Western Skies
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, a Western combo featuring one show from Missoula, Montana and another from Pullman, Washington with yodeling cowboy Wylie Gustafson, rancher/songstress Stephanie Davis, and the old-time acoustic duo Growling Old Men. Plus, Idaho grown singer-songwriter Charlie Sutton, a tribute to the mighty Lentil, and the story of a young novelist who leaves the big city for an abandoned boxcar on the shores of the Palouse River. In Lake Wobegon, the rift between Clint and Clarence Bunsen grows and the Petersen car is submerged in the lake.
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The Growling Old Men: John Lowell, Dave Thompson and Ben Winship
Stephanie Davis, Peter Ostroushko and Andy Stein
Wylie Gustafson demonstrates his "Cattle Call"
Charlie Sutton talks with GK
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:12 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:55 - GK Intro
- 00:02:58 - "Steel Away" - Pat Donohue and The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band
- 00:05:49 - Cowboys script
- 00:14:17 - "Yodeling Cowhand" - Wylie Gustafson
- 00:18:11 - "Cattle Call" - Wylie Gustafson
- 00:22:32 - Cougar script
- 00:28:05 - "Joy Ride" - Pat Donohue and Shoes
- 00:30:35 - GK Powdermilk Intro
- 00:31:04 - Powdermilk Break
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Segment 2
- 00:32:29 - GK talks about Pullman restaurants
- 00:33:09 - "Leaves Are Green" - GK and Pat Donohue
- 00:36:19 - Ella script
- 00:43:34 - Satan script
- 00:49:54 - "Fields of Diamonds" - GK and Stephanie Davis
- 00:53:14 - Guy Noir script
- 01:03:20 - GK Intermission Credits/"Right or Wrong" - The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
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Segment 3
- 01:07:56 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:08:30 - "Old Friend Levi" - Charlie Sutton
- 01:12:40 - Lentil script
- 01:18:33 - "Coming Down from Red Lodge" - Peter Ostroushko and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
- 01:21:19 - Catchup script
- 01:26:31 - "Madison Brown" and "Sarah Hogan" - Growling Old Men
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Segment 4
- 01:35:53 - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:50:54 - "Ol' Montan" - Wylie Gustafson
- 01:53:57 - GK Credits
- 01:54:49 - "Bailing Twine" - Stephanie Davis
- 01:58:34 - GK Recorded Credits
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