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December 1, 2007
Coming up this week on A Prairie Home Companion, we're back at The Town Hall in New York's eerily quiet Theater District. The very Nina Simone-ish Inga Swearingen keeps the jazz flowing again this week with her sweet California style, and Flatlander Joe Ely rides the West Texas wind up from Lubbock with his pal, Joel Guzman (a.k.a. El Pequeno Gigante). They're mixing up country, jazz and traditional Mexican for a piquant concoction that'll keep your neighbors guessing. Also with us, star of stage and screen, actor Tony Roberts. And as always, we'll have Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Sue Scott, Tim Russell and Fred Newman, and The News from Lake Wobegon. We've steered clear of the writer's strike, the stage hands' strike, and if St. Paul Private Investigators Local 13 reaches a settlement this week, we'll have the latest from Guy Noir. It's all coming up this week, on A Prairie Home Companion.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:12 | "Tishomingo Blues" - GK / Shoe Band |
| 00:02:40 | GK talks about being from Minnesota, thinking about starting a restaurant, salmonella, buying a boat- all things that could be worse, Santa is online, little kids. |
| 00:04:52 | "Sound of Sickness" - GK/ Pat |
| 00:08:50 | "Broadway Delta" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band |
| 00:11:27 | GK intros Tony Roberts |
| 00:12:00 | Guy Noir script |
| 00:29:43 | GK talks with Inga Swearingen |
| 00:30:21 | "I Hear Music" - Inga Swearingen and Shoe Band |
| 00:34:09 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break- GK/ Shoe Band/ Joel Guzman/ Inga Swearingen |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:39:00 | "Letter to Laredo" - Joe Ely and Joel Guzman |
| 00:43:42 | GK talks to Joe about his travels |
| 00:46:10 | "Treat Me Like A Saturday Night" - Joe Ely and Joel Guzman |
| 00:49:03 | Crispy script underscore |
| 00:55:00 | GK talks with Tony Roberts about his career |
| 00:57:57 | "Step To The Rear" - Tony Roberts and Richard Dworsky |
| 00:59:48 | Intermission- Muskrat Ramble |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:03:12 | Greetings |
| 01:07:15 | "A Satisfied Mind" - Joe Ely/ Joel Guzman and GK/ Shoes |
| 01:11:47 | Plumber script |
| 01:16:37 | "Today I Started Loving You Again" - Joe Ely/ GK/ Joel Guzman/ Shoes |
| 01:20:34 | "The Crazy Cries of Love" - Inga Swearingen and Gary Raynor |
| 01:24:26 | "Too Gone" - Pat Donohue and band |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:29:03 | The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:42:41 | "Blackbird" - Inga Swearingen |
| 01:45:15 | Catchup script |
| 01:50:06 | Me and Billy the Kid- Joe Ely and Joel Guzman |
| 01:54:10 | Credits, Red River Valley |
| 01:56:12 | The Next Time I'm in Town/ Rascal's Reel |
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| Garrison Keillor |
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Sue Scott watches Tony Roberts |
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| Inga Swearingen performs, "I Hear Music." |
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Joe Ely and Joel Guzman |
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| Tim Russell and Tony Roberts |
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The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
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