A Prairie Home Companion: November 8, 2003

November 8, 2003
From Charlottesville Performing Arts Center in Charlottesville, Virginia
Our guests included Virginia-based Americana music masters Robin and Linda Williams, as well as rollicking bluegrass musicians Mountain Heart. We also played host to Mike Seeger, who plays traditional songs from the rural American south.

This show was rebroadcast on September 17, 2005, and again on April 15, 2006. Listen to the show as aired on April 15, 2006. If you really love the show, listen to the September 17, 2005 version. Trouble with the links? Try April 15, 2006 (Listen), or September 17, 2005 (Listen).

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo (MPR)

00:00:12 Tishomingo Blues

00:03:08 "Blue Ridge Mountain Home" - Robin & Linda Williams with Mountain Heart

00:06:33 GK talks about the University of Virginia

Segment 2

00:07:19 Accents script

00:10:57 GK talks to Robin and & Linda Williams

00:12:26 "October Light" - Robin & Linda Williams with Mountain Heart

00:16:19 GK talks about Monticello

Segment 3

00:16:42 SFX script

00:22:27 "Waves Upon the Sea" - Mike Seeger, Robin & Linda Williams, GK

00:26:26 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

00:28:05 Marvin & Mavis sing the University of Virginia fight song

Segment 4

00:30:54 Guy Noir script

00:41:24 GK talks about Charlottesville

00:44:38 GK talks with Mike Seeger about old-time music

00:47:22 Mike demonstrates the gourd banjo

00:48:14 "Soon the Morning Babe" - Mike Seeger

00:51:36 "Quill Ditty" - Mike Seeger

00:53:36 "Did you Ever See the Devil, Uncle Joe?"

00:56:39 GK continues talk about Charlottesville

00:58:18 "Ramblin' Heart" - Mountain Heart

01:01:22 Intermission - "Pike County" - Mountain Heart

Segment 5

01:05:00 Café Boeuf script

01:07:35 More greetings, GK talk about Mountain Heart

01:08:22 "Gospel Train" - Mountain Heart

01:11:23 Greetings

01:13:20 "Weary Prodigal Son" - Robin & Linda Williams and GK

01:16:17 "They Don't Want Piano" - Richard Dworsky

01:20:20 "By the Touch of Her Hand" - Robin & Linda Williams and GK

Segment 6

01:24:12 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 7

01:42:09 "Your Mischievous Charms" - Richard Dworsky

01:44:25 "The False Knight" - GK, Rich Dworsky, and Robin & Linda Williams

Segment 8

01:49:14 Carp script

01:52:13 Credits

01:53:30 "Take Me Home Tonight in a Song"

01:56:03 "Goodnight Ladies" - Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky, Mountain Heart, Robin & Linda Williams, Mike Seeger