A Prairie Home Companion: July 3, 2004

July 3, 2004
The last live show of this season comes to you from the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. We welcome mandolin player Sam Bush, jazz vocalist Inga Swearingen, humorist Calvin Trillin, and the four classical bassists of the Existential Bass Quartet. Also, harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy and actress Erica Rhodes.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Tishomingo Blues

00:03:30 GK talks about western Massachusetts, Independence Day, president

00:04:21 SFX script

00:06:05 "Take Me Back to the Berkshire Mountains" - GK, Sam Bush, Shoe Band

00:09:32 "Majestic" - Sam Bush and Shoe Band

Segment 2

00:13:26 Canada script

00:14:41 GK introduces Calvin Trillin

00:17:32 Calvin Trillin reads "The Effect On His Campaign of the Release of George W. Bush's College Transcript," "A Scientific Observation on the Speaking Problems That Seem to Run in the Bush Family," "Cheney's Head: An Explanation," "The Only King We Have is Jesus (A Newly Unearthed Gospel Song Credited to John Ashcroft)," "Memo to: Commander, Coalition Forces, from: Karl Rove, Supreme Commander," and "I Can't Appear Without My Nanny Dick"

Segment 3

00:22:49 Scarlet Letter script

00:27:20 "The Saddest Noise" - Inga Swearingen and Richard Dworsky

00:31:39 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

00:33:45 GK introduces the Existential Bass Quartet

00:35:19 "The Stars and Stripes Forever" - the Existential Bass Quartet and Inga Swearingen

00:38:10 "Sweet and Low" - GK and Existential Bass Quartet

00:43:05 "A Time For Love" - Inga Swearingen and Richard Dworsky

Segment 4

00:47:41 Guy Noir script

01:02:50 Intermission - "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

01:07:06 Greetings

01:07:47 Louis Collins (about Mississippi John Hurt)

01:10:31 More Greetings

Segment 5

01:15:13 "Pittsfield Baseball Tune"

01:18:18 GK talks to Inga about the Montreux Jazz Festival

01:19:24 "Heart and Soul" - Inga Swearingen and Gary Raynor

01:22:51 GK talks about Tanglewood

01:24:14 "The Tanglewood Waltz" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

Segment 6

01:26:44 The News From Lake Wobegon

01:46:10 "Joseph Lauber Quartet for Basses," Mvt. 4 - The Existential Bass Quartet

Segment 7

01:50:04 GK talks about the Declaration of Independence, birth of our country

01:51:40 "America the Beautiful" - the Existential Bass Quartet/America

01:56:30 Credits

01:57:33 "Blackberry Blossom" closer