A Prairie Home Companion for September 23, 2006 from American Public Media

September 23, 2006
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's the night of nights, the height of heights on Exchange and Wabasha, the 33rd annual Season Premiere Broadcast, Meatloaf Supper, and Street Dance. Featuring bluegrass blowtorches Old Crow Medicine Show, sultry songbird Prudence Johnson, and the big guns John Niemann and Andy Stein are sitting in with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band. Actress Erica Rhodes joins the Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith. Meanwhile, outside the Fitzgerald Theater, the Street Dance and Meatloaf Supper begins at 5pm with an outdoor APHC simulcast, at 6pm the heavenly meatloaf is served, and the dancing begins promptly at 7pm with the fiery Salsa Del Soul Orchestra, plus performances from all the great talent on the broadcast, hot/cold beverages, and Cash Prizes!!!

Contests this year include:
1. "Loon Calling" judged by Tom Keith
2. "Loudest Child & Beautiful Baby"
3. "Mr. Wonderful" judged by Sue Scott
4. "Salsa Dancing"

AND NEW THIS YEAR
5. "Name that Seed" – Identify jars of common seeds

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:12 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:22 GK opens, talks about rain, autumn, Rosh Hashanah, corn crop was pretty good this year, sugar beets, hawk weekend in Duluth

00:04:45 "City of St. Paul" - GK/Shoes

00:08:46 GK talks about writing songs, Vanity Fair magazine

00:09:26 "I Can't Help it If I'm Still in Love With You" - GK/Prudence, Shoes

00:13:11 Cardio script

00:15:50 "Mountain Air" - Pat Donohue and Shoes (Pat and GK intro)

00:18:52 GK talks to Pat about how it will be hard to play so fast when he gets old

00:19:14 Ruth Harrison, Reference Librarian script

00:26:43 "Something Good" - Prudence Johnson and Shoes

00:29:14 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:31:10 GK intros the Old Crow Medicine Show

00:33:16 "Elkhorn Ridge" - Old Crow Medicine Show

00:36:27 Ketch intro Kevin Hayes, next tune

00:37:05 "Let it Alone" - Old Crow Medicine Show

00:40:30 "Deportees" - Prudence and GK/Shoes

00:44:12 Guy Noir script

00:54:44 GK intros next tune

00:55:13 "Corrina, Corrina" - GK/ Pat/ Shoes

00:58:56 Intermission/"Everybody Loves My Baby"

Segment 3

01:04:02 St. Paul script

01:07:08 GK talks with Butch about Fred Swanson

01:09:17 "Minnesota Street Rag" - Butch Thompson, piano

01:12:11 Greetings

01:16:00 "Sportin' Man" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

01:18:34 Rhubarb script

Segment 4

01:25:52 "I Will Always Love You" - Prudence/GK/ Shoes

01:28:39 GK talks with Old Crow Medicine Show

01:29:28 "Bobcat Tracks" - Old Crow Medicine Show

01:32:55 "I Hear Them All" - Old Crow Medicine Show

Segment 5

01:36:41 News From Lake Wobegon

01:53:54 GK intros actors, Old Crow, credits, Dixie Hoedown closer

Photos from the show
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Garrison sings about the City of Saint Paul.		Pat Donohue with "Moutain Air."


Tom Keith makes a "rustley-horsey" kind of sound.		Garrison introduces Old Crow Medicine Show.


Garrison joins the crowd for the Old Crow Medicine Show set		The youngest contestant, a mere 4 years old, tries her darndest to prove she's the loudest, if not the cutest.