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A Prairie Home Companion for March 1, 2008

March 1, 2008 broadcast with the Wailin' Jennys and The Boys of the Lough
DateMarch 1, 2008VenueFrom The Fitzgerald Theater | St. Paul, MNDuration01:59:00HostGarrison Keillor

Description

This week on A Prairie Home Companion we return to theFitzgerald Theaterwith special guests, the pride of Winnipeg, the wonderfulWailin' Jennys, and traditional Celtic heroes,The Boys of the Lough. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors:Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with Rich Dworsky, and The News from Lake Wobegon. It's an all-new broadcast, this week on A Prairie Home Companion.

Tags

Rundown - March 1, 2008Music Information - March 1, 2008English Majors - March 1, 2008Guy Noir - March 1, 2008Omelette - March 1, 2008Rhubarb - March 1, 2008Robert Bly's poems - March 1, 2008SFX - March 1, 2008The Lives of the Cowboys - March 1, 2008

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00 Logo
00:13 "Tishomingo Blues"
03:30 GK opens, talks about leap year, poems, girl scouts
05:40 "Hawaiian Blues" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
08:05 Rhubarb script
13:00 GK intros Wailin' Jennys
13:58 "Beautiful Dawn" - Wailin' Jennys
16:59 "Old Man" - Wailin' Jennys
21:06 GK talks to Wailin' Jennys
21:23 Guy Noir script
30:16 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2
32:00 "Arthritis Blues" - GK/ Pat/ Shoes
37:52 English Majors script
40:37 "Breakin' The Ice" - Shoe Band
43:30 The Lives of the Cowboys script
51:00 GK intros Boys of the Lough
52:00 "The Keane Reels" - The Boys of the Lough
56:30 "The Willow Tree" - The Boys of the Lough
59:52 "One More Spring" / SFX script
1:04:18 Intermission - "Bud's Bounce"

Segment 3
1:08:02 Greetings
1:12:37 "Hello in There" - GK/ Shoes
1:16:33 GK intros Robert Bly, Minnesota Poet Laureate
1:25:45 GK intros Wailin' Jennys
1:26:00 "Driving" - Wailin' Jennys

Segment 4
1:30:39 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 5
1:44:12 GK intros next tune by Brendan Begley and Boys of the Lough
1:45:18 "Beauty Deas An Oileain" - Boys of the Lough
1:48:25 "Whistle Set" - Cathal McConnell and The Boys of the Lough
1:52:28 Omelette script
1:54:20 Credits, "McLeod's Reel"/ "St. Anne's Reel"

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