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September 1, 2007
Coming up this week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's Labor Day and we're coming to you from the grandstand of the Minnesota State Fair. The cast and crew are back from the summer break and are trolling the fairgrounds for this year's best cheese curds and fries and cold beverages. Songstress Patty Griffin will be along for the ride, as will the magnificent Jearlyn Steele. She'll be heating things up with her black-coffee style and to sweeten the drink, she'll be backed by "The Hornheads" (yes, that's right): a raucous bunch of local brass players who will be sitting in with Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band.
We'll fill you in on the blue ribbon winners, talk about buttery sculptures, sing the Star Spangled Banner in the Key of G, send rockets into the air and make you wish you were there for our last hurrah of summer.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | "Tishomingo Blues" - GK, Shoes |
| 00:02:30 | GK talks about the Fair and the guests on the show |
| 00:04:00 | GK intros Jearlyn Steele |
| 00:04:40 | "I'm Saved" - Jearlyn Steele |
| 00:08:08 | Rhubarb script |
| 00:13:54 | "Paris, France" - GK, Jearlyn Steele, Shoe band |
| 00:17:30 | GK talks to 4H Ambassadors (Bob Wippler and Chantal Liepold) |
| 00:22:50 | "Grandstand Shuffle" - Pat Donohue, Shoes, Hornheads |
| 00:26:00 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:30:18 | "Rye Straw" - Wild Goose Chase Cloggers |
| 00:32:00 | GK intros Patty Griffin |
| 00:33:39 | "Long Ride Home" - Patty Griffin |
| 00:37:10 | "Top of the World" - Patty Griffin |
| 00:42:20 | Guy Noir script |
| 00:52:00 | "It's All Right" - GK, Jearlyn Steele, Patty Griffin, Becky Schlegel |
| 00:57:05 | Intermission |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:00:37 | Welcome back to the 2nd half, GK talks about the Fair |
| 01:02:28 | "Shenandoah" - GK and Becky Schlegel |
| 01:07:52 | "You Make Me Feel Like I'm In Minnesota" - Jearlyn Steele |
| 01:10:50 | GK intros band |
| 01:11:29 | Sunshine script |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:18:16 | GK talks to Aria Stiles |
| 01:19:25 | "Tom and Jerry" - Aria Stiles and band |
| 01:21:25 | GK talks to Catie Joe Pidel |
| 01:22:11 | "Black Mountain Rag" - Catie Joe Pidel and band |
| 01:24:13 | GK talks with Carol Logeais from the Salem Lutheran Church dining hall about egg coffee |
| 01:28:44 | GK talks with Jearlyn Steele about church |
| 01:31:07 | "Sweet Hour of Prayer" - Jearlyn Steele |
| 01:34:30 | GK brings back Patty Griffin |
| 01:35:20 | "Up to the Mountain" - Patty Griffin |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:39:35 | The News from Lake Wobegon |
| 01:55:50 | Credits |
| 01:57:09 | "It's Alright" - GK, Shoe Band, Hornheads, Becky Schlegel, Jearlyn Steele, Fiddlers, Cloggers |
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Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Andrea McAvey)
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| Jearlyn Steele gets the crowd moving with the Etta James tune "Tell Mama." |
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Future leaders of tomorrow, the 4-H Ambassadors Chantal Liepold and Bob Wippler, chat with Garrison. |
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| The Wild Goose Chase Cloggers dance to "Rye Straw." |
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Becky Schlegel, Patty Griffin and Jearlyn Steele join Garrison to sing "It's All Right." |
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| Becky Schlegel with "Lake Wobegon Song." |
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Minnesota State Fair Teen Fiddling Champ Catie Jo Pidel brings down the house with her rousing take on the "Black Mountain Rag." |
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