A Prairie Home Companion for September 29, 2007 from American Public Media

September 29, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we must've been using just the right bait and tackle, because we've landed some big ones for Saturday's live broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater, including the one who taught us you have to be cruel to be kind, Nick Lowe, the greatest television president of the 21st century, actor Martin Sheen, and the honky-tonk band that keeps Hank William's foot tapping in the grave, BR549 (Chuck Mead, Mark Miller, Chris Scruggs, and Shaw Wilson). Also with us, the otherworldly operatic voice of Maria Jette, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with Rich Dworsky, and The News from Lake Wobegon. Join us this week on your local public radio station for an all-new installment of A Prairie Home Companion.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 "Tishomingo Blues"

00:03:20 GK opens

00:04:35 "September Song" - Maria Jette and Shoe Band

00:06:44 GK talks about the apple crop

00:08:12 "Milwaukee Blues" - Pat Donohue and Shoe band

00:11:36 Radio script

00:30:22 "Habanera" - GK, Maria Jette and Shoes

00:34:20 Powdermilk Biscuit Break/"Oh Susannah" - GK and BR549

Segment 2

00:38:44 GK intros Nick Lowe

00:39:44 "Long Limbed Girl" - Nick Lowe

00:42:40 "Rome Wasn't Built in A Day" - Nick Lowe

00:45:20 GK talks to Nick Lowe

00:46:46 "Without Love" - Nick Lowe and Shoe Band

00:49:30 SFX script (Marcel Marceau)- Tom Keith

00:51:16 Rhubarb script

00:54:46 GK intros BR549

00:55:40 "The Devil and Me" - BR549

00:58:38 "Matchbox" - BR549 and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

01:01:40 Intermission/"Hey Good Lookin'"

Segment 3

01:05:58 Greetings

01:09:35 "Misdemeanor Song" - GK and Shoe Band

01:11:25 GK talks about Gene Autry, "Back in the Saddle"/"Ridin' Down the Canyon"/"Red River Valley" - GK and BR549

01:17:24 GK talks with Martin Sheen

01:21:49 "How Can I Keep From Singing" - Martin Sheen

01:25:23 "Song of the Auvergne" - Maria Jette and Sonja Thompson

Segment 4

01:29:30 News From Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)

Segment 5

01:40:50 "Lately I've Let Things Slide" - Nick Lowe

01:44:12 "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" - Nick Lowe and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

01:47:05 President script

01:51:20 "Little Ramona" - BR549

01:54:58 Credits, Goodbye to Amanda McKay, also to Leigh Kamman

Photos from the show
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This week's addition to the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Martin Sheen.		Singer songwriter Nick Lowe performs, 'Lately I've Let Things Slide.'


Tom Keith honors the late great mime Marcel Marceau.		Tim Russell, Sue Scott and Martin Sheen perform during the 'Radio' script.


GK takes a moment to sit back and enjoy the show.		Nick Lowe ends his performance with a flourish.