A Prairie Home Companion for October 21, 2006 from American Public Media

October 21, 2006
This week on A Prairie Home Companion we're bringing in the "G" squad: Phil Heywood, Dan Neale, and our own Pat Donohue, three great local guitarists jamming on basement favorites. Also with us, Iowa bluesman Dave Moore, Jearlyn "Black Coffee" Steele, Spider John Koerner, opera singer Richard Troxell, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting (Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith), and sitting in with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, John Niemann. Join us this Saturday, for another live broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:50 GK opens

00:04:35 Population song

00:05:58 GK intros the guitar trio - Pat Donohue, Phil Heywood, and Dan Neale

00:06:50 "Back Up And Push" - Pat Donohue, Phil Heywood, and Dan Neale

00:09:54 Radio script

00:12:13 GK talks with Dave Moore

00:13:50 "Mr. Music" - Dave Moore and Shoes

00:19:02 Coffee spot and jingle

00:19:55 Rhubarb script

00:24:44 GK talks to Jearlyn Steele

00:25:02 "I've Been Buked" - Jearlyn Steele

00:26:18 "Great Dream From Heaven" - Pat Donohue, Phil Heywood, and Dan Neale

00:28:36 "Midnight Special" - John Koerner

00:31:12 Powdermilk Biscuit Break/ When You're Smiling/ Golden Slippers

Segment 2

00:33:57 Guy Noir script

00:44:37 GK intros Richard Troxell

00:46:22 "Flower Song" - Richard Troxell

00:50:24 "Patricia" - Pat Donohue, Phil Heywood, and Dan Neale

00:53:17 Lynn script

00:58:02 "Big Fool For You" - Dave Moore

01:02:44 Intermission/"Roly Poly"

Segment 3

01:06:38 Greetings

01:10:40 "Are You Going to Senior Care" - GK, Pat, Shoes

01:13:11 "Chicken Polka"/"You Are My Sunshine" - Dave Moore and Shoe Band

01:15:22 Onyx script

01:21:29 "Blue Bayou" - Jearlyn Steele

01:24:49 "Across the Universe" - Pat Donohue, Phil Heywood, and Dan Neale

01:28:18 GK brings back Richard Troxell and Roderick Kettlewell

01:29:56 "Recondita Armonia" - Richard Troxell and Roderick Kettlewell

Segment 4

01:32:52 News From Lake Wobegon

Segment 5

01:46:16 "Waitresses" - Dave Moore and Shoe Band

01:49:56 GK talks with John Koerner

01:52:00 "Casey Jones" - Spider John Koerner and Dave Moore

01:55:03 Credits

01:55:39 Dog script

01:56:34 More credits, Chicken polka closer

Photos from the show
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Phil Heywood, Pat Donohue and Dan Neale, the "Neale Diamond Trio"		Tom Keith gets hungry during a script


Richard Troxell plays a pushy tenor in the Guy Noir script		John Koerner tells GK a joke


John Niemann on mandolin and Pat Donohue on steel guitar		What everyone tunes in for: the weekly monologue