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January 20, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion we'll visit St. Louis and bring you a live broadcast from the fabulous Fox Theater, designed in the unique Siamese Byzantine style, and built in the 1920's as a silent movie palace. This week's special guests include, a terrific jazz / pop vocalist and songwriter Erin Bode, and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band fills out its sound with an expert St. Louis horn section, including Dave Bargeron, Jon-Erik Kellso, Kathy Jensen, and our own Andy Stein on baritone sax. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, with the continuing adventures of Guy Noir Private Eye, The Lives of the Cowboys, and who knows what else, live this week from St. Louis.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:02:54 | GK opens, talks about St. Louis, right in the middle of the country |
| 00:04:10 | Fox Theatre script and song |
| 00:10:47 | "Strollin' With Bone" - Pat Donohue and Shoes |
| 00:13:48 | Lives of the Cowboys script |
| 00:24:22 | GK intros "Frankie & Johnny" |
| 00:25:13 | "Frankie & Johnny" - GK and Erin Bode |
| 00:31:25 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:33:00 | "Memphis, Tennessee" - Pat Donohue, GK, Shoes |
| 00:36:15 | Guy Noir script |
| 00:48:28 | GK introduces Erin Bode, "Holiday" - Erin Bode Quartet |
| 00:53:33 | "St. Louis Song" - Erin Bode Quartet |
| 00:58:24 | Fable script |
| 01:03:50 | "Back in the U.S.A." - Pat Donohue, GK, Shoes |
| 01:07:15 | Intermission/"Dr. Jazz" - Shoes |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:10:58 | Greetings |
| 01:13:43 | Verdi script |
| 01:16:48 | GK intros and talks about "St. Louis Blues" |
| 01:17:22 | "St. Louis Blues" - Erin Bode Quartet |
| 01:22:09 | GK talks about the city of St. Louis, into Writers script |
| 01:33:48 | "Spoonful" - Pat Donohue and Shoes |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:37:23 | News From Lake Wobegon |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:47:14 | "Children of the Heavenly Father" - GK and Erin Bode |
| 01:50:25 | Pile script, Catchup spot |
| 01:52:57 | Credits/"Back in the U.S.A." reprise |
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Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Russ Ringsak)
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| Tim Russell brings cowboy Dusty to life |
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GK and Erin Bode team up for "Frankie and Johnny" |
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| A Lutheran minister's daughter Erin Bode |
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Fred Newman demonstrates how to do an echo |
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| Sydney Rodway backs Erin Bode on bass |
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Master of the sax, Kathy Jensen |
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