Tim Russell - Actor

Tim Russell - Actor Former Cast member on “Live From Here with Chis Thile”, formerly known as “A Prairie Home Companion “, heard every Saturday, 5 Central, on Public Radio.

Tim Russell is an actor and a voice talent. As a voice talent, he’s noted for his versatility, comic timing, and variety of announcer and character voices. He has been an actor on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor and now, new host Chris Thile, since 1994.

11 years ago I did this Voiceover for Omega’s Dark Side ode the Moon watch… what goes around comes around.
04/02/2026

11 years ago I did this Voiceover for Omega’s Dark Side ode the Moon watch… what goes around comes around.

Combining an incredible legacy, Co-Axial performance and breathtaking design, OMEGA's Speedmaster "Dark Side of the Moon" has been one of the most talked abo...

12/31/2025

Bonus PHC - Ring in the NEW YEAR!
Listen - http://bit.ly/2WYFKCJ

It's our New Year's Eve show from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on December 31, 2006. Old Crow Medicine Show ask "Are You from Dixie?"; Rhonda Vincent and the Rage play "All American Bluegrass Girl"; Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver turn things up past 11, acoustically, with "Sadie's Got a New Dress"; Suzy Bogguss sings "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"; Emmylou Harris and Jon Randall perform the classic "If I Could Only Win Your Love"; Cowboy Jack Clement joins the band for his own classic, "Guess Things Happen That Way"; and our friends Robin and Linda Williams drop by for a tune or two, including a slow-burning "Ramblin' Man." Plus: a message from the Catchup Advisory Board and a visit to the Cafe Boeuf courtesy of Tim Russell and Fred Newman; an extra-wide Shoe Band, with Nashville pickers Buddy Emmons, Stuart Duncan, Sam Bush, and Jerry Douglas joining Richard Dworsky and the Guy's; and Garrison shares a few notes on how Lake Wobegon is preparing for the New Year.
Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:13 Hello Love- GK, band
00:00:55 GK Open VO
00:03:10 GK talks about persisting, the new year coming up
00:03:53 You're The Top- GK and band
00:07:41 Guy's Shoes Script
00:08:43 Nashville Pickin'- band
00:12:17 GK introduces Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
00:13:05 All American Bluegrass Girl- Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
00:16:44 You're Running Wild- Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
00:19:24 Beebopareebop Rhubarb Pie script
00:25:58 GK introduces Old Crow Medicine Show
00:26:35 Are You From Dixie- Old Crow Medicine Show
00:29:54 Duct Tape Script (Jerry Douglas)
00:31:07 Powdermilk Biscuits
Segment 2
00:32:36 GK Talks to Old Crow Medicine Show
00:32:49 Wagon Wheel- Old Crow Medicine Show
00:36:56 GK talks about Sam Bush
00:37:30 Wabash Cannonball- Sam Bush and band
00:41:06 GK talks to Doyle Lawson
00:42:22 I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)- Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
00:44:53 Thompson's Tooth Tinsel Script
00:45:48 GK intros Suzy Bogguss
00:46:27 Outbound Plane- Suzy Bogguss and band
00:49:56 GK talks to Suzy Bogguss
00:50:33 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve- Suzy Bogguss and band
00:53:56 Coffee script
00:55:44 Intermission "I've Just Seen A Face" [5/2/09]
Segment 3
00:59:03 GK Welcome Back
00:59:15 GK introduces Cowboy Jack Clement
01:00:20 No Expectations- Cowboy Jack Clement and band
01:03:53 I Guess Things Happen That Way- Cowboy Jack Clement and band
01:06:55 GK introduces Emmylou Harris
01:07:33 If I Could Only Win Your Love- Emmylou Harris and Jon Randall
01:10:02 Emmylou introduces Jon Randall
01:10:39 Strong Hand- Emmylou Harris
01:13:51 GK talks about New Year's Eve in Lake Wobegon
01:14:38 GK intros Robin & Linda Williams
01:15:10 Rollin' & Ramblin' - Robin & Linda Williams and band
01:18:31 GK talks about Lake Wobegon
01:19:31 GK Recites "A Dialogue of Watching" by Kenneth Rexroth
01:20:43 GK talks about NYE
01:23:09 GK Intros Jerry Douglas
01:23:31 Emphysema Two-Step- Jerry Douglas and band
01:26:24 GK talks about New Year's traditions
01:27:19 Sadie's Got A New Dress- Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
Segment 4
01:30:49 GK talks about Jack Clement
01:32:06 Let's All Help the Cowboys Sing the Blues- Cowboy Jack and band
01:35:47 Cafe Bouef script
01:38:21 GK talks to Robin & Linda
01:39:10 Ramblin' Man- Robin & Linda Williams and band
01:43:47 River's Gonna Run- Sam Bush and Emmylou Harris, band
01:47:32 Catchup spot, GK intros Rhonda Vincent
01:47:59 Jolene- Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
01:51:08 Whistlin' Rufus - Stuart Duncan and band
01:53:51 Will the Circle Be Unbroken- GK, all, Audience
01:54:33 Credits
01:56:05 Auld Lang Syne- GK, all, Audience

What a great audience, love Austin!
12/12/2025

What a great audience, love Austin!

This was a great show in the beautiful Santa Fe Opera! This is the last of the 50th Anniversary Shows before we Star our...
10/15/2025

This was a great show in the beautiful Santa Fe Opera! This is the last of the 50th Anniversary Shows before we Star our cross country string of 7 Christmas Prairie Home Companion shows in December.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Santa Fe Opera on September 7, 2025, A Prairie Home Companion 50th Anniversary Show is a two-hour performance celebrating the half-century milestone of Garrison Keillor’s one-of-a-kind radio broadcast, which first hit the airways in July of 1974. Comedy ...

This is our Salute to the final “Downton Abbey “ film. I get to do “Mr. Carson”, a higher register I’m afraid.
09/21/2025

This is our Salute to the final “Downton Abbey “ film. I get to do “Mr. Carson”, a higher register I’m afraid.

Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Fred Newman, and Rich Dworsky perform "Afton Abbey" during the February 2, 2013 broadcasthttp://prairiehome.publicr...

A Prairie Home Companion played the Grandstand about a dozen times, this one featured both of our SFX guys, the OG Tom K...
08/28/2025

A Prairie Home Companion played the Grandstand about a dozen times, this one featured both of our SFX guys, the OG Tom Keith and the great Fred Newman together. Garrison would time the ending at 10pm just as the State Fair fireworks burst overhead. Fantastic!

We're Going Down by Garrison Keillor

We're going down
We're going down
We're going down to the old fairgrounds, boys,
And walk around and look for girls.
They're long and tall
They got blonde hair
They're seventeen and right off the farm, boys
And they're looking for guys like us.
We got our shades
Our black t-shirts
We drew tattoos on our hands
We look like we play in a band
There's two right there
They're in 4-H
One of em is carrying a chicken
Let's head for the Penny Arcade.
When we see 'em
We'll walk right by 'em
We'll be cool, cause that's how we are
They'll come running
And ask where we're going
And maybe they will offer us a ride.
We're at the Fair,
It's Saturday night
We got our shades and these cool tattoos
And how could any girl refuse?
INSTRUMENTAL
It's ten o'clock
It's getting late
No girls have been looking our way, boys
So I think it's time I said goodbye.
They're looking at me
Then they see you
And they get a funny look on their faces
So I'm gonna head out on my own.
When I see 'em
I'll walk right by 'em
I'll be cool, cause that's how I am
They'll come running
And ask where I'm going
And probably they'll offer me a ride.
I'm at the Fair,
It's Saturday night
I got my shades and I'm walking tall, boys
And who would know I come from St. Paul?
Listen - http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/.../02/scripts/down.shtml

This is going to be an action packed December, join us for some Holiday fun!
07/23/2025

This is going to be an action packed December, join us for some Holiday fun!

Just announced. Go to: garrisonkeillor.com/schedule for ticket information.

06/12/2025

The bags are being packed, and the cast and crew are looking forward to getting together again to celebrate the old show in stories, songs, and sketches. Consider joining us on one of the stops on this outing as the crew revisits two of their favorite locations with each holding many fond memories. We will travel to the Washington, D.C., area for a show in Bethesda, Maryland, and then move on to Tanglewood for our first show at the beautiful venue since 2016. (We can’t wait to hear what you bring to the audience sing-along!)

June 18th at 8:00 p.m. in Bethesda, MD, at the Strathmore - https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/in-the-music-center/a-prairie-home-companion-with-garrison-keillor/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

June 21st at 7:00 p.m. in Lennox, MA, at Tanglewood - https://www.bso.org/events/a-prairie-home-companion-2025?performance=2025-06-21-19%3A00&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

03/29/2025

in Bethesda, Maryland, on June 18th

01/31/2025

After a national tour in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, APHC is pleased to again be taking the stage at Tanglewood Music Center — always a favorite stop and the site of 17 of the show’s national broadcasts. Joining Garrison are music director Rich Dworsky and the band, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors (Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and sound-effects wizard Fred Newman), and guest performers too.

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Radio Tim Russell

Tim Russell is an actor and a voice talent. As a voice talent, he’s noted for his versatility, comic timing, and Celebrity Impressions, announcer styles, and character voices. He was an actor on the National Public Radio show “A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor”starting in 1994, and continued in that role with it’s successor show, American Public Media’s “Live From Here with Chris Thile”, through 2018. He has acted in several movies, directed by, for example, Robert Altman and The Coen Brothers.