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Bonnie Raitt
June 7, 2008
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll march our phalanx of pen-wielding English majors into the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, bringing Minnesotan cultural exchange to the coastal peoples of the Pacific. With special guests, blue-eyed soul sister Bonnie Raitt, actor and 'flower in the gun barrel' Martin Sheen, and gospel-singer Jearlyn Steele. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with Rich Dworsky, and The News from Lake Wobegon. Join us this weekend, on your local Public Radio station.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | Tishomingo Blues, into |
| 00:03:02 | "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" - GK/ Jearlyn Steele |
| 00:05:26 | "Bo Diddley" - Pat Donohue and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 00:08:36 | GK talks about L.A., beautiful people |
| 00:09:32 | Something's Got A Hold on Me- Jearlyn Steele and Shoe Band |
| 00:13:11 | "Coffee Jingle" - GK and Jearlyn Steele |
| 00:14:45 | "Not the Only One" - Bonnie Raitt and Richard Thompson |
| 00:19:50 | Lives of the Cowboys script |
| 00:31:58 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:34:38 | English Majors script |
| 00:37:55 | "I'll Take You There" - Jearlyn Steele and Shoe Band |
| 00:41:24 | Guy Noir script |
| 00:56:12 | GK talks about Griffith Park |
| 00:57:18 | "No Getting Over You" - Bonnie Raitt and Keb' Mo' with band |
| 01:01:49 | Bonnie Raitt talks to the audience |
| 01:02:09 | "There Ain't Nothin' in Ramblin'" - Bonnie Raitt and Keb' Mo' |
| 01:06:41 | Intermission/"Home on the Range"/"Can't Help Falling in Love" |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:09:42 | Welcome back to the second half, greetings |
| 01:12:45 | "California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band |
| 01:15:19 | GK and Martin Sheen talk about D-Day and Robert F. Kennedy |
| 01:18:25 | "His Eye is on the Sparrow"/"Sanctus" - GK/Jearlyn and band |
| 01:22:32 | SFX script |
| 01:26:10 | "The Old North Side" - Richard Dworsky |
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| Segment 4 |
| 1:28:06 | The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:45:26 | "Dimming of the Day" - Bonnie Raitt and Richard Thompson with band |
| 01:50:34 | Sheen script |
| 01:56:33 | Credits, "Red River Valley" |
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| Keb' Mo' sits in with Bonnie Raitt |
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Jearlyn Steele has the crowd rocking with the tune "I'll Take You There." |
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| Martin Sheen |
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Bonnie Raitt |
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| Bonnie Raitt gives Richard Thompson a peck on the cheek |
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Rich Dworsky performs "The Old North Side." |
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