A Prairie Home Companion from American Public Media

November 19, 2005
This week, we'll re-broadcast a hybrid of two shows from November 2004, featuring Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Butch Thompson, Prudence Johnson, and the Thanksgiving Cantata performed by Vern Sutton, Janis Hardy, and VocalEssence. We return next week, live from the University Auditorium in East Lansing, Michigan. Then it's a cool December in New York City, with 4 shows from the fabulous Town Hall on West 43rd.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:12 Tishomingo Blues

00:00:58 GK rebroadcast announcement

00:02:23 "Over the River and Through the Woods" - Shoe Band/GK talks about Thanksgiving

00:06:49 GK introduces Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

00:07:16 "Julianne" - Doyle Lawson and Quicksliver

00:10:14 GK talks to Doyle Lawson

00:11:32 "John the Revelator" - Doyle Lawson and Qucksilver

00:14:22 Guy Noir

00:23:37 "Minnesota Thanksgiving" - GK/VocalEssence/Rich Dworsky

00:27:30 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:29:00 Emperor script, into "Caravan" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

00:31:29 Powdermilk Biscuit Break/"Where the Soul Never Dies"

00:38:50 GK introduces members of Quicksilver

00:39:20 "Blue Train on the Heartbreak Line" - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

Segment 3

00:43:27 News from Lake Wobegon

01:01:17 Intermission/"Somebody Stole My Gal" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Segment 4

01:05:10 Welcome back to the 2nd half, Greetings

01:08:14 "Thanksgiving Cantata" - Vern Sutton, Janis Hardy, VocalEssence

01:18:44 What the Bass Player Thinks About script

01:22:03 Department of Folk Song: "Juanita," On the Road to Mandalay," "Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen"

01:29:29 Award script

Segment 5

01:42:33 GK talks to Doyle Lawson

01:46:27 "Hard Game of Love" - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

01:50:41 "I'm Glad Somebody Obeyed" - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

01:52:44 Catchup script

01:55:31 Credits

01:55:20 "Blue Train on the Heartbreak Line" closer

Photos from the show
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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).



Sound-effects man Tom Keith is behind the sounds of Guy Noir's stories.		Hardy, Sutton and the Ensemble Singers perform the Thanksgiving Cantata, which was written with messages submitted by listeners and audience members.