A Prairie Home Companion: November 13, 2004

November 13, 2004
We're not done with the Fitz yet! This week we welcome gospel blue-grassers Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, joining us in downtown St. Paul all the way from Tennessee. Butch Thompson — a fellow Minnesotan and one-time house pianist for A Prairie Home Companion — is back, too, to play a song or two with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:28 GK talks about the hockey lockout, its effect on opera, flu vaccine

00:03:28 Opening script

00:05:02 "John Henry" - GK and Shoe Band

00:10:25 Deer script

00:17:26 Meat script

00:19:11 "Blues for Two" - Pat Donohue and Butch Thompson

Segment 2

00:22:33 GK introduces Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

00:23:00 "Julianne" - Doyle Lawson and Quicksliver

00:26:12 GK talks to Doyle Lawson

00:27:30 "John the Revelator" - Doyle Lawson and Qucksilver

00:30:20 Powdermilk Biscuit Break/"Nonsense Song" - GK and Shoe Band

Segment 3

00:32:20 Guy Noir

00:41:44 What the Bass Player Thinks About script

00:45:04 Emperor script, into "Caravan" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Segment 4

00:54:52 GK introduces members of Quicksilver

00:55:22 "Blue Train on the Heartbreak Line" - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

00:59:40 Intermission - "Somebody Stole My Gal" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Segment 5

01:03:34 Welcome Back/Greetings

01:06:32 "I Know Where I'm Going"/The Gypsy Rover" - Department of Folk Song

01:13:30 "Mercury Blues" Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

01:18:16 Tomahawk script

01:19:34 "Jimmy Yancey tune" - Butch Thompson

Segment 6

01:23:13 GK talks to Doyle Lawson

01:27:11 "Hard Game of Love" - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

Segment 7

01:31:22 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 8

01:49:36 "Old Rockin' chair" - Prudence Johnson

01:53:07 GK talks about Doyle Lawson

01:53:30 "I'm Glad Somebody Obeyed" - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

01:55:40 Credits, "Parting Glass"/"Sally Goodin" - Pat Donohue and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Photos from the show

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Actors Tim Russell and Sue Scott with a script that features talking deer.		Guitarist Pat Donohue with "Blues For Two," written just for a performance with pianist Butch Thompson.


Doyle Lawson (left) and Quicksilver's incredible harmonies, with the gospel song "John the Revelator."		Guy Noir goes to Wisconsin to badger a Packers fan, with actors Tim Russell (left) and Sue Scott (center) and Garrison Keillor (right).


Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, with "Blue Train on the Heartbreak Line."		"Old Rockin' Chair," with Butch Thompson on clarinet, Pat Donohue on guitar, and Prudence Johnson on vocals.

Guest Recordings Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Butch Thompson		Music Information Performers, music sources and credits

Guest Information Prudence Johnson Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Butch Thompson		Scripts Opening script Deer script Meat script Guy Noir What the Bass Player Thinks About script Emperor script Tomahawk script

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John Henry

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Bonnie and
Merrill Holden

During a fund-drive at their local WHQR-FM, Bonnie and Merrill Holden contributed during the show so they'd be entered in a contest with a very special prize: 24 hours in St. Paul, and tickets to see the show live. They won! On November 13, we were happy to see them seated on stage with Garrison and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and to find out after the show that Bonnie simply couldn't possibly pick a favorite part, she liked it all so much.