A Prairie Home Companion for May 24, 2008 from American Public Media

May 24, 2008

This week on A Prairie Home Companion we're broadcasting live from the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park in Vienna, VA. With special guests, the all American bluegrass girl, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, and internationally adored tenor Raúl Melo. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon.

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Segment 1

00:00 Logo

00:11 "Tishomingo Blues"

02:38 GK opens, talks about the local sites

03:54 "Washington (America The Beautiful)"- GK/ Shoe Band

06:04 ELCA script into "Smoke in the Kitchen"- Shoe Band

11:45 Guy Noir script

23:16 GK intros Rhonda Vincent and the Rage

23:38 "Bluegrass Saturday Night" - Rhonda Vincent and the Rage

26:42 "Ashes of Mt. Augustine" - Rhonda Vincent and the Rage

30:04 GK talks with Rhonda

30:24 "Fishers of Men" - Rhonda Vincent and the Rage

33:57 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

35:30 GK talks to Pat Donohue

36:18 "Sometimes"- Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

40:10 GK talks about summer, white shoes, hot dogs

40:33 Cowboys script

47:36 GK brings up the band to sing about summer

47:53 "Turn, Turn Turn/ Surfer Girl/ Summertime"- GK/ Pat/ Rich/ Shoe Band

54:15 GK intros Raúl Melo

55:13 "Torna A Surriento/ Funiculì Funiculà/ 'O Sole Mio!"- Raul Melo, Tamara Sanikidze

1:01:35 Intermission- "Everybody Loves My Baby"

Segment 3

1:05:38 Greetings

1:09:56 "Congressman"- Pat Donohue and GK

1:12:23 Mom script

1:21:05 "Washington Blues"- Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

1:22:26 "Washington Notes" - GK

1:25:00 "Tenting On The Old Campground"- GK and Raúl Melo

1:28:40 "Elegy"- Shoe Band

1:30:45 Sonnet for Memorial Day- GK

1:31:53 "Ingemisco" (from Verdi's Requiem)

Segment 4

1:35:28 The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)

Segment 5

1:48:19 "Mattinata" - Raúl Melo and Tamara Sanikidze

1:51:00 "Hit Parade of Love" - Rhonda Vincent and the Rage

1:53:30 Body script

1:54:53 Credits, "Summertime reprise", "Fire on the Mountain"

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The emblem of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.		Garrison Keillor starts the show by addressing the crowd.


Rhonda Vincent sings "Ashes of Mt. Augustine."		Rich Dworsky


"Mattinata" performed by Raúl Melo		Rhonda Vincent and the Rage