THEIR HEARTS WERE FULL OF SPRING
State Theatre
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, with the streets free of ice and snow, we can safely leave our feverish cabins for the annual spring visit to Minneapolis. We're broadcasting live from the State Theater with John McDermott, Rory Block, Peter Ostroushko, Maria Jette, and Andra Suchy. Plus, a Harpsichord, Cello, and Violin in honor of J.S. Bach's birthday, playing some of the master's "lost" works. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Fred Newman, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon.
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Who says work can't be fun?
Air on a G String
Blues musician Rory Block
Scottish tenor John McDermott
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:11 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:02:50 - "A Walk Up Hennepin Ave. (The World is Green)" - GK and Shoe Band
- 00:05:13 - Spring Poem
- 00:10:50 - "Why Worry" - GK and Andra Suchy with band
- 00:14:37 - SFX (Rhubarb) script
- 00:18:52 - ELCA script
- 00:21:20 - GK intros John McDermott, they sing "I Belong to Glasgow"
- 00:23:26 - "The Dreamer" - John McDermott
- 00:26:45 - Powdermilk Biscuit Theme Break
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Segment 2
- 00:28:35 - GK intros Maria Jette
- 00:29:06 - "Air on a G String" - Maria Jette, Tony Ross, Barbara Leibundguth, Peter Johnson
- 00:32:42 - GK talks with Rory Block
- 00:35:06 - "Me and The Devil" - Rory Block
- 00:38:02 - Rory talks about Robert Johnson
- 00:39:00 - "Declare" - Rory Block
- 00:42:40 - Bach script
- 00:56:20 - "Down By The Sally Gardens" - GK/ Bach quartet
- 00:59:40 - Intermission/"Stumblin'" - The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
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Segment 3
- 01:03:00 - Greetings
- 01:06:35 - GK talks with John McDermott
- 01:08:20 - "Bringing Buddy Home" - John McDermott, Jason Fowler, Shoe Band
- 01:12:52 - Possum script, into "Back Talk"
- 01:21:00 - Bach Story script into Brandenburg Concerto #3 - Shoe Band
- 01:27:25 - GK intros Peter Ostroushko
- 01:27:53 - "McCully's Waltz" - Peter Ostroushko, Richard Dworsky and Tony Ross
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Segment 4
- 01:32:40 - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:45:57 - "The Water is Wide" - Rory Block
- 01:48:48 - Movie script
- 01:53:20 - "If I Could Only Win Your Love" - GK, Andra Suchy and band, Credits
- 01:56:43 - "The Next Time I'm in Town"/MN Jubilee
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