A Prairie Home Companion for December 8, 2007 from American Public Media

December 8, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion we're delighted to be back at the Town Hall in New York City with a staggering lineup of special guests, including masterful jazz singer Ann Hampton Callaway, legendary "Blues Boy" Geoff Muldaur, renowned interpreter of the jazz harmonica Howard Levy, and the Queen of American folk music Odetta. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon. Join us this week for a big show that will surely make it as a footnote in broadcasting history.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 "Tishomingo Blues" - GK / Shoe Band

00:03:33 "West 43rd" - GK and Shoe Band.

00:07:00 SFX script

00:09:30 "Help Me" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

00:13:45 Mom script

00:18:38 GK intros Ann Hampton Callaway

00:19:30 Lover Come Back to Me- Ann Hampton Callaway and Shoe Band

00:23:11 "Over the Rainbow" - Ann Hampton Callaway and Shoe Band

00:28:30 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:29:43 GK and Rich Dworsky talk about Hanukkah

00:30:52 "S'vivon" - Rich Dworsky and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

00:33:10 Fear script

00:36:00 GK intros Geoff Muldaur

00:37:06 "Michigan Water" - Geoff Muldaur and Shoe Band

00:40:30 "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel in the Morning" - Geoff Muldaur and Shoes

00:45:13 GK intros The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

00:45:30 Guy Noir script

00:57:53 GK intros Odetta

00:58:15 Keep on Movin' It On- Odetta and Seth Farber with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

01:01:08 GK talks to Odetta

01:01:36 "Roberta" - Odetta and Seth Farber

01:06:53 Intermission- Jive at Five

Segment 3

01:10:49 Greetings

01:14:04 Xmas script

01:16:55 GK talks with Ann Hampton Callaway

01:17:58 "Don't Save Your Kisses" - Ann Hampton Callaway and Shoe Band

01:21:33 "Slow Death" - Geoff Muldaur and Shoe Band

01:25:33 "Mystery Train" - Pat Donohue, Howard Levy and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Segment 4

01:29:16 The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)

Segment 5

01:43:34 "Fast Lane Boogie" - The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

01:46:29 GK talks with Odetta

01:46:45 "House of the Rising Sun" - Odetta and Seth Farber

01:52:38 "Oh Mary Don't You Weep No More" - Odetta, GK, Shoe Band

01:56:00 Credits, the Next Time I'm in Town

Photos from the show
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Garrison Keillor reviews a script during rehearsal.		Harmonicist Howard Levy and guitarist Pat Donohue perform, 'Help Me.'


Ann Hampton Callaway		Howard Levy and Andy Stein.


The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band		Odetta; an impressive performer.