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Cincinnati's Music Hall
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we're preparing a live broadcast performance from Cincinnati's historic Music Hall. With special guests, reigning grandmasters of traditional Celtic music The Boys of the Lough, old-timey musicians Jake Speed & the Freddies, and renowned Minneapolis singer-songwriter Andra Suchy. 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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The Royal Academy of Radio Acting
Andra Suchy and Garrison Keillor
Jake Speed and the Freddies
The Boys of the Lough
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:13 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:03:38 - GK talks about Thanksgiving, WVXU, Thanks song
- 00:06:16 - "Queen City Rag" - Jake Speed and the Freddies
- 00:09:33 - Banks of the Ohio- GK/ Andra Suchy and band
- 00:12:48 - Emperor script
- 00:21:30 - "Cincinnati Flow Rag" - Pat Donohue and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
- 00:23:40 - SFX script
- 00:28:22 - GK brings up Andra Suchy, they talk about her recent engagement
- 00:28:50 - "I'll Never Find Another You" - GK and Andra Suchy and band
- 00:31:43 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break
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Segment 2
- 00:33:20 - "You're The Cream in My Coffee" - GK/ band
- 00:35:30 - GK intros The Boys of the Lough
- 00:36:45 - "Lerwick Lasses" - Boys of the Lough
- 00:40:50 - "Farewell to the Maigue" - Brendan Begley and The Boys of the Lough
- 00:45:08 - GK talks about Brendan's dip in Lake Superior last winter
- 00:46:22 - "Under African Skies" - GK, Andra Suchy, Shoes, Boys of the Lough
- 00:50:48 - Heart script
- 00:56:55 - "Coffee Bourgeois Blues" - Jake Speed and the Freddies
- 01:01:00 - "Fidgety Feet" - intermission
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Segment 3
- 01:04:16 - "Bring it on Home to Me (pie)" - GK/ Andra/ Shoes
- 01:06:58 - Pat and GK talk about Pat's guitar
- 01:07:29 - "Rip it Up" - Pat Donohue and Shoes
- 01:10:19 - Greetings
- 01:12:50 - "Cincinnati notes" - GK
- 01:18:34 - Ruth Harrison script
- 01:24:44 - GK talks with Jake Speed
- 01:25:41 - "Ohio River Waltz" - Jake Speed and the Freddies
- 01:28:26 - "Scufflin' (Goin' to Cincinnati)" - Shoe Band
- 01:30:44 - "Greenland Man's Tune" - Boys of the Lough
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Segment 4
- 01:33:43 - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:50:15 - "Carrickdown" - Cathal McConnell and The Boys of the Lough
- 01:53:57 - Credits, "The Parting Glass"/"Wind that Shakes the Barley"
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