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May 26, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion we're broadcasting live from the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, America's national park for the performing arts in Vienna, Virginia. With this week's special guests, poet laureate Billy Collins, Canadian singers and songwriters The Wailin' Jennys, and joining The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, the amazing "Shoe Horns" of Dave Bargeron, Jon-Erik Kellso, and Scott Robinson. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The News From Lake Wobegon, and much more. Coming up this Saturday on A Prairie Home Companion.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:20 | "And The Band Played the Star-Spangled Banner"/National Anthem/"Tishomingo Blues" |
| 00:06:30 | GK opens |
| 00:06:59 | "Washington DC" (Memphis, TN) - GK/Pat Donohue/Shoes |
| 00:10:24 | E.L.C.A. script |
| 00:11:43 | "T Bone Boogie" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 00:14:20 | SFX script |
| 00:19:42 | "Washington" (Abilene) - Garrison Keillor and Pat Donohue/Shoes |
| 00:23:16 | GK talks about Billy Collins, he recites "Ballistics", "Despair", "Flock", "Hotel Rex", "Oh, My God!" |
| 00:30:57 | Al Gore script |
| 00:33:15 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:34:48 | GK introduces the Wailin' Jennys |
| 00:36:13 | "One More Dollar" - The Wailin' Jennys |
| 00:41:10 | GK talks to the Jennys |
| 00:42:31 | "Begin" - The Wailin' Jennys |
| 00:46:04 | Book script |
| 00:58:38 | "Hand Jive" - GK/ Shoes |
| 01:03:08 | Intermission/"Blue Skies" - Shoes |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:07:00 | Greetings |
| 01:10:00 | "We'll Meet Again"/"I'll Be Seeing You" - GK/Shoes |
| 01:13:11 | "On Fertile Ground" - Rich Dworsky, Jon Kellso, Gary Raynor |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:16:00 | News From Lake Wobegon |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:27:33 | "Eternal Father, Strong to Save"/" Battle Hymn of the Republic" |
| 01:30:47 | "Wolf Trap Wine" - Wailin' Jennys |
| 01:31:50 | Bush script |
| 01:35:40 | Rhubarb script |
| 01:40:22 | Billy Collins talk about Robert Frost, reads "The Four Moon Planet", "Building With Its Face Blown Off" |
| 01:46:21 | "Weary Blues From Waiting" - The Wailin' Jennys |
| 01:50:05 | "Racing With the Sun" - Wailin Jennys |
| 01:54:15 | Credits, Loon script, "Hand Jive" reprise, "T Bone Boogie" reprise |
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Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Russ Ringsak)
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| Dave Bargeron, Jon-Erik Kellso, Scott Robinson and Andy Stein sound their horns |
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Fans bring coolers and hats for the outdoor seating at the Filene Center |
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| Garrison shares the secret to a good life: Rhubarb |
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Pat Donohue does a D.C. jam to the tune of "Abilene" |
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| Garrison steps to the rhythm |
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The secret songs of animals are voiced by Fred Newman |
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On July 4th, help us celebrate the 35th Anniversary of A Prairie Home Companion and the Fourth of July with a free live nationally broadcast show from Avon, MN.
From Garrison Keillor:
“When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 29, ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state’ for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon, I come in peace, I depart in gratitude.”
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Robin & Linda Williams are among the most popular guest performers of A Prairie Home Companion (they also appeared in the movie, have performed as part of the The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and made appearances as Marvin & Mavis Smiley). This CD features some of the duo's best harmonies from the show. Among the 12 tracks are familiar fan favorites, including "For Better or Worse", "Visions of Mother and Dad", "Tied Down, Home Free" and the title track. A collection that is muy bueno!
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