Street Dance and Season Opener
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's our broadcast season opener, followed by the traditional street dance, and meatloaf supper. With special guests, The Sam Bush Band, Salsa Del Soul, and singer-songwriters Connie Evingson, Sarah Jarosz, and Andra Suchy. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon.
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Sam Bush Band, "Circles Around Me."
Tom Keith makes the sound of crows flapping.
GK and Sarah Jarosz
Connie Evingson
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:13 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:04:21 - "I Will" - GK, Andra, band
- 00:05:29 - "You Asked Me To" - GK, Andra, Shoe Band
- 00:09:24 - The Lives of the Cowboys script
- 00:18:32 - "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Connie Evingson and band
- 00:20:30 - "Nobody's Dirty Business" - Pat Donohue and band
- 00:23:40 - GK talks with Sam Bush
- 00:24:26 - "Circles Around Me" - Sam Bush Band
- 00:27:55 - "Out on the Ocean" - Sam Bush Band
- 00:30:52 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break
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Segment 2
- 00:34:34 - "Just Someone I Used to Know" - GK, Andra, band
- 00:37:50 - GK intros Sarah Jarosz
- 00:39:16 - "Song Up in Her Head" - Sarah Jarosz and Shoe Band
- 00:42:12 - GK talks about Sarah
- 00:43:42 - "Come on Up to the House" - Sarah Jarosz and Shoe Band
- 00:47:42 - Guy Noir script
- 00:59:00 - GK talks with Sam Bush
- 00:59:29 - "You Left Me Alone" - Sam Bush Band
- 01:03:00 - CC Rider- Pat Donohue, GK, Andra, Shoe band, Shai Hayo
- 01:09:00 - "Exactly Like You" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band/Intermission
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Segment 3
- 01:12:46 - Greetings
- 01:16:53 - GK talks with Connie Evingson
- 01:17:40 - "Autumn Leaves" - Connie Evingson
- 01:19:40 - The Rules script (with ‘Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain')
- 01:28:22 - GK talks more with Sarah
- 01:29:27 - "Edge of a Dream" - Sarah Jarosz
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Segment 4
- 01:32:52 - The News From Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:45:13 - "Gettin' Back into It" - The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
- 01:47:36 - GK announces street dance
- 01:48:27 - "Mingle" - GK and band
- 01:51:10 - GK intros Sam Bush Band one more time
- 01:51:30 - "Whisper My Name" - Sam Bush Band
- 01:54:25 - Credits, Salsa dancers
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