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A Prairie Home Companion for May 23, 2009

May 23, 2009 broadcast with Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group, Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, and Will Farley
DateMay 23, 2009VenueFrom The Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts | Vienna, VADuration01:59:01HostGarrison Keillor

Description

Coming to you this week from the Filene Center atWolf Trap National Park for the Performing Artsin Vienna, Virginia, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion. With special guests,Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group,Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, andWill Farley, the National Champion of the 2009 Poetry Out Loud project. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors;Tim Russell, Sue Scott, andFred Newman,The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon.

Tags

Rundown - May 23, 2009Music Information - May 23, 2009Alleluia - May 23, 2009Fred Newman - May 23, 2009Guy Noir - May 23, 2009Love is Gone - May 23, 2009Revolt - May 23, 2009Ruth Harrison, Reference Librarian - May 23, 2009SFX - May 23, 2009Tishomingo Blues - May 23, 2009

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00:00 - Logo
00:00:11 - Tishomingo Blues
00:03:23 - "Alleluia" - GK, Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele
00:07:40 - "Washington Walking Blues" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
00:10:58 - SFX script
00:16:24 - GK talks with Robin and Linda Williams
00:16:52 - "Going Going Gone" - Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
00:21:25 - "The Other Side of Town" - Robin and Linda Williams, group, GK
00:24:54 - Ruth Harrison, Reference Librarian script
00:32:30 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2
00:34:35 - GK intros Will Farley
00:37:00 - Will Farley recites Langston Hughes
00:40:10 - Guy Noir script
00:51:10 - GK intros the Steele Sisters
00:52:00 - "Without A Song" - Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele
00:55:35 - "Saturday Night Fish Fry" - Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele
00:58:36 - GK talks about Memorial Day
00:59:39 - "And The Band Played The Star Spangled Banner" - GK and band
01:04:22 - Intermission/"Dr. Jazz" - Shoe Band

Segment 3
01:07:37 - "The Star Spangled Banner" - GK/ audience, Greetings
01:13:00 - Fred Newman script
01:19:15 - "Seventeen Years Old" - Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
01:23:05 - "Keep the Home Fires Burning" - Garrison Keillor and Robin & Linda Williams with Their Fine Group
01:26:14 - "Love is Gone" - GK and Shoe Band
01:30:33 - "Bruce" - Andy Stein

Segment 4
01:33:20 - The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 5
01:45:13 - "Military Hymn Medley" - Shoe Band
01:47:16 - Revolt script
01:52:14 - "If I Could Hear My Mother Pray" - Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele and Shoes
01:55:24 - Credits, "We'll Understand it Better By and By"

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