev
01:29:07GK talk with Nick Lowe
01:30:40"Without Love" - Nick Lowe
Segment 4
01:33:18News From Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)
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
01:48:06GK talk with Martin Sheen
01:51:36"How Can I Keep From Singing" - Martin Sheen and Rich Dworsky
01:54:31GK Credits
01:55:38"Songs of the Auvergne" - Maria Jette and Sonja Thompson
01:58:23Underwriting


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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.
Guest Information
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  • Stuart Duncan
  • Maria Jette
  • Nick Lowe
  • Martin Sheen
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  • Stephanie Davis
  • Stuart Duncan
  • Mike Seeger
  • Nick Lowe
  • Martin Sheen


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  • Guy Noir
  • Café Boeuf
  • The Story of Bob
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