Musical guest: Bob Douglas and Susie Eldredge

Texas-born Bob Douglas has lived in Minnesota since his college days. In the early years of A Prairie Home Companion, Bob did mandolin duties and played spoons in the show’s house bands, the Powdermilk Biscuit Band and the New Prairie Ramblers. These days, he is Chair of the Sustainability Committee at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, but he still finds time for music, including playing with the Show’d Up Band, the Tune Jerks, and his family.

 

 

Susie Eldredge wasn’t yet born when her dad, Bob Douglas, started appearing on A Prairie Home Companion. Susie and her siblings grew up singing at churches, senior homes, and weddings. In college on the West Coast, she sang in coffeehouses, choirs, and on several recording projects. Later, she joined a band called The Way Much and traveled the country playing concerts and busking. She’s now back in Minnesota, working on a master’s degree — and still singing and welcoming opportunities to harmonize.