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December 9, 2006
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll wake up in the city that never sleeps and make a brand new start of it. With one of the loveliest voices in Irish traditional music Karan Casey, plus the master of tone, taste, and timing, fiddler Stuart Duncan, and a titan of the jazz tuba Howard Johnson and Gravity, this is a show not to be missed. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, the samaritans of sole, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the News from Lake Wobegon. Join us this Saturday, live from the Town Hall in the City of New York.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:03:20 | GK talks about Christmas in New York, banning of trans fats into SFX script |
| 00:08:02 | GK talks about the anniversary of John Lennon's death |
| 00:08:38 | "In My Life" - GK, Karan Casey, Shoes |
| 00:11:40 | GK intros the Shoe band |
| 00:12:22 | "Christmas Time's A-Comin'" - Pat Donohue, Stuart Duncan, and Shoe Band |
| 00:14:57 | Catchup script |
| 00:19:25 | GK talks about the tubas |
| 00:20:49 | "Big Alice" - Howard Johnson and Gravity |
| 00:24:08 | GK talks to Howard Johnson, he intros his daughter |
| 00:25:02 | "Workin' Hard For the Joneses" - Nedra Johnson and Gravity |
| 00:28:50 | GK talks about how people live in the public in NY |
| 00:29:47 | "Don't Scratch Your Butt" - GK and Shoes |
| 00:32:28 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break/"Imagine" |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:35:55 | Shampoo script |
| 00:41:00 | GK intros Karan Casey |
| 00:43:13 | "Bright Winter's Day" - Karan Casey and Shoe Band |
| 00:47:26 | Guy Noir script |
| 00:59:22 | "This Time Will Pass" - Karan Casey and Shoe Band |
| 01:04:14 | Intermission/"Alabama Jubilee" |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:08:26 | Greetings |
| 01:12:26 | "East Tennessee Blues" - Stuart Duncan and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:14:55 | News From Lake Wobegon |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:28:43 | "Angels From the Realms of Glory"/"Aililiu na Gamhna"/"Mason's Apron"/ "The Lilted One" - Pat Donohue, Karan Casey, Stuart Duncan, Shoes |
| 01:34:15 | Mom script (with Angels We Have Heard on High) |
| 01:46:08 | GK talks about Tuba Christmas at Rockefeller Center |
| 01:47:06 | "Little Black Lucille" - Howard Johnson and Gravity |
| 01:53:42 | Aida script |
| 01:57:25 | Credits/"Still Still Still" |
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Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Kevan Olesen)
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| Stuart Duncan on the fiddle and Gary Raynor on bass |
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Fred Newman shows us what he looks like in the morning |
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| County Waterford, Ireland native Karan Casey |
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Nedra Johnson sings "Working Hard for the Joneses" |
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| The beautiful and intimate Town Hall during intermission |
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Fred, Tim and Sue get a chuckle from a script |
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