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A Prairie Home Companion for July 1, 2006

July 1, 2006 broadcast with Meryl Streep, The Wailin' Jennys, Jearlyn Steele, Robin & Linda Williams, Carol Elizabeth Jones, and Carson Wyler
DateJuly 1, 2006VenueFrom Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood | Lenox, MADuration01:58:59HostGarrison Keillor

Description

This week, from the beautiful Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, we bring you the official Prairie Home Companion season finale and Independence Day Special. Broadcasting from the Koussevitzky Music Shed atTanglewood, the performance will be live on radio and filmed for broadcast on the PBS television programGreat Performances, Sunday, July 2 at 9 pm Eastern. With very special guests, two-time Academy Award winner - and star of Robert Altman's "A Prairie Home Companion" movie,Meryl Streep, Canada's finest female trio,The Wailin' Jennys, and spine-tingling Gospel singer,Jearlyn Steele. Also with us, the Hopeful Gospel Quartet withRobin & Linda Williams,Carol Elizabeth Jones, and Mr. low G himself, Carson Wyler. Actress Erica Rhodes will join the Royal Academy of Radio Acting, and sitting in with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Mr. Andy Stein. Join us for the fireworks, this Saturday on your local public radio station, and again Sunday on your local public television station.

Tags

Rundown - July 1, 2006Music Information - July 1, 2006Gehry script - July 1, 2006Guy Noir script - July 1, 2006Lobster script - July 1, 2006Mother script - July 1, 2006SFX script - July 1, 2006

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:15 GK intros - Happy Birthday America!
00:01:51 Tishomingo Blues
00:03:38 GK reminisces about America
00:08:46 "One Love" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
00:11:30 GK talks with Meryl Streep
00:13:23 Mother Script
00:24:47 "How I Got Over" - Jearlyn Steele, Shoes
00:28:20 "Twelve Gates To The City" - Jearlyn Steele, Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Shoes
00:31:03 Powdermilk Biscuit Theme Break including "Horses Stood Around", "Pigs in a Blanket", "Be Kind To Your Web-Footed Friends", and "Dogfight" - Hopefuls, Shoes

Segment 2
00:33:40 "Jazz Names" - Pat Donohue and the Shoes
00:37:30 SFX Script
00:42:37 GK Intros The Wailin' Jennys
00:43:02 "Bring Me A Little Water Sylvie" - The Wailin' Jennys
00:46:13 GK Talks about The Wailin' Jennys
00:46:37 "One Voice" - The Wailin' Jennys
00:50:18 Guy Noir Script
01:05:06 Intermission - "Dr. Jazz" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Segment 3
01:09:04 GK Welcomes Back
01:09:30 "All I'm Thinkin' About is You" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet and the Shoes
01:12:54 Gehry Script
01:13:50 "Green Summertime" - Hopefuls with Rich Dworsky and Gary Raynor
01:17:57 Poems - GK, Meryl Streep, Andy Stein
01:28:45 "Calling All Angels" - Wailin' Jennys

Segment 4
01:34:27 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 5
01:46:32 GK Intros Jearlyn Steele
01:46:47 "I Shall Be Released" - Jearlyn Steele, Hopefuls, Shoes
01:50:20 Lobster Script
01:53:19 "What'll I Do" - Meryl Streep, GK, and Richard Dworsky
01:56:27 Credits
01:57:25 CLOSER - "Goodnight Ladies" into "Waitin' for You"- Hopefuls Gospel Quartet, Wailin' Jennys, Shoes

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