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A Prairie Home Companion for March 24, 2007

March 24, 2007 broadcast with Ry Cooder & The New Cardboard Avenue Jaywalkers and Deborah Garrison
DateMarch 24, 2007VenueFrom The Town Hall | New York City, NYDuration01:59:01HostGarrison Keillor

Description

This week on A Prairie Home Companion we welcome a very special guest to the Town Hall in New York City, the elusive and brilliantRy Cooderand his stellar backing band: The New Cardboard Avenue Jaywalkers, which includesMike Seegeron Banjo,Paddy Maloneyof the Chieftains on whistles/pipes,Roland Whiteon mandolin, and Joachim Cooder on drums. Also with us, critically acclaimed poet and senior nonfiction editor atThe New Yorker,Deborah Garrison, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting, and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, with this week's fifth shoe,Andy Stein. Join us Saturday for an all new installment of A Prairie Home Companion.

Tags

Rundown - March 24, 2007Music Information - March 24, 2007Art - March 24, 2007Guy Noir - March 24, 2007President - March 24, 2007The Story of Bob - March 24, 2007

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:13 Tishomingo Blues
00:02:10 GK talks about the impending spring, "Here Comes The Sun", riding the subway
00:06:12 "Art" - GK, Fred Newman, Arnie Kinsella
00:09:44 GK talks about Deborah Garrison's poetry and Ry Cooder
00:10:28 "Heat it Up" - Richard Dworsky and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
00:12:35 The Story of Bob script
00:22:40 GK intros Ry Cooder
00:24:55 "Suitcase in My Hand" - Ry Cooder and the New Cardboard Avenue Jaywalkers
00:28:00 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2
00:31:55 GK talks about the literary world of New York, intros Deborah Garrison
00:33:38 Deborah Garrison recites "The Firemen," "An Idle Thought" and "Worked Late on a Tuesday Night"
00:39:18 Guy Noir script
00:55:19 GK brings Ry Cooder back
00:56:20 "J. Edgar" - Ry Cooder and the New Cardboard Avenue Jaywalkers
00:59:16 GK intros next song with Ry Cooder
00:59:52 "Footprints in the Snow" - Ry Cooder and the New Cardboard Avenue Jaywalkers
01:03:30 Intermission/"Shine"

Segment 3
01:07:54 Greetings
01:11:41 "You Meet the Nicest People in Your Dreams" - Andy Stein and Shoe Band
01:14:27 GK talks with Deborah Garrison
01:16:09 Deborah Garrison recites "September Poem," "Into the Lincoln Tunnel" and "Goodbye New York"
01:22:22 "Brooklyn Bridge" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

Segment 4
01:24:43 News From Lake Wobegon

Segment 5
01:42:39 "Down the Alleyway" - Shoe Band
01:45:11 GK talks about Ry Cooder's new album
01:45:58 "My Name is Buddy" - Ry Cooder and the New Cardboard Avenue Jaywalkers
01:49:30 "The Blind Man Stood in the Road and Cried" - GK/ Rich, Jaywalkers
01:51:23 President script
01:54:40 Credits, Goodnight Sweetheart

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