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
00:00:00Logo
00:00:13Tishomingo Blues
00:02:50GK opens
00:04:35Population song
00:05:58GK 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
00:09:54Radio script
00:12:13GK talks with Dave Moore
00:13:50"Mr. Music" - Dave Moore and Shoes
00:19:02Coffee spot and jingle
00:19:55Rhubarb script
00:24:44GK 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
00:31:12Powdermilk Biscuit Break/ When You're Smiling/ Golden Slippers
Segment 2
00:33:57Guy Noir script
00:44:37GK intros Richard Troxell
00:46:22"Flower Song" - Richard Troxell
00:50:24"Patricia" - Pat Donohue, Phil Heywood, and Dan Neale
00:53:17Lynn script
00:58:02"Big Fool For You" - Dave Moore
01:02:44Intermission/"Roly Poly"
Segment 3
01:06:38Greetings
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
01:15:22Onyx script
01:21:29"Blue Bayou" - Jearlyn Steele
01:24:49"Across the Universe" - Pat Donohue, Phil Heywood, and Dan Neale
01:28:18GK brings back Richard Troxell and Roderick Kettlewell
01:29:56"Recondita Armonia" - Richard Troxell and Roderick Kettlewell
Segment 4
01:32:52News From Lake Wobegon
Segment 5
01:46:16"Waitresses" - Dave Moore and Shoe Band
01:49:56GK talks with John Koerner
01:52:00"Casey Jones" - Spider John Koerner and Dave Moore
01:55:03Credits
01:55:39Dog script
01:56:34More 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


Guest Information
  • Phil Heywood
  • John Koerner
  • Dave Moore
  • Dan Neale
  • John Niemann
  • Jearlyn Steele
  • Richard Troxell with Roderick Kettlewell
  • Guest Recordings
  • John Koerner
  • Dave Moore
  • Richard Troxell


  • Scripts
  • Radio script
  • Rhubarb script
  • Guy Noir script
  • Lynn script
  • Onyx script
  • Dog script
  • Lyrics
  • Coffee
  • Are you going to Senior Care?


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  • Music Information
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