Minnesotans of the Caribbean
This week on A Prairie Home Companion a hot-off-the-presses show compiled from all of this week's live events onboard the MS Ryndam sailing around the Western Caribbean with songstress Connie Evingson, the ambassadors of Cajun culture, BeauSoleil, and our good friends Heather Masse, Andra Suchy, Jearlyn Steele and, of course, Robin and Linda Williams. Plus, the sun-soaked Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Sue Scott, Tim Russell and Fred Newman, and in Bermuda shorts and black socks, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band.
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:11 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:54 - GK Intro
- 00:01:52 - "Mozambique," Heather Masse, GK, Shoes (100316 Early Show)
- 00:05:11 - "Count Your Blessings," Robin and Linda Williams, Heather Masse, GK, Shoes (100316 Early Show)
- 00:07:42 - SFX script and Men at Sea script (100316 Early Show)
- 00:19:38 - "Getting Some Fun Out of Life," Andy Stein and Shoes (100316 Early Show)
- 00:22:51 - “Old Plank Road, Robin and Linda Williams (100316 Early Show)
- 00:26:13 - GK Powdermilk Intro
- 00:26:39 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break (100316 Late Show)
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Segment 2
- 00:28:00 - Ketchup script (100318 Early Show)
- 00:33:54 - GK Duets Intro
- 00:34:16 - "It Don't Mean a Thing," Connie Evingson and Jearlyn Steele (100315 Duets Show)
- 00:39:08 - "We Believe In Happy Endings," Robin and Linda Williams (100315 Duets Show)
- 00:42:43 - "Turtle Dove," Andra Suchy, Heather Masse, Jearlyn Steele, GK (100315 Duets Show)
- 00:45:39 - "If You Were Mine," Heather Masse, GK (100315 Duets Show)
- 00:48:45 - "Indiana," Rich Dworsky and Tanner Taylor (100315 Duets Show)
- 00:51:59 - Guitar Medley, Susan Carson (100317 Talent Auditions)
- 00:54:43 - Irish Joke, Ray O'Connor (100317 Talent Auditions)
- 00:56:59 - "Irish Blues," Pat Donohue (100317 Request Show Early)
- 01:00:02 - Intermission
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Segment 3
- 01:04:24 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:04:45 - The Lives of the Cowboys script (100318 Late Show)
- 01:16:36 - "Mexican Vacation," Pat Donohue (100316 Late Show)
- 01:20:34 - Why Men Go to Sea script (100316 Late Show)
- 01:22:51 - "Otra Madruga," Rich Dworsky (100316 Late Show)
- 01:26:32 - "How Deep Is the Ocean," Heather Masse (100316 Late Show)
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Segment 4
- 01:30:49 - The News from Lake Wobegon (100316 Late Show)
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Segment 5
- 01:45:02 - "Nearer My God," GK (100316 Late Show)
- 01:47:31 - GK BeauSoleil Intro
- 01:48:06 - "Little Darlin'," plus an instrumental (100317 Request Show Late)
- 01:54:46 - GK Credits
- 01:55:52 - "Remember Me," GK, Robin and Linda Williams, Shoes
- 01:58:37 - GK Recorded Credits
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