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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 16:09:18 GMT -5
It's time for a hot Texas Takedown as we go back to June 10. 2006. In our quest for continuing adult education ("co-elder-cation"), we've planned a field trip to the University of Texas Performing Arts Center in Austin. We'll broadcast live from the Bass Concert Hall, with special guests Cindy Cashdollar, Elana James, and Red Volkaert, known collectively as The High-Flyers, and hailing from somewhere between Route 66 and the Rock Island Railroad line, we welcome Rock n' Roll icon Joe Ely. Also with us: The Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, and sitting in with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, the irrepressible Andy Stein. www.prairiehome.org/shows/57171.html |
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 16:09:46 GMT -5
June 10, 2006
Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:13 "Tishomingo Blues" - GK, Guy's All-Star Shoe band
00:03:40 GK talks about Austin
00:04:17 "Wahoo" - GK, Shoes, Joel Guzman (accordion)
00:07:44 Da Vinci Script
00:09:14 666 Script
00:12:05 GK intros The High Flyers
00:12:21 "Road Stop" - The High Flyers
00:14:31 Guy Noir Script
00:26:39 GK talks about music in Texas
00:27:23 "Texas Blues" - Pat Donahue
00:34:30 Powdermilk Biscuit Theme Break - GK and Shoes
Segment 2
00:35:58 GK intros Molly Ivins
00:36:54 GK talks with Molly Ivins INTO "Honkin' on a Hydrant" - Shoes
00:44:54 GK intros and talks with Joe Ely
00:44:45 "I Saw it in You" - Joe Ely and Joel Guzman
00:49:32 "Row of Dominoes" - Joe Ely and Joel Guzman
00:53:26 Cowboys Script
Segment 3
01:04:09 Intermission/"Three Little Words" - Shoes
01:08:07 Greetings
01:11:53 "Bubbles in My Beer" - Red Volkaert and The High Flyers
01:15:17 "Old Watermill" - Elana James and The High Flyers
01:18:11 Catchup Script
01:21:17 GK talks with Joe Ely about Austin
01:22:38 "On The Run" - Joe Ely and Joel Guzman
Segment 4
01:26:02 The News from Lake Wobegon
Segment 5
01:42:32 "Sleepy Time Down South" - Andy Stein, Rich Dworsky, Gary Raynor
01:43:45 GK talks with Joe Ely
01:44:15 "Wind's Gonna Blow" - Joe Ely and Joel Guzman
01:48:04 SFX Script
01:53:20 GK thanks guests
01:53:45 GK talks with Molly Ivins
01:54:10 Spam Script
01:55:10 Credits
01:56:18 "Red River Valley" - GK, Shoes, Audience
01:57:26 "Armadillo Stomp" - Shoes
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 16:11:22 GMT -5
Molly Ivins
Perhaps the title of her 1991 best-selling book puts it best: Molly Ivins Can’t Say That, Can She? Well, she could and she did. No one could accuse political journalist Molly Ivins of being shy about speaking her mind. Her shoot-from-the-hip column ran in more than 400 newspapers across the United States, and her freelance work appeared in Esquire, Harper’s, Atlantic, The Nation, The Progressive, Mother Jones, and many other publications. She was a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and won numerous awards, including the Smith Medal from Smith College, the Pringle Prize for Washington Journalism from Columbia University, the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service, and the 1992 Headliners Award for the best newspaper column in Texas. She passed away in January 2007.
Joe Ely
Joe Ely is a master of blending rock ’n’ roll with hardcore honky-tonk. Born in the western plains of Texas, he started traveling in his teens going from Lubbock to London with many stops in between. Known in the genres of outlaw country, alt-country, Texas country, and Americana, he is regarded as one of the best songwriters of his generation. This 1989 Lubbock West Texas Walk of Fame inductee was named Texas State Musician for 2016. His many recordings include Panhandle Rambler, Full Circle: The Lubbock Tapes, and Love in the Midst of Mayhem.
The High Flyers
We were lucky to catch the High Flyers since their work together was short-lived. Separately, they have been wowing audiences for longer than they care to admit. After a stretch of jamming in various incarnations, they finally decided to form a band and work together. Their mixed bag of honky-tonk, Western swing, classic country, and hot jazz was perfection. The High Flyers are: dobro and steel guitar ace Cindy Cashdollar; fiddle player Elana (Fremerman) James, formerly of Hot Club of Cowtown, and with her own trio called Elana James & the Continental Two; and guitarist Redd Volkaert, about whom the Austin Chronicle offered this winning description: “Telecaster master who’s all over the guitar like grease on a pork chop.
Accordion ace Joel Guzmán accompanies Garrison and the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band early on during this program on the humorous song “Wahoo.” Here are the lyrics:
Oh, give me a horse, a great big horse
And give me a Stetson, too, and let me
Wahoo, wahoo, wahoo
Oh give me a ranch, a big pair of pants
And put a little dirt on my shoe, and let me
Wahoo, wahoo, wahoo
Give me these halls of Austin
For I’m just an old Calvinist
Thinking about all I’ve missed
Oh, why do the Calvinists feel cooped up
Like animals in the zoo? They never
Wahoo, wahoo, wahoo
Just take a look in the holy book,
It’ll tell you what to do — thou shalt
Wahoo, wahoo, wahoo
My family came here from Scotland
Dark and damp and full of sin
Sunlight almost did us in
I calm the herd with Beethoven’s Third
Or a Chopin pas de deux. And they can
Wahoo, wahoo, wahoo
At night we holler to Gustav Mahler
His symphony number two.
Wahoo, wahoo, wahoo
The world has wahooed for ages
Some like to wahoo soft and low,
Others like to let it go
The signal floats across the prairie
Love that great old public radio.
Makes me want to yodel-ai-dee-o
Come September I’ll become a member
Maybe my horse will too, and we can
Wahoo, wahoo, wahoo
I came down from a Northern town
Looking for something new
We’re serious folks and we tell no jokes
And our horses have turned blue
We need to —
A Northern liberal
I’ve read Kierkegaard and Camus
I’ve studied the theory and principles of wahoo
But philosophy’s not enough for me
I’ll tell you what I’m going to do
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 17:02:36 GMT -5
University of Texas in Austin, my home for a Summer in high school. Way back time machine for sure!
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 17:06:56 GMT -5
I think the lyrics were rewitten to this song!
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Post by jspnrvr on Jun 10, 2023 17:14:04 GMT -5
Hey, dw!
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 17:16:18 GMT -5
good evening Jay, hope all is well in the Central portion of the state |
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Post by jspnrvr on Jun 10, 2023 17:23:47 GMT -5
Yeah, we're doing ok. Not as much rain as was being called for.
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Post by jspnrvr on Jun 10, 2023 17:29:42 GMT -5
This has been fence week. We have a piece of fence and two separate gates that need replaced.
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 17:30:43 GMT -5
Yeah, we're doing ok. Not as much rain as was being called for. I have had to water my garden all week. The spotty rain keeps missing us. This show reminded me of how good a job GK did of connecting with the local audience when his show was on the road. There have been a number of rounds of applause when he mentioned significant local politic issues. I see that they are planning a series of shows to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the show... which would be in 2024... but an early version is going to be performed in Lancaster, PA in late July 2023. That's a bit of a trip, so I am hoping one will be closer to us! |
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 17:31:18 GMT -5
This has been fence week. We have a piece of fence and two separate gates that need replaced. So did you get it done? |
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 17:38:29 GMT -5
On a side note, I checked and this Performing Arts Center did not open until 1981, which was several years after I attended a Summer Science Program there in Austin. I remember that Summer at times,,, pretty challenging for a 16 year old to be on my own in a new town for a whole Summer, responsible for getting to classes and labs, eating at the cafeteria, trying to get some fun on the week-ends that were legal! And feeding squirrels that were happy to sit at your feet and eat peanuts from your fingers.
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Post by jspnrvr on Jun 10, 2023 18:12:11 GMT -5
This has been fence week. We have a piece of fence and two separate gates that need replaced. So did you get it done? Not me. I was getting some estimates. The last time it needed any work my son-in-law and I handled it. But he's busy with their roof this week, and it does take two guys to handle the panels and gates. But we're getting there. The rest of the place is in pretty good shape, though we could stand to have a tree taken out. But it's got new roof and gutters, and put up accordion shutters a couple years ago. Trying to get ready for Hurricane season. Also getting a new dishwasher. I'm glad our vehicles are paid for. |
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 18:20:21 GMT -5
Not me. I was getting some estimates. The last time it needed any work my son-in-law and I handled it. But he's busy with their roof this week, and it does take two guys to handle the panels and gates. But we're getting there. The rest of the place is in pretty good shape, though we could stand to have a tree taken out. But it's got new roof and gutters, and put up accordion shutters a couple years ago. Trying to get ready for Hurricane season. Also getting a new dishwasher. I'm glad our vehicles are paid for. Home ownership is a blessing and a curse. There is always something to be done. I'm still not finsihed clearing out my place across the street so I can prepare it for possible rental. It requires a deadline these days for me to make something a priority. Of course today has been non-productive as i apparently pulled a back muscle yesterday when loading and distributing a trailer of mulch around some flower beds here. So I felt fine last night but after breakfast I stood up and immediately bent back over the table with sharp stabbing pains in my lower back! So been taking it easy all day, took a muscle relaxant.. and hoping it is only temporary! |
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Post by jspnrvr on Jun 10, 2023 18:26:46 GMT -5
Don't forget your old buddy the ice-pack.
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 18:28:57 GMT -5
Don't forget your old buddy the ice-pack. i always thought Ice was only good right after an imjury |
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Post by jspnrvr on Jun 10, 2023 18:37:39 GMT -5
Well, any time you're hurting, slap it on.
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 18:41:37 GMT -5
Well, any time you're hurting, slap it on. I'll try it after the show then! So any musical events coming up for you this week? |
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Post by jspnrvr on Jun 10, 2023 18:57:58 GMT -5
Nope, some Storytelling (not me) out at Mt Dora for lunch on Monday. That's about it. Try to keep the fence project moving, not the easiest when you don't feel like moving yourself. Get the dishwasher Wednesday. I think that's about it. So, take it easy, we'll be here next week!
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Post by dwarnold on Jun 10, 2023 19:00:41 GMT -5
Adios from our Texas show!
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