SMALL TOWN TWOFER
Coming up this week on A Prairie Home Companion, a wintery mix of two Minnesota-grown shows. From the beautiful dance floor of the Lakeside Ballroom in Glenwood, we'll hear Bill Hinkley and Judy Larson sing "The Barnyard Dance," Adam "Original Biscuit" Granger sings "The Sheik of Araby," and Guy Noir goes in search of a red shoe that holds the key to one man's happiness. From the University of Minnesota in the historic railroad town of Morris, a show from the well scrubbed P.E. Center (a.k.a. the gym), Tim Sparks and Pat Donohue team up in a pickin' frenzy to play "Freight Train", Prudence Johnson and Garrison sing Utah Philips, and Dusty and Lefty stumble into a BioMass Gasification Plant. Plus, in The News from Lake Wobegon, the story of Jellyglass Mortenson and His Six Hot Pickles.
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Doyle Lawson with his band Quicksilver join us this week
Tim Sparks relates the "Mississippi Blues"
Tom Keith gets hungry during the show
A special guest showed up for the second show, a former Opry regular, Little Jimmy Dickens.
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:12 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:54 - GK Intro
- 00:03:20 - "Ice Fishing Blues" - Pat Donohue
- 00:05:31 - GK talks about the Lakeside Ballroom/Glenwood
- 00:06:43 - "Clarinet Polka" - Dan Chouinard and Shoe Band
- 00:09:06 - "The Waltz You Saved for Me" - GK and Prudence Johnson
- 00:11:30 - "Doin' the New Lowdown" - Butch Thompson and Shoe band
- 00:14:15 - SFX script
- 00:21:05 - "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" - GK and Shoe band
- 00:24:27 - "At the End of a Long Lonely Day" - GK and Prudence Johnson
- 00:28:17 - GK talks more about dancing in the ballroom
- 00:29:10 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break
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Segment 2
- 00:30:37 - GK Intro next segments
- 00:31:00 - Guy Noir script
- 00:42:31 - "Sheik of Araby" - Adam Granger and Shoe band
- 00:44:22 - "Johan Pa Snippen" - Shoe band
- 00:45:58 - The Story of Bob script
- 00:56:03 - "Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor" - Pat Donohue and Shoe band
- 00:58:58 - Intermission/"Some of These Days" - Shoe band
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Segment 3
- 01:03:06 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:03:39 - "The Barnyard Dance" - Bill Hinkley and Judy Larson
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Segment 4
- 01:06:44 - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:22:44 - "The Pearls" - Butch Thompson
- 01:26:26 - GK Intro Morris Segment
- 01:27:16 - "Orphan Train" - GK and Prudence Johnson
- 01:30:51 - "I Don't Care, Just as Long as You Love Me" - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
- 01:33:28 - Hide script
- 01:36:15 - "I Am on My Journey Home" - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
- 01:38:06 - GK Intro next Morris segment
- 01:38:23 - "Mississippi Blues" - Tim Sparks
- 01:41:15 - Cowboys script
- 01:48:59 - "Freight Train" - Tim Sparks and Pat Donohue
- 01:51:24 - Catchup Script
- 01:54:48 - GK Closing Credits
- 01:55:43 - "So Long It's Been Good to Know You" - GK, Doyle Lawson, Prudence Johnson, Shoe band
- 01:58:32 - GK Credits
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