Wobegon Woodshedding
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll bring you a live broadcast performance from the Koussevitzky Music Shed at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, MA. With special guests The Wailin' Jennys, Hilary Thavis, Andra Suchy, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Erica Rhodes, and Fred Newman. Plus, the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
"America The Beautiful" (encore)
"Angel Band" (encore)
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Erica Rhodes
Hilary Thavis
The Wailin' Jennys
Royal Academy of Radio Actors
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:13 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:03:00 - Open script
- 00:07:12 - Hot Summer Night- Shoe Band
- 00:09:48 - Mr. Bass Man- GK, Andra Suchy, Rich Dworsky, Fred Newman
- 00:12:35 - Cowboys script
- 00:23:18 - GK intros Hilary Thavis
- 00:23:55 - Facebook Blues- Hilary Thavis
- 00:27:45 - GK talks with Hilary
- 00:28:50 - Many Loves- Hilary Thavis
- 00:32:45 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break
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Segment 2
- 00:35:10 - Erica script
- 00:39:55 - GK intros the Wailin’ Jennys
- 00:40:26 - Goin Down the Road- The Wailin’ Jennys
- 00:44:30 - By Way of Sorrow
- 00:48:10 - Guy Noir script
- 00:59:35 - Ocean Park Angel- GK, Andra, Wailin Jennys, Shoes
- 01:02:47 - Intermission- Some Of These Days
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Segment 3
- 01:06:50 - GK talks about Tanglewood students “Stealin”
- 01:10:50 - Greetings
- 01:15:10 - Illicit Love Medley- GK/ Andra
- 01:19:15 - Evening Falls- Richard Dworsky and band
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Segment 4
- 01:21:13 - News From Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:36:08 - Into the Garden- Pat Donohue
- 01:38:54 - Motherless Child- The Wailin’ Jennys
- 01:43:10 - Ketchup script
- 01:47:45 - Red Dirt Blues- Hilary Thavis
- 01:52:54 - Your Long Journey- Wailin’ Jennys
- 01:56:22 - Credits, I Bid You Goodnight
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