801 Episode | What It Was, Was Football/Letters from Home/The

801 Episode | What It Was, Was Football/Letters from Home/The Story of Virginia Johnson

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Asheboro illustrator Rich Powell draws new life out of Andy Griffith's classic monologue about a country deacon's first football game. Then, the singing duo Letters from Home honors our nation's veterans with patriotic performances. Lastly, J. Larry Keith and the Lonesome Road Band perform The Story of Virginia Johnson, Keith's original song inspired by his wife's North Carolinian childhood.

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