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Hot Springs
Coming up this week bits and pieces of two shows from springtimes past: one from Hot Springs, Arkansas and the other from Columbus Georgia. The first-couple of old time music, Norman and Nancy Blake, sing "Hawaiian Mother of Mine," Robin and Linda Williams sing "Green Summertime," and Jearlyn Steele appears in an episode of Guy Noir as Geraldine — a woman in search of her stardom. Plus, guitarist Jake Fussell, country swingers BR-549, and a message from Lurleen's Spa in Hot Springs. Lurleen's Hot Springs: It Feels So Good When It's Done.
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Jearlyn Steele
Shaw Wilson, drummer for BR549.
Norman and Nancy Blake perform "While The Band Was Playing Dixie."
Nancy Blake switches to the cello for "I'm Going to Georgia"
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:12 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:54 - GK Intro
- 00:02:54 - "With You Again" - Pat Donohue and Shoes
- 00:05:46 - Spa script
- 00:07:47 - GK Intros Chuck Mead
- 00:08:37 - "One Long Saturday Night" - BR-549
- 00:12:03 - Guy Noir script
- 00:26:12 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break
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Segment 2
- 00:28:29 - GK talks about Vance Randolph, sings "Down in the Arkansas"
- 00:31:21 - GK talks with Chuck Mead
- 00:32:51 - "Lower Broad Street Blues" - BR-549
- 00:37:00 - "Cajun Persuasion" - BR-549
- 00:39:54 - "Coffee Jingle" - GK and Jearlyn Steele
- 00:41:20 - "Tell Mama" - Jearlyn Steele and Shoes
- 00:43:37 - SFX script
- 00:51:41 - "Shed a Little Light" - Jearlyn Steele
- 00:55:24 - "Deep River" - Jearlyn Steele
- 00:58:49 - Intermission Credit, "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
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Segment 3
- 01:02:20 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:03:40 - "While the Band Was Playing Dixie" - Norman and Nancy Blake
- 01:08:26 - "Green Summertime/ Middlebrook Waltz" medley, Robin and Linda Williams
- 01:12:17 - "Statesboro Blues" - Pat Donohue and Shoes
- 01:17:16 - SUV script
- 01:20:28 - "Georgia Buck" - Jake Fussell
- 01:22:55 - GK Intro Mono
- 01:23:16 - "Hawaiian Mother of Mine" - Norman and Nancy Blake
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Segment 4
- 01:26:15 - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:45:56 - "Deliah" - Pat Donohue, Jake Fussell and Shoes
- 01:49:50 - GK Intro Norman and Nancy
- 01:50:04 - "I'm Going to Georgia" - Norman and Nancy Blake
- 01:52:18 - Hospital script
- 01:56:38 - GK Credits
- 01:57:28 - "It'll Be Me" - BR-549
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