A Prairie Home Companion for April 8, 2006 from American Public Media

April 8, 2006
This week we continue our Minneapolis micro-tour with a big show at the Orpheum Theater (a famous vaudeville house, where a ticket to see the Marx Brothers was only 47 cents!), featuring blazing Country star Brad Paisley, VocalEssence with choirmaster Philip Brunelle, and the dulcet vocal tones of Prudence Johnson. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and much more. Join us on the Westside this Saturday, where we can leave the 20-foot neon "APPLAUSE" signs on the truck and people still cheer.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:14 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:42 GK talks about spring

00:03:22 "Gettin' it Done" - Shoe Band and Brad Paisley

00:06:30 "John Henry" - GK/Shoe Band/Brad Paisley

00:10:26 Spring script (with "Tiptoe Through the Tulips," "Chapel of Love," "The Birds and the Bees," "Spring in Minnesota")

00:20:23 "Spring Wind" - Prudence Johnson and Shoe Band

00:23:28 "Wimoweh" - Angela Young Smucker and VocalEssence

00:24:50 Catchup script

00:27:57 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:30:00 GK introduces Brad Paisley

00:31:11 "Cigar Song" - Brad Paisley

00:34:21 Brad intros next tune

00:34:40 "Make A Mistake With Me" - Brad Paisley

00:37:34 Prudence and GK talk about Gene Pitney's passing

00:38:19 "Hello Mary Lou" - Prudence Johnson, Pat Donohue, GK, and Shoe Band

00:40:20 Guy Noir script, with Brad Paisley

00:58:56 GK introduces 'Take Me Out to The Ball Game'

00:59:40 "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (Wagner)

01:00:58 "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (Tchaikovsky)

01:02:28 "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - VocalEssence

01:03:26 "San Antonio Rose"/Intermission

Segment 3

01:07:52 Greetings

01:11:25 "Younger Than Springtime" - VocalEssence women

01:12:56 GK introduces the next song

01:13:45 "Love Song" (Guastavino) - VocalEssence

01:16:05 GK talks about the Orpheum Theatre, VocalEssence underscore

01:19:41 Ruth Harrison script

01:25:28 "Waiting For You" - Shoe Band with Brad Paisley

01:28:16 GK talks with Brad Paisley

01:29:16 "I'm Gonna Miss Her" - Brad Paisley

01:31:52 "Alcohol" - Brad Paisley

Segment 4

01:35:34 The News From Lake Wobegon (with VocalEssence, "Mary Jo" and "One More Spring in Minnesota")

Segment 5

01:54:23 "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" - Prudence Johnson and Shoes

01:56:55 Credits, "Gutbucket" closer - Shoe Band and Brad Paisley

Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Andrea McAvey)


It's about twenty minutes before the curtain goes up. The stage is set and the sound engineers perform their last round of checks on equipment.		Garrison sings "John Henry" for all the English majors out there.


The Catchup Ensemble: Tim Russell, Sue Scott and Rich Dworsky.		A radiant Prudence Johnson.


Tom Keith "walks" down a corridor.		Brad Paisley "really wants to direct" in the latest installment of "Guy Noir."