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July 7, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion: a special summertime rebroadcast. It's our 4th of July spectacular from Tanglewood, with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, jazz singer Inga Swearingen, the elusive P.D.Q. Bach (joined by David Dusing), and out from the dim lights of the orchestra's back row come The Existential Bass Quartet. Erica Rhodes is with the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Calvin Trillin makes a cameo appearance, and Howard Levy is in with the Shoes. Plus, we'll sing the Star Spangled Banner in the Key of G, and the Flying Elvises drop in on Lake Wobegon.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | APM Logo Open |
| 00:00:12 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:00:54 | GK Open |
| 00:02:36 | James Levine Honk, Shoes |
| 00:04:22 | Make Me A Palette, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings |
| 00:07:53 | Camp script |
| 00:11:57 | Attics of My Life, GK, Prudence, Shoes and strings |
| 00:15:26 | Scarborough Fair, Inga Swearingen, Shoes and strings |
| 00:18:41 | Scarlet Letter script with Calvin Trillin |
| 00:23:44 | Saddest Noise, Inga Swearingen and Rich Dworsky |
| 00:27:41 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:29:19 | GK intros Existential Bass Quartet |
| 00:31:16 | Stars and Stripes Forever, The Existential Bass Quartet and Inga Swearingen |
| 00:35:22 | Sweet and Low, GK and The Existential Bass Quartet |
| 00:39:16 | A Time For Love, Inga Swearingen and Rich Dworsky w/Howard Levy |
| 00:43:41 | Guy Noir script |
| 00:59:01 | Intermission – Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen |
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| Segment 3 |
| 00:59:05 | GK Intermission Copy |
| 01:01:03 | NETCUE |
| 01:03:25 | GK talks about Declaration of Independence, audience sings Star Spangled Banner |
| 01:07:02 | GK intros Peter Schickele and David Dusing |
| 01:07:55 | If Love Is Real, Peter Schickele and David Dusing |
| 01:11:02 | Cyndi, Peter S. and David D. |
| 01:13:57 | Lenox script |
| 01:16:42 | GK intros Gillian Welch and David Rawlings |
| 01:17:36 | Red Clay Halo, Gillian and David |
| 01:20:33 | Fourth script |
| 01:24:53 | Gigue For Two Basses, Gary Raynor and Nathan Farrington |
| 01:27:01 | Café Boeuf script w/Peter Schickele |
| 01:32:47 | Where Flamingos Fly, Inga Swearingen, Gary Raynor and Rich Dworksy |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:36:35 | The News From Lake Wobegon |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:48:41 | Quartet For Basses, Mvt. 4, by Joseph Lauber perf. by The Existential Bass Quartet |
| 01:52:33 | GK talks more about Declaration of Independence |
| 01:54:08 | America The Beautiful, Existential Bass Quartet and GK, Inga Swearingen, audience sings |
| 01:56:37 | America (My Country Tis of Thee), GK, Inga Swearingen, Bass Quartet, Shoes, Howard Levy and audience sings |
| 01:56:52 | GK Close/Credits |
| 01:58:54 | APM Logo |
| 01:58:59 | OUT |
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Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Bill Pedersen, Thomas Scheuzger, and Kelly Schaub)
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| The beautiful grounds of Tanglewood. |
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Inga Swearingen and Prudence Johnson rehearse. |
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| Calvin Trillin |
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The Existential Bass Quartet |
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| Guy Noir |
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Howard Levy |
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