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A Prairie Home Companion for May 3, 2008

May 3, 2008 broadcast with Maxine Kumin and The David Mallet Trio
DateMay 3, 2008VenueFrom The Civic Center Auditorium | Bangor, MEDuration01:59:01HostGarrison Keillor

Description

This week on A Prairie Home Companion we'll bring you a live broadcast performance from theCivic Center Auditoriumin Bangor, Maine. Featuring Pulitzer Prize winning poetMaxine Kumin, theDavid Mallet Trio, and a comprehensive artistic rediscovery of our regular cast: The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band withRich Dworsky,Pat Donohue,Gary Raynor,Andy Stein, and Peter Johnson, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors:Tim Russell, Sue Scott, andFred Newman, and that gangly guy with the socks. Join us this week, live from the Queen City of the East.

Tags

Rundown - May 3, 2008Music Information - May 3, 2008Bangor, Maine - May 3, 2008Bob - May 3, 2008Bush - May 3, 2008Confiscated - May 3, 2008Fred - May 3, 2008Grieg - May 3, 2008King - May 3, 2008Rhubarb - May 3, 2008Science - May 3, 2008Tenderness - May 3, 2008

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00 Logo
00:12 "Tishomingo Blues"
03:25 GK opens, talks about Maine
04:17 King script
06:03 Bush script
07:15 "Bangor, Maine" - GK/ Pat Donohue/ band
10:02 Rhubarb script
15:19 The Story of Bob script
20:56 GK intros Maxine Kumin, she and GK read her poetry
28:22 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2
31:43 Grieg (Married Couple) script
39:40 GK intros David Mallett
40:56 "Angel Standin'" By- David Mallett
44:18 "Fishing" - David Mallett
48:45 Science script
54:00 GK intros Fiddlers
58:48 Intermission/ "Blues Skies'"

Segment 3
1:02:03 Hymn Medley
1:05:50 Greetings
1:10:17 Fred script
1:21:12 "Tenderness" - GK and band
1:24:16 GK intros Maxine Kumin, she reads "Seven Caveats in May"
1:29:00 "Whole Lot of You" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

Segment 4
1:30:48 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 5
1:43:49 "Maine U Song" - "The Stein Song"- Shoe Band
1:45:28 GK talks about Bangor
1:49:00 "The Garden Song" - David Mallett
1:52:18 GK talks with Maxine Kumin
1:52:52 Confiscated script/ credits
1:55:26 "You Are My Sunshine", fiddlers

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