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A Prairie Home Companion for November 29, 2008

November 29, 2008 broadcast with The Boys of the Lough, Jake Speed & The Freddies, and Andra Suchy
DateNovember 29, 2008VenueFrom The Music Hall | Cincinnati, OHDuration01:59:09HostGarrison Keillor

Description

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 musicThe Boys of the Lough, old-timey musiciansJake Speed & the Freddies, and renowned Minneapolis singer-songwriterAndra Suchy. 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 - November 29, 2008Music Information - November 29, 2008Banks of the Ohio - November 29, 2008Emperor - November 29, 2008Heart - November 29, 2008Ruth Harrison, Reference Librarian - November 29, 2008SFX - November 29, 2008Thanks song - November 29, 2008The Parting Glass - November 29, 2008

Rundown

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

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

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

Segment 4
01:33:43 - The News from Lake Wobegon

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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