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Wailin' Jennys
March 01, 2008
This week on A Prairie Home Companion we return to the Fitzgerald Theater with special guests, the pride of Winnipeg, the wonderful Wailin' Jennys, and traditional Celtic heroes, The Boys of the Lough. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with Rich Dworsky, and The News from Lake Wobegon. It's an all-new broadcast, this week on A Prairie Home Companion.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00 | Logo |
| 00:13 | "Tishomingo Blues" |
| 03:30 | GK opens, talks about leap year, poems, girl scouts |
| 05:40 | "Hawaiian Blues" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band |
| 08:05 | Rhubarb script |
| 13:00 | GK intros Wailin' Jennys |
| 13:58 | "Beautiful Dawn" - Wailin' Jennys |
| 16:59 | "Old Man" - Wailin' Jennys |
| 21:06 | GK talks to Wailin' Jennys |
| 21:23 | Guy Noir script |
| 30:16 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 32:00 | "Arthritis Blues" - GK/ Pat/ Shoes |
| 37:52 | English Majors script |
| 40:37 | "Breakin' The Ice" - Shoe Band |
| 43:30 | The Lives of the Cowboys script |
| 51:00 | GK intros Boys of the Lough |
| 52:00 | "The Keane Reels" - The Boys of the Lough |
| 56:30 | "The Willow Tree" - The Boys of the Lough |
| 59:52 | "One More Spring" / SFX script |
| 1:04:18 | Intermission - "Bud's Bounce" |
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| Segment 3 |
| 1:08:02 | Greetings |
| 1:12:37 | "Hello in There" - GK/ Shoes |
| 1:16:33 | GK intros Robert Bly, Minnesota Poet Laureate |
| 1:25:45 | GK intros Wailin' Jennys |
| 1:26:00 | "Driving" - Wailin' Jennys |
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| Segment 4 |
| 1:30:39 | The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| Segment 5 |
| 1:44:12 | GK intros next tune by Brendan Begley and Boys of the Lough |
| 1:45:18 | "Beauty Deas An Oileain" - Boys of the Lough |
| 1:48:25 | "Whistle Set" - Cathal McConnell and The Boys of the Lough |
| 1:52:28 | Omelette script |
| 1:54:20 | Credits, "McLeod's Reel"/ "St. Anne's Reel" |
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Photos from the show
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| Tom Keith, voice actor and sound effect expert. |
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The Wailin' Jennys |
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| The Boys of the Lough |
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Minnesota's first Poet Laureate, Robert Bly. |
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| The Wailin' Jennys accompanied by Jeremy Penner. |
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The Boys of the Lough with Jeremy Penner on violin. |
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