A Prairie Home Companion: June 5, 2004

June 5, 2004
The show this week was broadcast live from Meadowbrook Farm Musical Arts Center in Guilford, New Hampshire, featuring an extra-large Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, with guests Vince Giordano, Duke Heitger, Andy Stein, and Butch Thompson. We have music from acoustic rebels Old Crow Medicine Show and a return visit from Leon Redbone.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo (MPR)

00:00:12 Tishomingo Blues

00:03:17 GK announces Ronald Reagan's passing, "Lighthouse"/"Where Could I Go?"

00:07:52 "Minor Drag" - Butch Thompson, Rich Dworsky, Shoe Band

Segment 2

00:10:32 Also script

00:12:21 "'Tain't No Sin" - Vince Giordano and Shoe Band

00:14:50 GK talks about New Hampshire history

00:15:14 GK introduces Old Crow Medicine Show

00:15:30 "Tear it Down" - Old Crow Medicine Show

Segment 3

00:17:52 Café Boeuf script

00:19:46 GK talks about the bears in Gilford, N.H. politics

00:20:35 "Another Friend Like Me" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

Segment 4

00:24:13 Chamber of Commerce script

00:26:33 "We're Going Down" - GK and Shoe Band

00:27:55 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

00:30:25 GK talks about Leon Redbone

00:31:00 GK talks about Old Crow Medicine Show

00:31:30 "CC Rider" - Old Crow Medicine Show

00:37:11 "Hard to Tell" - Old Crow Medicine Show

Segment 5

00:40:52 Guy Noir script

00:53:06 GK talks more about Hew Hampshire

00:53:43 GK intros Leon Redbone

00:54:00 "Big Time Woman" - Leon Redbone and Shoe Band

00:57:41 "Shiek of Araby" - Leon Redbone and Shoe Band

01:01:08 Intermission - "I Can't Give You Anything But Love"

01:05:18 Welcome Back to the Second Half, New England history, Greetings

01:12:55 "Clothesline Ballet" - Butch Thompson

01:16:14 "Rivers of Babylon" - GK and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Segment 6

01:19:00 Catchup script

01:23:32 "Lonesome Me" - Butch Thompson and Pat Donohue

Segment 7

01:26:17 The News From Lake Wobegon

01:41:50 "Let's Break the Good News" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Segment 8

01:44:47 GK recites Vermont limerick

01:45:09 Mel's Buffet script / Gas script

01:47:01 "Ain't Misbehavin'" - Leon Redbone

01:50:30 "Wagon Wheel" - Old Crow Medicine Show

01:55:10 Credits

01:56:22 "America the Beautiful" closer

01:59:05 Minor Drag reprise