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A Prairie Home Companion for May 24, 2008

May 24, 2008 broadcast with Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, and Raul Melo
DateMay 24, 2008VenueFrom The Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts | Vienna, VADuration01:59:01HostGarrison Keillor

Description

This week on A Prairie Home Companion we're broadcasting live from theFilene Centerat Wolf Trap National Park in Vienna, VA. With special guests, the all American bluegrass girl,Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, and internationally adored tenorRaul Melo. 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 24, 2008Music Information - May 24, 2008Body - May 24, 2008ELCA - May 24, 2008Guy Noir - May 24, 2008Mom - May 24, 2008The Lives of the Cowboys - May 24, 2008

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00 Logo
00:11 "Tishomingo Blues"
02:38 GK opens, talks about the local sites
03:54 "Washington (America The Beautiful)"- GK/ Shoe Band
06:04 ELCA script into "Smoke in the Kitchen"- Shoe Band
11:45 Guy Noir script
23:16 GK intros Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
23:38 "Bluegrass Saturday Night" - Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
26:42 "Ashes of Mt. Augustine" - Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
30:04 GK talks with Rhonda
30:24 "Fishers of Men" - Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
33:57 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2
35:30 GK talks to Pat Donohue
36:18 "Sometimes"- Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
40:10 GK talks about summer, white shoes, hot dogs
40:33 Cowboys script
47:36 GK brings up the band to sing about summer
47:53 "Turn, Turn Turn/ Surfer Girl/ Summertime"- GK/ Pat/ Rich/ Shoe Band
54:15 GK intros Raul Melo
55:13 "Torna A Surriento/ Funiculi Funicula/ 'O Sole Mio!"- Raul Melo, Tamara Sanikidze
1:01:35 Intermission- "Everybody Loves My Baby"

Segment 3
1:05:38 Greetings
1:09:56 "Congressman"- Pat Donohue and GK
1:12:23 Mom script
1:21:05 "Washington Blues"- Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
1:22:26 "Washington Notes" - GK
1:25:00 "Tenting On The Old Campground"- GK and Raul Melo
1:28:40 "Elegy"- Shoe Band
1:30:45 Sonnet for Memorial Day- GK
1:31:53 "Ingemisco" (from Verdi's Requiem)

Segment 4
1:35:28 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 5
1:48:19 "Mattinata" - Raul Melo and Tamara Sanikidze
1:51:00 "Hit Parade of Love" - Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
1:53:30 Body script
1:54:53 Credits, "Summertime reprise", "Fire on the Mountain"

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