March 23, 2024 -- Classic Rebroadcast

[dwarnold]

Greetings from the coast of Florida. I am enjoying the week-end bird watching, attending meetings, eating seafood, and enjoying life with the wife! We might not make the show but for your listening pleasure...

This week, we revisit a classic from the Fitzgerald Theater aired on March 23, 2002, with Mollie O'Brien, Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group, Greg Leisz, and Peter Ostroushko.

Highlights include English Majors, Duct Tape, talk of St. Paul, “Long as I Can See the Light” from The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, “So Long, See You Tomorrow” and “Remember Your Love” from Robin and Linda Williams, “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man” and “It Ain’t Love” from Mollie O’Brien, ‘Trip to Donegal’ from Peter Ostroushko as part of his challenge to write a new song every week, “Deep Water” from Greg Leisz, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

Grab the show feed here: www.prairiehome.org/shows/57699.html

[dwarnold]

March 23, 2002

00:00 Logo
00:12 Tishomingo Blues
02:36 GK opens, talks about governor's trip to Germany, telemarketers, Twin Cities has the #1 knowledge-based economy
04:54 Do You Know Him - Hopeful Gospel Quartet
08:13 It's A Big Old Goofy World - Hopeful Gospel Quartet
12:33 Turning 55 script
17:33 Mississippi Delta Blues - Robin & Linda Williams
22:01 Remember Your Love - Robin & Linda Williams
29:46 Crossing The Bar - Hopeful Gospel Quartet
34:12 Powdermilk Biscuit Break
35:48 English Majors script
42:11 It Ain't Love - Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore
46:12 Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia - Mollie O'Brien
50:20 American Pharmaceuticals script
53:56 GK talks to Peter Ostroushko about his recent compositions
55:14 Hymn Page 911- Peter Ostroushko, Rich Dworsky, Greg Leisz
1:00:30 Trip to Donegal - Peter Ostroushko
1:03:49 Intermission - Right or Wrong
1:08:17 Greetings
1:10:57 GK talks to Robin and Linda
1:11:49 So Long, See You Tomorrow - Robin & Linda Williams
1:16:12 St. Paul script
1:19:27 Duct Tape script
1:21:14 Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Mollie O'Brien
1:24:07 Monologue
1:46:27 Long As I Can See The Light - Hopeful Gospel Quartet
1:49:43 Deep Water- Greg Leisz
1:52:33 Sports Utility Underwear script
1:53:43 Credits, Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind/ Blackberry Blossom

[dwarnold]

About the guests:

The Hopeful Gospel Quartet was formed when four friends discovered their shared interest in gospel music; they were standing around backstage, waiting for one of the Prairie Home Companion shows to begin, and one of them began to sing. The others joined in, and — fast-forward — the Hopeful Gospel Quartet, or the Hopefuls, toured with Chet Atkins and performed at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, The Universal Amphitheatre, and at The Great Prairie Home Hymn-Sing Festival in Moorhead, Minnesota. The Hopefuls released two albums: Garrison Keillor & the Hopeful Gospel Quartet and Climbing Up on the Rough Side. The members of the Hopeful Gospel Quartet for this show are Mollie O’Brien, Garrison Keillor, and Robin and Linda Williams.

Gregory Brian Leisz is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, banjo, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Leisz grew up in the garage band culture of mid-1960s Southern California. He spent time at the Ashgrove, the Troubador, and clubs on the Sunset Strip . He began playing guitar and soon added dobro and lap steel, inspired to pick up the pedal steel after hearing Sneaky Pete Kleinow and Buddy Emmons. In 1975, he toured with John Stewart (formerly of The Kingston Trio). He was a member of Funky Kings who released their eponymous debut album on Arista Records in 1976. After the band broke up, he became a popular musician both in the studio and on the road.

In 1987, Leisz began working with Dave Alvin (formerly of The Blasters). Their collaboration led to Leisz producing several of Alvin's albums, including King of California, Black Jack David, Ashgrove, and West of the West. In 1989, he played on k.d. lang's Grammy-winning Absolute Torch and Twang and joined her on the resulting tour. For the next eighteen years he toured with Lang and recorded with her, including her album Ingenue. Starting the early 1990s, he worked often with Matthew Sweet, played on Sweet's album Girlfriend and toured with him.

In January 2008, Leisz joined the group Works Progress Administration, a band composed of Leisz, Sean Watkins (guitar), his sister Sara Watkins (fiddle), Glen Phillips (guitar, vocals), Benmont Tench (piano), Luke Bulla (fiddle), Pete Thomas (drums), and Davey Faragher (bass). The group released their debut album, WPA, on September 15, 2009.

In 2010 and 2011, Leisz toured with Ray LaMontagne as a member of his backing band, The Pariah Dogs. He toured in 2013 as a member of Eric Clapton's band, in 2015 as a member of Jackson Browne's band, and again in 2017. He appeared in the 2016 Cameron Crowe cable television series Roadies, accompanying Jackson Browne on three songs in the last episode of the series.

Leisz played mandolin on the mid-2021 Bob Dylan recordings of "Blowin' in the Wind," "Masters of War," "The Times They Are A-Changin' (song)," "Simple Twist of Fate," "Gotta Serve Somebody," and "Not Dark Yet" produced by T-Bone Burnett and recorded and mixed by Michael Piersante for a one-time sale as Ionic Originals.

Mollie O'Brien and her husband, guitarist Rich Moore, have for nearly 30 years quietly made it their mission to find, mine and reinvent other artists' songs. They are geniuses at the craft of interpretation in the way that great singers, since the beginning of popular American music, have made the songs of their era their own. As songwriters they add their own tunes to the canon of American roots music they inhabit and show us they’re completely at home with their musical selves.

Mollie has long been known as a singer who doesn’t recognize a lot of musical boundaries, and audiences love her fluid ability to make herself at home in any genre while never sacrificing the essence of the song she tackles. She is a singer at the very top of her game who’s not afraid to take risks both vocally and in the material she chooses. Mollie won a Grammy in 1997 for her participation in Sugar Hill Records True Life Blues and is a member of the Colorado Music
Hall of Fame.
Between them they have released fifteen CDs including three as a duo on their label Remington Road Records; a CD with their daughters, Brigid and Lucy Moore; and Rich’s solo CD (Voiceless), recorded in 2020 during the first months of the pandemic.

[doctork]

Tuned in and multi-tasking.

[jspnrvr]

Hey, guys. Just feeling pretty "blah +" tonight. Originally had plans to attend a house storytelling concert with Michal Reno O'Harell this evening, but I'm even passing that up. So everyone take care, have a good evening.

[BoatBabe]

Hi, DocK and Jay! Good-bye Jay, and hope you feel better. Thanks for the run-down and extra notes, DW!

[doctork]

"Crossing the bar" - one of my favorite Robin and Linda songs

[doctork]

Hi BoatBabe!
Feel better soon Jay.

[doctork]

There are times when I miss living in West Virginia...

There are some very attractive features which remain well-kept secrets to the outside world. Kind of like Alabama, where some of my older family member used to live.

[BoatBabe]

Sorry, I was gone for a minute - putting a chicken in the oven to roast.

Sounds like you have inherited some great stories from your family, Dock!

[BoatBabe]

I signed in late - just hearing "Crossing The Bar" now. I love this, like DocK.

[BoatBabe]

Have a good weekend, all!

I'll just continuing listening, and have a good weekend myself.

[doctork]

Howard wanted to go get pizza.

Have a good weekend!