A Prairie Home Companion for December 30, 2006 from American Public Media

December 30, 2006
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll wrap up our 2006 New York engagement with American bebop jazz pianist and vocalese singer Bob Dorough, jazz singer Prudence Johnson, and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band will seem ten feet tall with the addition of early jazz superhero Vince Giordano and the mad hatter of violin, Andy Stein. We'll also have the Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, the News from Lake Wobegon, and much more this Saturday from the Town Hall.

And if that weren't enough, there's another 3-hour show recorded live from Nashville on New Year's Eve.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:42 GK opens, talks about tonight's guests, New York, Chelsea Bridge

00:07:17 "New York Song" - GK, Rich Dworsky, Arnie Kinsella

00:10:40 "New York, New York" - Shoe Band

00:12:30 Bob script

00:19:20 Brill Building segment

00:33:05 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:34:50 Guy Noir script

00:43:03 GK talks to Bob Dorough

00:45:05 "Moon River" - Bob Dorough and Shoe Band

00:49:30 Bob Dorough talks about selling his first song at the Brill Building "The Devil May Care", followed by "3 is A Magic Number"

00:58:51 Darwin, Dog of Science script

01:06:05 Intermission/"Dinah," "Under The Stars," "Brill Building cleanup"

Segment 3

01:10:00 Greetings

01:14:40 "The One I Love" - Prudence Johnson, Richard Dworsky, Gary Raynor, Pat Donohue

01:16:20 Cowboys script

01:28:16 GK talks with Bob Dorough

01:29:22 "Lazy River" - Prudence Johnson, Bob Dorough, and Shoe Band

01:31:40 Drunk script

01:33:25 "Back to Me" - Pat Donohue, Gary Raynor, Richard Dworsky

Segment 4

01:35:22 News From Lake Wobegon

Segment 5

01:49:00 "Some of These Days" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

01:51:30 Ketchup script

01:55:14 Credits/"Save The Last Dance For Me" reprise

Photos from the show
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Arnie Kinsella keeps the beat		Guy Noir brought to life by the Royal Academy of Radio Actors.


Prudence and GK duet		Prudence Johnson brings her silky alto to "The One I Love"


Vince Giordano, former United States Navy Band member		The unusual weapons in Fred Newman's arsenal