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A Prairie Home Companion for July 12, 2014
There is a Winding Road
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This week, we kick off our summer repeats with a classic recorded all the way back on November 23, 1985 at theBridges Auditoriumat theClaremont Collegesin Claremont, California.Willie Nelsonsings a few tunes with our band (featuringChet Atkins,Johnny Gimble,Peter Ostroushko, andButch Thompson) andTom Keithperforms his version of "Turkey in the Straw," plus, music from El Mariachi Los Galleros de Pedro Rey, and saw playerDavid Weiss. In Lake Wobegon, Senator K. Thorvaldson's mysterious love Laura comes to town to meet his family.