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December 29, 2007
Coming up this week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll revisit the bits of 2007 that we remember fondly, and possibly one or two we'd like to forget. There were plenty of memorable firsts this past year, including: public radio host Terry Gross in an episode of Guy Noir, Martin Sheen singing a Quaker folk hymn, and James Taylor with "Something In The Way She Moves". Also on the highlight reel, windy city rockers Wilco, piano man Randy Newman, and legendary singer-songwriter Carole King. So sit back, check the freshness date on your egg nog, and get ready for a visit from the ghosts of broadcasts past. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Fred Newman, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:11 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:00:54 | GK Introduction |
| 00:03:13 | "Something in the Way She Moves" - James Taylor |
| 00:06:21 | Mom script |
| 00:15:47 | "Hit 'em Up" - The Carolina Chocolate Drops |
| 00:19:12 | Crispy script |
| 00:26:21 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:27:46 | "Sounds of Sickness" - Pat Donohue, GK and The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band |
| 00:31:30 | Guy Noir script with Terry Gross |
| 00:43:03 | "Natural Woman" - Carole King and Jearlyn Steele |
| 00:47:01 | Roy Blount Jr. reads from his book, "Long Time Leaving" |
| 00:53:06 | "Nashville Cats" - Del McCoury and his band |
| 00:57:00 | GK Intermission Credits, with "Limehouse Blues" - Shoes |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:01:05 | Welcome back |
| 01:01:37 | "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Ann Hampton Callaway |
| 01:05:59 | The Lives of the Cowboys script |
| 01:16:18 | President script with Martin Sheen |
| 01:20:29 | "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" - Randy Newman |
| 01:26:06 | "Baltimore Oriole" - Bob Dorough |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:30:30 | The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:49:19 | "When the Roses Bloom Again" - Wilco
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| 01:55:44 | "How Can I Keep from Singing" - Martin Sheen |
| 01:58:22 | Credits |
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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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