Boiled Eggs on a Slant
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we spend Easter weekend on the Great Isthmus of the Northwest for a broadcast performance from the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington. With British born singer-songwriter and Glockenspiel virtuoso Nellie McKay, Seattleite Brandi Carlile and her band, and 1930s-flavored vocal duo, The Henriettas. Also with us, naturalist Jeff Adams, the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band; Rich Dworsky, Pat Donohue, Gary Raynor, and Peter Johnson, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Sue Scott, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:13 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:02:52 - GK opens, Seattle is a city of readers
- 00:04:30 - Rainy Day Woman (Seattle Woman)
- 00:07:25 - PMS script
- 00:11:58 - Lent- GK/ Andy Stein
- 00:14:12 - GK intros the Henriettas
- 00:15:00 - He Left Me Standing There- The Henriettas with Pat Donohue and Gary Raynor
- 00:18:27 - GK talks with The Henriettas
- 00:18:58 - You Really Lose Your Mind- The Henriettas and Shoe Band
- 00:21:50 - Love script
- 00:27:40 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break
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Segment 2
- 00:29:50 - GK talks about Doris Day, intros Nellie McKay
- 00:30:22 - Sentimental Journey- Nellie McKay and Shoe Band
- 00:34:07 - Do, Do, Do- Nellie McKay and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
- 00:37:09 - Guy Noir script (Nellie McKay sings theme)
- 00:47:02 - GK talks with Brandi Carlile about Austin City Limits
- 00:48:00 - Dying Day- Brandi Carlile
- 00:52:16 - Lovesick Blues- Brandi Carlile, solo
- 00:55:13 - GK talks about Passover
- 00:56:27 - Mayim Mayim- Richard Dworsky, GK, Brandi Carlile and band
- 00:59:26 - Intermission- Shine
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Segment 3
- 01:03:18 - Greetings
- 01:06:10 - Seasick- GK/ band
- 01:09:38 - Personals script (with Nellie McKay)
- 01:14:50 - Woe is Me- The Henriettas with Shoes and GK
- 01:17:55 - GK talks about the Paramount, Seattle
- 01:21:37 - GK talks with Jeff Adams, naturalist
- 01:27:02 - GK read "At Least" by Raymond Carver
- 01:29:46 - GK intros Nellie McKay
- 01:31:00 - Mean to Me- Nellie McKay and Pat Donohue
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Segment 4
- 01:33:55 - News From Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:48:36 - The Story- Brandi Carlile
- 01:52:46 - GK recites "Bonnard's Nudes" by Raymond Carver
- 01:53:50 - Credits, I Still Miss Someone
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