WRAPPING IT UP

THIS WEEK'S SHOW

Jorma Kaukonen
July 5, 2008

This week on A Prairie Home Companion we'll bring our broadcast season to a close at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois. With special guests, Sam Bush, Suzy Bogguss, Howard Levy, and Jearlyn Steele. Also with us, the backbone of our show, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with Richard Dworsky, and The News from Lake Wobegon. Thank you to everyone who tuned in this season and offered support to their local Public Radio station, we couldn't do it without you. See you soon at the State Fair!

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Segment 1
00:00Logo
00:10 "Tishomingo Blues" , GK opens, into
04:44 "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" - GK/ Jearlyn Steele/ Pat Donohue
08:10GK talks about Ravinia
08:25 "Sweet Home Chicago" - GK/ Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
10:53They're Red Hot- Sam Bush and Shoes
15:12Guy Noir script
28:27GK talks about Mahalia Jackson
29:43 "My God is Real"/ "Didn't it Rain"- Jearlyn Steele
34:40Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 2
37:10GK introduces Suzy Bogguss
38:35 "No Way Out"- Suzy Bogguss and band
42:03The Lives of the Cowboys script
56:10GK intros next tune
56:45 "Stars and Stripes Forever"- Howard Levy and Richard Dworsky
59:03 "The Way You Do The Things You Do"- Jearlyn Steele and Shoe Band
1:01:42Intermission- "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
Segment 3
1:05:40GK talks about the audience, greetings, GK reads his sonnet
1:10:50 "Friend For Life"- Sam Bush and Shoes
1:14:55Mom script into "Streets of Paris"- Shoe Band
1:27:36 "Cold Day in July"- Suzy Bogguss and Shoe Band
Segment 4
1:31:41News From Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)
Segment 5
1:43:50 "Lover Man"- Jearlyn Steele and Shoes
1:47:40GK announces the Rhubarb Tour, into "Key to the Highway"
1:50:57SFX script
1:55:11Credits/ "Goodnight Ladies"/ "Soldier's Joy"

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Pat Donohue on guitar, Gary Raynor on bass, and Sam Bush on mandolin enjoy playing "Sweet Home Chicago" in Illinois. Sam Bush takes the lead on "They're Red Hot."
Jearlyn Steele Suzy Bogguss
Joe Savage Howard Levy
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