KEEP YOUR BEARINGS ON THE ICE
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, the staff is on its annual ice fishing retreat to the mighty Lake of the Woods, and so we're revisiting two shows that we did from The Fitzgerald Theater. Roy Blount Jr. and Chuck Mead of BR-549 will give a talk on the philosophy of honky-tonk music, and Dusty and Lefty make an appearance at St. Paul's Winter Carnival. Plus, Nellie McKay's debut performance, Becky Schlegel, Suzy Bogguss and an episode of The Lives of English Majors.
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:12 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:55 - GK Open
- 00:02:31 - "Freezin'" - Pat Donohue
- 00:06:19 - Skating script
- 00:12:04 - Philosophy of Honky-tonk Music: Part 1 with Roy Blount Jr. and Chuck Mead
- 00:20:34 - Rhubarb script
- 00:24:47 - "If I Had You" - Nellie McKay
- 00:28:59 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break
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Segment 2
- 00:30:25 - The Lives of the Cowboys script
- 00:39:41 - GK talks with Nellie McKay
- 00:41:15 - "Identity Theft" - Nellie McKay
- 00:45:28 - "A Tisket, A Tasket" - Nellie McKay
- 00:47:36 - "Politan" - Nellie McKay
- 00:52:18 - "The Winter Is Long" - GK and Becky Schlegel
- 00:55:56 - Intermission
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Segment 3
- 01:01:26 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:01:48 - "I Heard the Bluebirds Sing" - GK and Becky Schlegel
- 01:03:50 - Guy Noir script
- 01:14:06 - Philosophy of Honky-tonk Music: Part 2 with Roy Blount Jr. and Chuck Mead
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Segment 4
- 01:21:03 - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:35:57 - "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - Becky Schlegel and GK
- 01:39:00 - English Majors script
- 01:41:23 - "Part of Me" - Suzy Bogguss
- 01:44:09 - Band Kid script and Catchup script
- 01:48:29 - "Too Far Gone" - GK and Suzy Bogguss
- 01:54:09 - "True Friend of Mine" - GK and Suzy Bogguss
- 01:58:33 - Credits
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