Adventures in Radioland
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we're coming to you live from the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul to journey through the world of radio with broadcast news veteran Harry Smith, of CBS fame. We'll welcome back some old friends, too: the boot-stompin', fiddle-pluckin', heart-breakin' Old Crow Medicine Show, honky-tonk heroes Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group , as well as the Royal Academy of Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, sound effects man Tom Keith, and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band. Plus, Guy Noir and the late-breaking news from Lake Wobegon. Don't touch that dial!
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Robin and Linda Williams
Old Crow Medicine Show
Harry Smith of the CBS Early Show
Rich Dworsky
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:11 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:02:42 - GK talks with Robin and Linda Williams
- 00:03:56 - I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)- GK, Robin & Linda Williams, band
- 00:08:26 - Samson and Delilah (If I Had My Way)- Pat Donohue, GK, Robin & Linda Williams and Shoes
- 00:11:46 - GK intros The Old Crow Medicine Show
- 00:12:30 - Benton's Dream- Old Crow Medicine Show
- 00:15:20 - Next Go Round- Old Crow Medicine Show
- 00:19:53 - ETA script
- 00:23:02 - Rhubarb script
- 00:28:00 - GK talks with Robin & Linda Williams about rhubarb
- 00:29:05 - All Broken Hearts are the Same- Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group, with Rich Dworsky
- 00:32:40 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break
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Segment 2
- 00:34:13 - Forbidden- GK and Shoe Band
- 00:40:05 - Poem script
- 00:42:06 - The Lives of the Cowboys script (with Harry Smith)
- 00:54:48 - Wagon Wheel- The Old Crow Medicine Show
- 01:00:26 - Intermission (It's A Sin to Tell A Lie)
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Segment 3
- 01:04:29 - Marvin and Mavis Smiley do Bruce Springsteen
- 01:07:55 - Greetings, Cruise Announcement
- 01:10:16 - GK talks with Rich about Dr. Milton Hurwitz
- 01:10:58 - A Fond Farewell- Richard Dworsky
- 01:12:57 - GK talks about Leona Atkins
- 01:13:54 - Beautiful Isle of Somewhere- GK, Robin and Linda Williams and Shoes
- 01:16:45 - Music script (with Robin & Linda and Shoes)
- 01:27:40 - That's the Way Love Goes- Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
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Segment 4
- 01:31:06 - The News From Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:43:02 - Harry script (with Harry Smith)
- 01:46:38 - Harry sings again, to the tune of ‘Colorado Trail'
- 01:47:50 - GK talks with Old Crow Medicine Show
- 01:48:22 - Mary's Kitchen- Old Crow Medicine Show
- 01:51:48 - Catchup script
- 01:54:40 - Credits, I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)
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