A Prairie Home Companion for July 1, 2006 from American Public Media

July 1, 2006
This week, from the beautiful Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, we bring you the official Prairie Home Companion season finale and Independence Day Special. Broadcasting from the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood, the performance will be live on radio and filmed for broadcast on the PBS television program Great Performances, Sunday, July 2 at 9 pm Eastern. With very special guests, two-time Academy Award winner - and star of Robert Altman's "A Prairie Home Companion" movie, Meryl Streep, Canada's finest female trio, The Wailin' Jennys, and spine-tingling Gospel singer, Jearlyn Steele. Also with us, the Hopeful Gospel Quartet with Robin & Linda Williams, Carol Elizabeth Jones, and Mr. low G himself, Carson Wyler. Actress Erica Rhodes will join the Royal Academy of Radio Acting, and sitting in with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Mr. Andy Stein. Join us for the fireworks, this Saturday on your local public radio station, and again Sunday on your local public television station.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:15 GK intros - Happy Birthday America!

00:01:51 Tishomingo Blues

00:03:38 GK reminisces about America

00:08:46 "One Love" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

00:11:30 GK talks with Meryl Streep

00:13:23 Mother Script

00:24:47 "How I Got Over" - Jearlyn Steele, Shoes

00:28:20 "Twelve Gates To The City" - Jearlyn Steele, Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Shoes

00:31:03 Powdermilk Biscuit Theme Break including "Horses Stood Around", "Pigs in a Blanket", "Be Kind To Your Web-Footed Friends", and "Dogfight" - Hopefuls, Shoes

Segment 2

00:33:40 "Jazz Names" - Pat Donohue and the Shoes

00:37:30 SFX Script

00:42:37 GK Intros The Wailin' Jennys

00:43:02 "Bring Me A Little Water Sylvie" - The Wailin' Jennys

00:46:13 GK Talks about The Wailin' Jennys

00:46:37 "One Voice" - The Wailin' Jennys

00:50:18 Guy Noir Script

01:05:06 Intermission - "Dr. Jazz" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Segment 3

01:09:04 GK Welcomes Back

01:09:30 "All I'm Thinkin' About is You" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet and the Shoes

01:12:54 Gehry Script

01:13:50 "Green Summertime" - Hopefuls with Rich Dworsky and Gary Raynor

01:17:57 Poems - GK, Meryl Streep, Andy Stein

01:28:45 "Calling All Angels" - Wailin' Jennys

Segment 4

01:34:27 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 5

01:46:32 GK Intros Jearlyn Steele

01:46:47 "I Shall Be Released" - Jearlyn Steele, Hopefuls, Shoes

01:50:20 Lobster Script

01:53:19 "What'll I Do" - Meryl Streep, GK, and Richard Dworsky

01:56:27 Credits

01:57:25 CLOSER - "Goodnight Ladies" into "Waitin' for You"- Hopefuls Gospel Quartet, Wailin' Jennys, Shoes

Photos from the show
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Stage Manager Albert Webster adjusts a microphone before the show		A view from a monitor


The Hopeful Gospel Quartet as seen from side stage		Meryl Streep lends a voice to the Mother script


Linda Williams on the guitar		Meryl shares a poem with us