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February 02, 2008
This week on A Prairie Home Companion it's another big home game here in Saint Paul, where a brief thaw and re-freezing has made ambulation more hazardous and hilarious than ever. With this week's special guests, a singer-songwriter of legendary depth and subtlety, Nanci Griffith, plus the Virginia virtuosos Robin and Linda Williams. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Mister Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with Rich Dworsky and guest shoe John Niemann, and The News From Lake Wobegon. Join us this weekend for an all-new installment of A Prairie Home Companion.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:12 | "Tishomingo Blues" |
| 00:02:52 | GK talks about the grey month of February, groundhog's day, funeral, Mickey's Diner |
| 00:04:57 | "Volver, Volver" - GK, Robin & Linda Williams, Shoe Band |
| 00:08:11 | "The Electric Heating Pad song"- GK, Robin & Linda Williams, Rich Dworsky |
| 00:11:30 | "Walk of Life" - GK, Robin & Linda, Shoe Band |
| 00:15:20 | Lives of the Cowboys script |
| 00:25:28 | "Frozen Sky" - Pat Donohue/ Shoe Band |
| 00:28:14 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 31:50 | GK talks about power outage, intros next tune |
| 33:08 | "Leavin' Home" - GK, Robin & Linda, J.T. Bates |
| 36:37 | "Beautiful" - GK, Robin & Linda Williams, Shoe Band |
| 39:06 | Guy Noir script |
| 47:35 | GK intros Nanci Griffith |
| 48:14 | "Love at the Five and Dime" - Nanci Griffith and Shoe Band |
| 53:31 | "Listen to the Radio" - Nanci Griffith and Shoe Band |
| 58:36 | "When I Dream" - Nanci Griffith/ GK/ Shoe Band |
| 1:02:30 | Intermission- "Avalon" |
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| Segment 3 |
| 1:07:16 | Talent Show Announcement, greetings |
| 1:10:28 | "Da Doo Ron Ron"/ "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"/ "My Girl"/ "Barbara Ann" - GK, Robin & Linda, Rich |
| 1:15:32 | "Knoxville" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band |
| 1:18:25 | Ketchup script |
| 1:21:31 | GK talks with Robin & Linda Williams |
| 1:23:06 | "Visions of Mother and Dad" - Robin & Linda Williams |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:26:54 | The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| Segment 5 |
| 1:40:28 | "Marble Top" - Shoe Band |
| 1:43:03 | Rhubarb script |
| 1:45:46 | GK talks with Nanci Griffith |
| 1:46:32 | "Well Alright" - Nanci Griffith/ Shoe Band |
| 1:49:10 | Swansons script |
| 1:53:46 | GK talks about Buddy Holly, Rave On, credits, Next Time I'm in Town |
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| Garrison Keillor prepares for the start of the show. |
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Pat Donohue performs 'Frozen Sky' on his steel guitar. |
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| Nanci Griffith sings 'When I Dream.' |
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Tim Russell, Sue Scott and Garrison Keillor |
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| Rich Dworsky |
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Robin and Linda Williams sing their original song 'Visions of Mother and Dad.' |
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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