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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 17:21:47 GMT -5
This week, we travel back to February 17, 2001 for a show from the Fitzgerald Theater on Exchange Street in downtown St. Paul, A Prairie Home Companion welcomes Cajun favorite BeauSoleil, Spencer Bohren and a special appearance by Ralph Stanley. Highlights include Guy Noir, Cafe Boeuf, Ketchup, a visit to a casino plus ‘Everybody Loves My Baby’ by Andy Stein, ‘Zydeco X’ from BeauSoleil, ‘Oh, Death’ by Ralph Stanley, an America Sing-a-long plus the latest news. www.prairiehome.org/shows/57825.html |
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 17:24:27 GMT -5
Ralph Stanley was born into a musical family near McClure, Virginia, in 1927. He and his older brother began singing mountain ballads and learning to play the banjo from their mother. After graduating and returning from the Army, Ralph and Carter built quite the following in a six-state area, performing live and recording music, which was featured on radio station WCYB. Later, Ralph would record with the Clinch Mountain Boys, and he would go on to receive multiple Grammy Awards, be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry and the International Bluegrass Hall of Fame. And in 2006, he would be awarded the National Medal of Arts. Ralph Stanley passed away in 2016 at the age of 89. On this Prairie Home show, he sings the song “O, Death,” which was featured in the 2000 film O, Brother Where Art Thou?
During a New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Bob Dylan was asked what he thought of BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet. Dylan replied, “That's my kind of music!” Lots of folks could say the same. The band — Michael Doucet, David Doucet, Billy Ware, Tommy Alesi, Jimmy Breaux and Mitch Reed — has spent almost 50 years dedicated to preserving the Cajun style and blending elements of zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, and more into a tasty musical mix.
Spencer Bohren was born on April 5, 1950, in the wind-swept town of Casper, Wyoming, and passed on June 8, 2019, in his adopted home of New Orleans. He leaves behind two legacies: a fifty-five year career as a world-traveling solo musician; and the family he and his wife, Marilyn, built over their forty-two year marriage. In his music, Spencer accompanied his expressive singing voice with blues- and folk-based guitar and lap steel over thousands of live performances and 20 solo albums.
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 17:24:55 GMT -5
February 17, 2001
00:00 Logo
00:13 Tishomingo
02:06 GK Talk
04:40 The Mississippi at its Mouth - GK and Band
06:27 Applause, GK Intro Band
06:41 Everybody Loves My Baby - Andy Stein and Band
09:48 Applause, into Casino script
19:00 Applause, GK Talk to Spencer Bohren
21:24 Yazoo Bottom Messaround - Spencer Bohren and Band
24:52 Applause, into Night is Falling
28:44 Applause, GK Back Announce
29:10 Powdermilk Biscuit Break
30:56 Applause, GK Talk About Second Half
31:11 Ketchup script
33:18 Applause, into Guy Noir
41:48 Applause, GK Back Announce Intro BeauSoleil
42:12 J'ai Etu Au Bal - BeauSoleil
46:01 Applause, Michael Doucet Back Announce and Intro
46:22 Zydeco X - BeauSoleil
49:29 Applause, GK Talk with BeauSoleil
52:22 Travailler C'es Trop Dur - BeauSoleil
56:31 Applause, GK Back Announce Talk About Upcoming Tour
58:27 America Sing-a-long
1:02:08 Applause
1:02:31 That's A Plenty - Intermission
1:06:08 Applause, Roy's Rent-A-Dog
1:07:24 Guy's Shoes
1:08:24 Applause, Greetings
1:11:36 GK Intro and Talk to Ralph Stanley
1:17:32 Oh, Death - Ralph Stanley
1:20:34 Applause, GK Intros Spencer Bohren
1:21:13 Beulah Land - Spencer Bohren, Ralph Stanley, Garrison Keillor
1:24:04 Applause, Hey Hey Daddy Blues - Spencer and Band
1:27:56 Applause, GK Back Announce
1:28:11 Monologue
1:45:46 Applause, Stardust
1:47:53 Applause, Cafe Boeuf
1:51:20 Applause, GK Intros BeauSoleil
1:52:43 Varise - BeauSoleil
1:55:36 Applause, Credits
1:56:53 Beulah Land Reprise into Cajun Playoff Closer
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 18:01:50 GMT -5
Show time has arrived. Raining all day here in north Florida. So spent the day inside just doing things. Now looking forward to a fun evening with GK and the gang!
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Post by doctork on Feb 17, 2024 18:16:48 GMT -5
Hey DW! Just up from my nap. Thanks for posting the link. It was sunny this morning but now it's cloudy, no rain.
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Post by BoatBabe on Feb 17, 2024 18:17:10 GMT -5
Hi, DW! Thanks for the postings. I'm a little late, but I'm here. No rain, and no frost today.
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 18:18:55 GMT -5
I did not realize that "left wing media" was a phrase in 2001.
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Post by BoatBabe on Feb 17, 2024 18:19:16 GMT -5
Hi, Doc! Sounds like you are feeling better.
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 18:19:34 GMT -5
Hey DW! Just up from my nap. Thanks for posting the link. It was sunny this morning but now it's cloudy, no rain. I hope recovery is progressing well.. last week you seem to have napped the whole show! |
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 18:20:39 GMT -5
Hi, DW! Thanks for the postings. I'm a little late, but I'm here. No rain, and no frost today. Sounds like a warm up for you folks. We have to face temps in the 30's again in the week ahead. I can't wait to get my Spring garden out, but still covering some of my remaining crops on these cold nights! |
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 18:27:07 GMT -5
Spencer Bohren makes some good music!
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Post by doctork on Feb 17, 2024 18:27:13 GMT -5
A Mardi Gras and Louisiana-themed show with Beau Soleil and Spencer Bohren, plus Ralph Stanley. It seems like just yesterday that Spencer and Ralph Stanley passed away. I remember seeing Dr. Stanley at MerleFest one of the first times I attended, then another time when he was with the family band and pondering whether he would retire, then another time when IIRC, he was on APHC and performed at MerleFest, both the same weekend.
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 18:30:52 GMT -5
Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Spencer Bohren is from Wyoming but is often associated with the Crescent City, as he lived there for a number of years and continues to prove a popular club attraction there. Brought up in a strict Baptist family, Bohren sang harmonies in church, and it was his passion for gospel music that led him to become an equally diligent student of blues. He left Wyoming in 1968 for the folk scene around Denver. At the Denver Folklore Center and in coffeehouses, he learned acoustic folk-blues firsthand from people like the Rev. Gary Davis before moving to Seattle, where he played with a series of blues bands and continued to hone his songwriting abilities. In 1973, he moved back to Colorado to play with folk-blues singer Judy Roderick, and after talking extensively with Dr. John one night, he decided to move to New Orleans, where Dr. John was born and raised. Bohren spent a decade there, playing clubs like Tipitina's and the Absinthe Bar. In 1983, Bohren and his family began a seven-year journey on the road in an Airstream RV; Bohren performed all over the U.S., and later began to tour extensively in Europe and Japan. In 1989, Bohren had a Top 40 hit in Sweden. Although his discography is quite extensive and Bohren has been presented at many large festivals around the U.S. and Europe, a major-label deal in the U.S. still eludes him. Bohren's albums include Born in Biscayne (1984) for Great Southern Records, Down in Mississippi (1986) for New Blues Records, 1989's Live in New Orleans for Great Southern Records, Snap Your Fingers for Loft Records (a French label), and Totta & Hot ‘n' Tots (a Swedish group featuring Bohren); Spencer Bohren for Alpha Records of Japan in 1991, Full Moon for Virgin Records of France in 1992, and Present Tense for Loft Records in France, a 1995 release. His most recent recordings on U.S. labels include Vintage, a 1994 release for New Blues of New Orleans, and Dirt Roads, a 1996 release on his own Zephyr label out of Caspar, WY.
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Post by doctork on Feb 17, 2024 18:31:18 GMT -5
I'm tired, but feeling much better; last Saturday was the day after my surgery in Seattle, so I was tired, probably dud sleep through the whole show. Good news - the surgical pathology all came back benign.
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 18:34:55 GMT -5
A Mardi Gras and Louisiana-themed show with Beau Soleil and Spencer Bohren, plus Ralph Stanley. It seems like just yesterday that Spencer and Ralph Stanley passed away. I remember seeing Dr. Stanley at MerleFest one of the first times I attended, then another time when he was with the family band and pondering whether he would retire, then another time when IIRC, he was on APHC and performed at MerleFest, both the same weekend. I have some old friends that recently moved to New Orleans. I'd like to crash their place for a few days, but feel awkward saying "Hey would love to catch up, at your place, for free!" |
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 18:35:26 GMT -5
I'm tired, but feeling much better; last Saturday was the day after my surgery in Seattle, so I was tired, probably dud sleep through the whole show. Good news - the surgical pathology all came back benign. That's good news indeed! |
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 18:38:30 GMT -5
Allison Wonderland ... creative writing for sure.
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Post by doctork on Feb 17, 2024 18:40:45 GMT -5
Some of my high school classmates still live in NOLA, though many of us moved away - college and jobs elsewhere.
It's a great city, lots of fun but the best time to go is the weekend before the weekend before Mardi Gras - the parades have started but tourists still light so you can still get reservations at the good restaurants and the hotel don't cost an arm & a leg yet. We usually have our class reunion around the time of the Jazz Festival.
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 18:42:31 GMT -5
Some of my high school classmates still live in NOLA, though many of us moved away - college and jobs elsewhere. It's a great city, lots of fun but the best time to go is the weekend before the weekend before Mardi Gras - the parades have started but tourists still light so you can still get reservations at the good restaurants and the hotel don't cost an arm & a leg yet. We usually have our class reunion around the time of the Jazz Festival. Never have been to any Mardi Gras related events... never really was into big crowds of drunken people throwing things.. ... |
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 18:51:28 GMT -5
Back when I made frequent drives from Florida to South Texas to visit my folks, then my Mom, I would always pick up the Cajun station in Louisiana along I-10 and listen to the radio for a while, a French/Cajun speaking DJ playing all sorts of Cajun/Zydeco and generally music of South LA. I would often stop in Scott, which is slightly west of Lafayette to get some Boudan Balls, or some other fried cajun delicacies to eat along the road!
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Post by jspnrvr on Feb 17, 2024 18:55:01 GMT -5
Hey, folks. We have company in so I can't hang around. It was great seeing the old gang together for the show last weekend. Rich Dworsky was leading the band, they did Guy Noir, Lives of the Cowboys, Mom and Duane. Aoife O'Donavan and Christine DiGiallianordo were there to help with the singing. Quite a night. Everyone enjoy the show and continue healing up!
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Post by doctork on Feb 17, 2024 18:56:16 GMT -5
Yeah, of course living there, I've been to Mardi Gras many times, and I was down there doing Katrina relief the first Mardi Gras after the storm, which was really nice. No big crowds and it was the first time many people had seen each other since before the storm, as people were returning to the city slowly. Families usually watch the parades from the same place every year - near their neighborhood, not down on Canal Street - so they see old friends and have fun. Drunken crowds down in the French Quarter - that was for tourists.
Both Tuesday and Wednesday were state holidays when I lived there.
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Post by BoatBabe on Feb 17, 2024 18:57:56 GMT -5
Sorry, Kiddos, I have to go. I'll listen to the rest of the show tomorrow. Have a great week, all!
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Post by doctork on Feb 17, 2024 19:05:53 GMT -5
You have a good weekend too BoatBabe. Jay too - he ducked out a while ago.
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 19:10:42 GMT -5
You have a good weekend too BoatBabe. Jay too - he ducked out a while ago. Yes, our mystery audience each week is growing while the faithful few dwindle! When I logged in to post late this afternoon, the "guest" number surged from zero to like 19 in a few minutes. |
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Post by doctork on Feb 17, 2024 19:16:57 GMT -5
Some of those mystery guests must be people, not just bots, given the way they surge around show time.
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Post by doctork on Feb 17, 2024 19:22:51 GMT -5
Ah the sing-alongs! Those were always such fun, and I usually went to "Choir Practice" on the cruises too. I think he is still doing those on his road shows, and probably including the 50th anniversary shows.
Mitch Miller was a popular TV show when I was growing up, and we often had family sing-alongs too. I don't know if families do those any more.
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Post by doctork on Feb 17, 2024 19:28:03 GMT -5
"Roy's Rent-A-Dog" - we really should put our Bernese Mountain Dog to the task of guest control!
I tuned in late so I am about 20 minutes behind the show, but will still change over to TCM at 5pm, as usual. Catch the remainder tomorrow or maybe listen to the whole thing over again, such great music.
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Post by dwarnold on Feb 17, 2024 19:30:45 GMT -5
"Roy's Rent-A-Dog" - we really should put our Bernese Mountain Dog to the task of guest control! I tuned in late so I am about 20 minutes behind the show, but will still change over to TCM at 5pm, as usual. Catch the remainder tomorrow or maybe listen to the whole thing over again, such great music. Do you find it harder to get motivated to do stuff these days? Sometimes it is just so nice to sit and relax and do nothing... which means watching something or listening to something or reading stuff on the internet. I did have a reality jolt today when a stranger knocked on the front door in the rain and asked if I was interestes in renting out my old place... across the street.. I had to tell him "not yet" since I have yet to clear it out! |
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Post by doctork on Feb 17, 2024 19:33:29 GMT -5
Southwest VA is close to where our NC house is. My daughter and the grands live in NoVA (Northern Virginia) and she refers yo everyplace else as RoVA (Rest of Virginia). Good folks and pretty country in the Blue Ridge. And Dr. Stanley is right - it's Appalachia.
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