A Prairie Home Companion: December 4, 2004

December 4, 2004
This weekend, help us say hello to another St. Paul December. We'll be at the Fitz, warmed by the smoky voice of our friend Prudence Johnson, and by the hot country of the Flatlanders' Joe Ely. Pianist Nils Lindberg will be there as well, plus the Royal Academy of Radio Acting, The News From Lake Wobegon and more.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:12 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:40 GK talks about his daughter's Christmas concert

00:04:43 "December Waltz" - Pat Donohue

00:08:16 S.U.T. script

00:09:25 Evelyn script

00:11:15 Movie script

00:13:18 The Lives of the Cowboys script

00:23:40 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:28:16 GK introduces Joe Ely

00:30:06 "All Just to Get to You" - Joe Ely and Joel Guzman

00:34:27 GK talks to Joe Ely

00:36:11 "Ranches and Rivers" - Joe Ely and Joel Guzman

00:40:17 Department of Folk Song: "Long, Long Ago," "In the Gloaming," "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" - GK and Prudence Johnson

00:48:10 Guy Noir script

01:03:33 Intermission/"I Want to Hold Your Hand" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Segment 3

01:07:48 Greetings

01:11:12 "On the Road to Grand Marais" - GK and audience

01:15:16 Commercials script

01:16:40 Humane script

01:17:38 Redwood script

Segment 4

01:18:50 GK introduces and talks with Nils Lindberg, Swedish folk songs

01:26:42 GK talks more with Nils Lindberg

01:27:19 "Blues for Bill" - Nils Lindberg and Shoe Band

01:31:03 GK talks to Joe Ely

01:32:00 "Indian Cowboy" - Joe Ely and Joel Guzman

01:35:43 "Letter to Laredo" - Joe Ely and Joel Guzman

Segment 5

01:40:30 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 6

01:51:36 "A Sabbath Daydream" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

01:52:44 Little Drummer Boy script

01:54:52 Credits

01:56:24 "Going Down This Old Dusty Road" - Joe Ely, Joel Guzman, GK, Shoe Band

Photos from the show

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Garrison Keillor greets the audience for the first show of December.		Tom Keith, Tim Russell, Sue Scott and Garrison Keillor, with the Lives of the Cowboys.


Country singer Joe Ely sings "All Just To Get To You."		Joe Ely and Joel Guzman, with "Ranches and Rivers."


Garrison helps children from the audience with "Hark the Herald Angels" for the Guy Noir script.		Garrison reads through audience-submitted Greetings.

Guest Recordings Joe Ely Nils Lindberg Prudence Johnson		Music Information Performers, music sources and credits

Guest Information Joe Ely Nils Lindberg Prudence Johnson John Niemann		Scripts S.U.T. script Evelyn script Movie script Lives of the Cowboys script Guy Noir Commercials script Humane script Redwood script Little Drummer Boy script

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On the Road to Grand Marais

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Gary Drievold
& Gail Garvey

Gail Garvey and Gary Drievold of Minneapolis joined us on December 4 to celebrate a very special anniversary: two years of survival. In late 2002/early 2003, Gary spent 105 days in St. Joseph's hospital recovering from a cerebral hemorrhage. For the Saturday show, Gail parked in the St. Joe's parking lot, right down Exchange Street, just for old time's sake. We're glad to have you with us, Gary.