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A Prairie Home Companion for November 25, 2006

November 25, 2006 broadcast with Wayne Henderson, Sam Bush, and Buddy Emmons
DateNovember 25, 2006VenueFrom Cincinnati Music Hall | Cincinnati, OHDuration01:59:01HostGarrison Keillor

Description

This week on A Prairie Home Companion we're rolling all eighteen wheels to Cincinnati, where bluegrass and country music met high-powered broadcasting for the very first time in the 1930's. With us this week, an amazing acoustic guitar picker (and theStradivariusof modern luthiers)Wayne Hendersonand his extremely talented wife, Helen White. We'll have bionic bluegrass wild manSam Bush, plus one of the finest steel players to ever walk the earth,Buddy Emmons, sitting in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, so we must warn listeners there may be aslightlyincreased risk of the spontaneous combustion of your radio. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting:Tim Russell,Sue Scott, andFred Newman, the News from Lake Wobegon, and much more this Saturday from the "All Together Surprising" city of Cincinnati, USA.

Tags

Rundown - November 25, 2006Music Information - November 25, 2006English Majors script - November 25, 2006Fred Farrell script - November 25, 2006Guy Noir script - November 25, 2006Love in Cincinnati - November 25, 2006Rhubarb script - November 25, 2006Sonnet to Bob - November 25, 2006We Gather Together - November 25, 2006

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:14 Tishomingo Blues
00:02:46 GK opens, talks about Thanksgiving calories, the Cincinnati Music Hall
00:03:51 "We Gather Together" - GK/GASB
00:07:10 GK intros Sam Bush, they talk about baseball and Thanksgiving
00:08:20 "Last Letter Home" - Sam Bush and band
00:11:33 Fred Farrell script (Pot O' Luck)
00:12:48 "Cincinnati Rag" - Shoe Band
00:15:37 Rhubarb script
00:20:05 GK intros Wayne Henderson and Helen White
00:21:46 "Nothin' To It" - Wayne Henderson and Helen White
00:23:47 GK talks about WLW
00:24:30 "Rose of My Heart" - Helen White, Wayne Henderson, GK

Segment 2
00:28:30 GK talks about Robert Altman's passing
00:30:54 GK's reads his sonnet to Bob
00:31:51 "Make it Adequate" - Richard Dwrosky and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
00:37:07 "Now Thank We All Our God" - GK, Richard Dworsky, live audience
00:38:30 GK talks about King Records
00:41:33 "Honky Tonk" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
00:44:06 GK talks about Little Willie John
00:44:22 "Let Them Talk" - GK/ band
00:46:30 Guy Noir script
00:55:23 "They're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" - Sam Bush and Shoe Band
00:1:00:14 Intermission/"Hey Good Lookin'"

Segment 3
00:1:05:22 GK talks about Cincinnati, greetings
00:1:09:36 "Beautiful Ohio" - GK/ Shoes
00:1:11:35 "Love in Cincinnati" - GK/ Shoe Band
00:1:15:51 GK talks about Chet Atkins in Cincinnati
00:1:16:45 "Oh Babe" - Pat Donohue, Sam Bush and Shoe Band
00:1:19:39 English Majors script
00:1:23:48 GK talks to Wayne Henderson
00:1:24:38 "Steel Guitar Rag" - Wayne Henderson, Helen White, shoes
00:1:28:23 GK talks more with Wayne
00:1:29:05 "Are You Tired of Me, My Darling?" - GK, Wayne, Helen

Segment 4
00:1:32:41 News From Lake Wobegon

Segment 5
00:1:49:32 "Shenandoah" - Buddy Emmons
00:1:52:22 GK talks more about Cincinnati, famous people from the city
00:1:53:36 "Cool Water"/"White Christmas"
00:1:55:43 Credits, "Happy Trails"

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