Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:11 Tishomingo Blues
00:02:51 GK opens, talks about fatty food at the fair, rides, bringing his daughter to the fair and pre-chewing his pronto pup, deep fried cheese curds
00:05:03 "Let's Go to the Fair" - GK and Shoe Band
00:08:00 "Doxology" - GK, Shawn Colvin, Shoe Band
Segment 2
00:09:55 SFX script
00:13:24 "I Feel Fine" - Pat Donohue, John Niemann, GK, and Shoe Band
Segment 3
00:16:05 Rides script
00:17:46 "Land of 1,000 Dances" - Tonic Sol-Fa
00:21:27 GK talks about the gadgets for sale at the fair, introduces Marching Wolfpack of Cottage Grove
00:22:43 "The Victors March" - Marching Wolfpack
00:23:28 GK talks to percussion section
00:24:19 "It Don't Mean A Thing" - Marching Wolfpack
Segment 4
00:26:26 Julia Child script
00:28:04 "On A Stick" - GK and Shoe Band
00:29:56 Powdermilk Biscuit Break / "Florida Blues"
00:32:21 GK introduces Shawn Colvin
00:32:49 "I'll Be Back" - Shawn Colvin
00:36:05 GK talks to Shawn
00:37:38 "That's The Way Love Goes" - Shawn Colvin, GK, Shoe Band
00:41:16 GK talks about the new cow at the fair this year and introduces Princess Kay of the Milky Way and the other finalists
00:48:37 "America" / "America the Beautiful" - Pat Donohue, solo guitar
Segment 5
00:51:10 Old Eye script
00:53:16 "Sold" - Tonic Sol-Fa
00:56:08 "Long Black Train" - Tonic Sol-Fa
00:59:37 Intermission - "Muskrat Ramble"
01:03:52 GK sing Hail to the Minnesota and talks more about the fair, Greetings
01:08:42 "Gimme a Footlong" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
Segment 6
01:12:24 Guy Noir script
01:22:32 "Mouse House" - Rich Dworsky and Shoe Band
Segment 7
01:24:51 The News from Lake Wobegon
Segment 8
01:40:26 "You Got Me All Wound Up" - Shoe Band
01:41:35 GK talks about the Ferris wheel, meeting people at the fair
01:42:40 "Killing the Blues" - Shawn Colvin
Segment 9
01:47:04 Catchup script
01:51:02 GK talks about the fair
01:53:34 "In The Still of the Night" - Tonic Sol-Fa and Garrison Keillor
01:56:00 Credits, "I Feel Fine" closer
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A Prairie Home Companion for September 4, 2004
September 4, 2004 broadcast with Shawn Colvin, Tonic Sol-Fa, and the Marching Wolfpack of Cottage Grove
Description
This week it's a live broadcast from the Minnesota State Fair. This annual Mecca for Norwegian Bachelor Farmers hosts a show from the historic State Fair Grandstand. We welcome folk star Shawn Colvin, Minnesota-based a capella quartet Tonic Sol-Fa, and the Marching Wolfpack of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, as guests, as well as the regular crew: The Royal Academy of Radio Acting, Tim Russell and Sue Scott; sound effects from Tom Keith; and Rich Dworsky and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, joined this week by fiddler John Neiman.