A Prairie Home Companion from American Public Media

August 6, 2005
A few weeks back we asked about your favorite broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion, and the memories that went with them. My, what a response! We had a wonderful time reading and hearing your stories, and putting together a Listener's Choice show all about them. We'll be playing that show this weekend.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:12 Tishomingo Blues (Piano solo, Richard Dworsky)

00:00:24 GK Intro

00:02:24 Susan Black, Henderson, NV

00:03:31 "Hello Young Lovers" - Marni Nixon

00:05:20 GK Talk about Kristen Patty, Kingman, KS

00:06:01 "Summertime" - GK and audience

00:06:59 "Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery" Jingle

00:07:46 Kristen Larson, Bellingham, WA

00:08:16 "Raw Bits" with Greg Brown and Butch Thompson

00:09:32 "The Whippets Rag" from The Family Radio

00:10:54 "Ajua!" from The Family Radio

00:11:35 "Green Green Rocky Road" - Dave Van Ronk

Segment 2

00:14:14 GK Talk about Secilia Marino, Bozeman, MT

00:14:47 Guy Noir excerpt 1

00:15:45 Guy Noir excerpt 2

00:16:39 Guy Noir excerpt 3

00:17:10 "Guy Noir Theme" - Prudence Johnson and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band from The Adventures of Guy Noir: Radio Private Eye

00:17:35 GK talks about Renée Fleming in Guy Noir

00:18:19 Guy Noir with Renee Fleming and Emmanuel Ax

00:31:18 "Over The Waterfall" - Stevie Beck, autoharp

00:32:47 GK talks about Chet Atkins

00:33:39 Chet Atkins Tribute with Pat Donohue

Segment 3

00:39:07 GK Talk about Ray Ruppert, Roland Park, KS

00:39:42 The Lives of the Cowboys

00:50:27 "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" - Katey Bellville

00:52:12 GK Talk about Allan West, Tokyo, Japan

00:52:52 "America The Beautiful" - Mark O'Connor

00:54:57 "I Ain't Got Nobody" - Vince Giordano, Lou Green with The Butch Thompson Trio

00:55:06 Intermission

Segment 4

00:58:32 GK talks about Joan Barber, Spokane, WA

00:59:46 "Showers of Blessings" - GK and Lynne Petersen

01:03:21 GK talks about Arthur Atarain, New Orleans, LA

01:03:43 "Abraham, Martin and John" - Emmylou Harris, Buddy and Judy Miller and Greg Hippen

01:06:43 GK talks about Eli Hernandez, Omaha, NE

01:08:24 "I Know Where I'm Going" - Prudence Johnson, GK and Shoe Band

Segment 5

01:10:06 GK talks about Alaska monologue, Karyn Aubertot, Paris, France (Mark O'Connor, underscore)

01:12:48 GK talks about Tomato Butt monologue

01:13:04 "Tomato Butt" monologue excerpt from News from Lake Wobegon

01:26:37 "Living Flag" monologue from News from Lake Wobegon

01:28:41 "Bruno, The Fishing Dog" monologue excerpts from Gospel Birds with music by Chet Atkins

Segment 6

01:37:53 GK talks about Cheryl Moore, Montgomery, TX

01:38:44 "Teelin Bay Waltz" - Peter Ostroushko and Shoe Band

01:41:14 GK talks about Kerry Brookman, Fort Collins, CO

01:41:48 "Norman Olson" - Maria Jette

01:46:36 GK talks about Susan Kimball, Cedar Falls, IA

01:46:58 Six Minute Macbeth

01:57:45 Credits

01:58:54 "Tweedle-Dee" - Shoe Band