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Post by dwarnold on Oct 7, 2023 15:17:45 GMT -5
This week, we’re heating things up a bit as we revisit a classic show from October 4, 2008 that served as the first show of that broadcast season from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. With special guests Old Crow Medicine Show, Maria Jette, Butch Thompson, The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band with additional Shoe Horns: Dale Mendenhall, Michael B. Nelson, and Steven Strand, and The Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith. Highlights include a few duets from Garrison and Maria Jette; “Let It Go” from Pat Donohue, plus talk about his new guitar; some energetic picking from Old Crow Medicine Show on “Fire on the Mountain”; “The Working-Class Blues” from Butch Thompson; plus The Lives of the Cowboys, Guy Noir, Cafe Boeuf, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon. www.prairiehome.org/shows/56885.html |
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Post by dwarnold on Oct 7, 2023 15:18:10 GMT -5
October 4, 2008
Segment 1
00:00:00 - Logo
00:00:13 - Tishomingo Blues
00:02:39 - GK opens, talks about the weather, Nobel Prize for Literature
00:09:13 - "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Old St. Paul" - GK/ Maria Jette
00:13:47 - GK intros The Old Crow Medicine Show
00:14:03 - "Fire on the Mountain" - Old Crow Medicine Show
00:16:00 - Guy Noir script
00:27:47 - GK and Pat talk about his new guitar
00:28:08 - "Let it Go" - Pat Donohue and band
00:31:14 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 2
00:34:44 - GK intros Butch Thompson
00:36:02 - "Working Man Blues" - Butch Thompson
00:39:28 - GK reads "The Wild Swans at Coole " by William Butler Yeats
00:43:06 - The Lives of the Cowboys script
00:52:30 - GK intros Old Crow Medicine Show
00:53:30 - "Lift Him Up" - Old Crow Medicine Show
00:57:27 - "Caroline" - Old Crow Medicine Show
01:01:18 - GK thanks Ford for their sponsorship, "Ford Man"
01:02:57 - Intermission/"Avalon" - Shoe Band
Segment 3
01:06:18 - Welcome back to the 2nd half, GK talks about street dance, greetings
01:10:36 - Book Tour Blues
01:16:15 - "Bananas" - GK and Maria Jette
01:17:10 - SFX script
01:23:35 - "Blue Skies" - Richard Dworsky and Butch Thompson
Segment 4
01:26:19 - The News from Lake Wobegon
Segment 5
01:40:23 - "Les Chemins De L'amour" - Maria Jette and Richard Dworsky
01:44:30 - Sweet and Low- GK/ Maria Jette
01:47:40 - Cafe Boeuf script
01:50:28 - GK talks about Old Crow Medicine Show, "Alabama High Test"
01:53:50 - "Vita Velveeta" - GK/ Maria Jette
01:54:53 - Accent script
01:56:05 - Credits/"Red Wing" closer
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Post by dwarnold on Oct 7, 2023 15:18:48 GMT -5
About the guests:
Old Crow Medicine Show
With a little luck and a whole lot of talent, Old Crow Medicine Show went from playing their slash-and-burn brand of old-time music on the streets of Boone, North Carolina, to bringing down the house at the Grand Ole Opry. Now based in Nashville, these Grammy winners and Grand Ole Opry inductees are bringing audiences to their feet coast to coast and then some.
The band for this broadcast: Critter Fuqua, Kevin Hayes, Morgan Jahnig, Gill Landry, Chance McCoy, Ketch Secor, and Cory Younts.
Butch Thompson
For 12 years of his five-plus-decade career, Butch Thompson was the house pianist on A Prairie Home Companion, dating back to the show’s second broadcast in July 1974. As a soloist, he earned a worldwide reputation as a master of ragtime, stride, and classic jazz piano. Described by Jazz Journal International as “the premier player in traditional jazz today,” Thompson also performed with his well-known trio, his eight-piece New Orleans Jazz Originals, and with symphony orchestras, including the Hartford Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Cairo (Egypt) Symphony. Butch passed away in 2022.
MARIA JETTE
Versatile soprano Maria Jette can sing dozens of operatic roles. She also performs pop songs, chamber music, oratorio, and show tunes. She has appeared with orchestras nationwide, including the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Minnesota Orchestra. Among her recordings are two albums of P.G. Wodehouse songs, with pianist/accordionist Dan Chouinard: In Our Little Paradise: Songs of P.G. Wodehouse and The Siren’s Song: Wodehouse & Kern on Broadway.
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Post by doctork on Oct 7, 2023 16:06:51 GMT -5
Looks like a good show, and I may not have been there if it was storytelling weekend. If it wasn't storytelling I may have been at the live show in St. Paul because sometime around that year I did attend the season opening show with the meatloaf dinner and street dance.
I couldn't go to story telling this weekend, so I will tune into the show. Jay is at storytelling and he hasn't been around much anyway lately so I doubt he'll be seeing us on the radio this week.
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Post by dwarnold on Oct 7, 2023 16:55:17 GMT -5
Looks like a good show, and I may not have been there if it was storytelling weekend. If it wasn't storytelling I may have been at the live show in St. Paul because sometime around that year I did attend the season opening show with the meatloaf dinner and street dance. I couldn't go to story telling this weekend, so I will tune into the show. Jay is at storytelling and he hasn't been around much anyway lately so I doubt he'll be seeing us on the radio this week. I have a conflict with a certain football team playing on TV so will join you as soon as that is finished! |
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Post by dwarnold on Oct 7, 2023 16:58:15 GMT -5
Oh and check the historical record for October 4, 2008, where indeed you and Jay were at storytelling while others munched on the meat loaf!
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Post by doctork on Oct 7, 2023 17:14:24 GMT -5
Hi dw! Then I think that wasn't the year when I went to St Paul. I traveled alone but met up with slb2 and gailkate & JayStar and their spouses. That was the only time I went to the opening show and it was a good one.
That was a good year - I went to Ghana in January, then Afghanistan in the spring (all were medical aid trips) and to Israel in November. Israel and the Palestinians were involved with increased hostilities that culminated in "incursions" into Gaza before Obama took over from W in January. I went to a silent witness peace protest at the Erez crossing into Gaza with Maread Maguire (1977 Nobel Peace prize winner for her peace work in Northern Ireland). We were fired upon by rockets aimed at nearby Ashkelon but it was not nearly like the current situation and we were never really in any danger.
Obviously all the efforts at peacemaking have still failed but the current war looks really bad. I fear for the lives of my friends and colleagues.
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Post by doctork on Oct 7, 2023 17:16:42 GMT -5
See you here when the game is over dw.
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Post by doctork on Oct 7, 2023 17:38:56 GMT -5
Butch sounds great, as always. I still love listening to his old CDs. He is much missed.
Great memories of Butch on the APHC cruises. When he did a solo performance I'd sit at the piano and take notes on each song he played and where/who it came from. Lots of ragtime and old New Orleans tunes.
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Post by doctork on Oct 7, 2023 18:01:36 GMT -5
I have always liked OCMS, seem them many times at APHC shows or MerleFest in NC. But last time I saw them, maybe a year or two ago at MerleFest I was disappointed.
They opened with some bland generic "Hello North Carolina" and were all glamor glitz and high-tech. This was at MerleFest where they got their start after Doc Watson ( who founded MerleFest in honor of his deceased son Merle) found them busking the streets in Boone, NC.
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Post by dwarnold on Oct 7, 2023 18:05:11 GMT -5
The Seminoles won, but there were a few moments when it seemed they were not doing what needed to be done! Now they have won 5 straight games and are looking good to keep up the hard work!
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Post by dwarnold on Oct 7, 2023 18:07:44 GMT -5
I have always liked OCMS, seem them many times at APHC shows or MerleFest in NC. But last time I saw them, maybe a year or two ago at MerleFest I was disappointed. They opened with some bland generic "Hello North Carolina" and were all glamor glitz and high-tech. This was at MerleFest where they got their start after Doc Watson ( who founded MerleFest in honor of his deceased son Merle) found them busking the streets in Boone, NC. You do have to wonder if groups that have been around for a while start to get advice they need to "change things up". We got to see Chicago last night here in Tally and they still have 3 of the founding members playing with the group. They played their big hits, and had a good time, audience singing along. It was a lovely evening and I was surprised that I had not actually listened to their music in some time, but the words still came out! |
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Post by doctork on Oct 7, 2023 18:16:19 GMT -5
That final scored looked like the Seminoles won big time.
When Amber was at WVU she hated the Hokies but seems to have calmed down since graduation, but it's never tragic to her if Tech loses.
Me - I consider Virginia my home state but about half my VCU med school class went to Tech, most of the rest to UVA. At MCV-VCU, UVA was our major comepetition but I have to say that although it has a great reputation, I just don't see how you can get a great medical education in a tiny town like Charlottesville. But nothing personal, just that at the time there were only 2 medical schools in the state, so most Virginians went to one or the other to get their medical education.
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Post by doctork on Oct 7, 2023 18:23:13 GMT -5
You do have to wonder if groups that have been around for a while start to get advice they need to "change things up". We got to see Chicago last night here in Tally and they still have 3 of the founding members playing with the group. They played their big hits, and had a good time, audience singing along. It was a lovely evening and I was surprised that I had not actually listened to their music in some time, but the words still came out! Yeah, since they moved to Nashville, OCMS has changed but then they are still currently popular, not just "golden oldies" like Chicago. I had a similar experience with Elton John. I had never been a big fan but his tunes were always background music for a couple of decades of my life. But Howard and I went to see his show in Las Vegas when I was there for a medical meeting and was very importance with his high quality showmanship, great songs and singing, and found I remembered much more than I thought. We really enjoyed that show. That trip we saw Elton John (my choice), Don Rickles (Howard's choice) and "Eau" a Cirque du Soleil show we both wanted to see. Good trip all around. |
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Post by dwarnold on Oct 7, 2023 18:27:13 GMT -5
GK has been putting up some interesting stuff on Facebook and his Blog. He genuinely seems to be happy about his tour, enjoying life, and giving out recommendations on what to focus on when one gets up in the years. Sometimes it seems that people arrive at a place too late in life to really enjoy it, but if his writing is a true reflection, seems like he is very satisfied with things.
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Post by doctork on Oct 7, 2023 18:29:38 GMT -5
I've found that ironic, given how generally gloomy he has previously been for many years.
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Post by dwarnold on Oct 7, 2023 18:49:47 GMT -5
Haven't heard Cafe Boeuf in a long time!
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Post by dwarnold on Oct 7, 2023 18:53:55 GMT -5
So do you have big plans for the week ahead Doc?
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Post by doctork on Oct 7, 2023 18:54:32 GMT -5
Yeah, these old show broadcasts are seeming older and older. That's of course because they are older, and so are we! At least we are on what is usually considered the good side of the grass.
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Post by doctork on Oct 7, 2023 18:55:14 GMT -5
So do you have big plans for the week ahead Doc? I have a bunch of medical tests and visits this week. |
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Post by doctork on Oct 7, 2023 19:00:22 GMT -5
You and your bride have a good week dw!
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Post by dwarnold on Oct 7, 2023 19:00:27 GMT -5
So do you have big plans for the week ahead Doc? I have a bunch of medical tests and visits this week. Well I hope you get some good news. Take care and hang on to the good stuff! |
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