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December 8, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion we're delighted to be back at the Town Hall in New York City with a staggering lineup of special guests, including masterful jazz singer Ann Hampton Callaway, legendary "Blues Boy" Geoff Muldaur, renowned interpreter of the jazz harmonica Howard Levy, and the Queen of American folk music Odetta. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon. Join us this week for a big show that will surely make it as a footnote in broadcasting history.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | "Tishomingo Blues" - GK / Shoe Band |
| 00:03:33 | "West 43rd" - GK and Shoe Band. |
| 00:07:00 | SFX script |
| 00:09:30 | "Help Me" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band |
| 00:13:45 | Mom script |
| 00:18:38 | GK intros Ann Hampton Callaway |
| 00:19:30 | Lover Come Back to Me- Ann Hampton Callaway and Shoe Band |
| 00:23:11 | "Over the Rainbow" - Ann Hampton Callaway and Shoe Band |
| 00:28:30 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:29:43 | GK and Rich Dworsky talk about Hanukkah |
| 00:30:52 | "S'vivon" - Rich Dworsky and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 00:33:10 | Fear script |
| 00:36:00 | GK intros Geoff Muldaur |
| 00:37:06 | "Michigan Water" - Geoff Muldaur and Shoe Band |
| 00:40:30 | "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel in the Morning" - Geoff Muldaur and Shoes |
| 00:45:13 | GK intros The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 00:45:30 | Guy Noir script |
| 00:57:53 | GK intros Odetta |
| 00:58:15 | Keep on Movin' It On- Odetta and Seth Farber with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 01:01:08 | GK talks to Odetta |
| 01:01:36 | "Roberta" - Odetta and Seth Farber |
| 01:06:53 | Intermission- Jive at Five |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:10:49 | Greetings |
| 01:14:04 | Xmas script |
| 01:16:55 | GK talks with Ann Hampton Callaway |
| 01:17:58 | "Don't Save Your Kisses" - Ann Hampton Callaway and Shoe Band |
| 01:21:33 | "Slow Death" - Geoff Muldaur and Shoe Band |
| 01:25:33 | "Mystery Train" - Pat Donohue, Howard Levy and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:29:16 | The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:43:34 | "Fast Lane Boogie" - The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 01:46:29 | GK talks with Odetta |
| 01:46:45 | "House of the Rising Sun" - Odetta and Seth Farber |
| 01:52:38 | "Oh Mary Don't You Weep No More" - Odetta, GK, Shoe Band |
| 01:56:00 | Credits, the Next Time I'm in Town |
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| Garrison Keillor reviews a script during rehearsal. |
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Harmonicist Howard Levy and guitarist Pat Donohue perform, 'Help Me.' |
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| Ann Hampton Callaway |
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Howard Levy and Andy Stein. |
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| The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
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Odetta; an impressive performer. |
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