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October 13, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we begin our fall tour with a visit to the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore, Maryland. With special guests, legendary songwriter-singer Carole King, barrelhouse blues-woman Deanna Bogart and her band, D.C. bluegrass pickers John Starling and Mike Auldridge, and gospel singer Jearlyn Steele. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with maestro Rich Dworsky, and The News from Lake Wobegon, live this week on A Prairie Home Companion.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:02:20 | GK talks about the theater, tonight's guests |
| 00:04:16 | "Baltimore, My Baltimore" - GK/ Shoe Band |
| 00:08:30 | GK talks about Baltimore's red light district |
| 00:09:17 | "Baltimore" - Jearlyn Steele and Shoe Band |
| 00:11:44 | Steinbeck script |
| 00:18:02 | Doris script |
| 00:21:08 | "Saint Paul Saturday Shuffle" - Shoe Band |
| 00:22:00 | GK intros John Starling and Mike Auldridge |
| 00:22:48 | "Raised By the Railroad Line" - John Starling and Mike Auldridge |
| 00:26:16 | "Waitin' For A Train" - John Starling and Mike Auldridge |
| 00:30:00 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
| 00:32:55 | GK intros Deanna Bogart |
| 00:34:23 | "Baby, You've Got What it Takes" - Deanna Bogart Band |
| 00:39:12 | "Dance Hall Girls" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:43:02 | News From Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| Segment 3 |
| 00:56:37 | "Where You Lead, I Will Follow" - Carole King |
| 01:00:37 | "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" - Carole King |
| 01:05:30 | Intermission/"It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" - Shoe Band |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:09:10 | GK talks about Francis Scott Key |
| 01:10:50 | "Star Spangled Banner" - GK/Jearlyn Steele/Shoe Band/audience | |
| 01:12:42 | Greetings |
| 01:15:44 | Gore script |
| 01:18:38 | GK talks about Baltimore |
| 01:24:24 | "God Bless the Child" - Jearlyn Steele and Shoe Band |
| 01:27:36 | GK brings up John Starling and Mike Auldridge |
| 01:28:15 | "He Rode All The Way to Texas" - John Starling and Mike Auldridge |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:31:43 | GK intros Deanna Bogart |
| 01:32:06 | "Blue By Night" - Deanna Bogart Band |
| 01:36:52 | Guy Noir script |
| 01:48:49 | GK talks with Carole King, she plays a medley of her songs |
| 01:55:04 | SFX script |
| 01:57:10 | Credits |
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Photos from the show
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| Fred Newman takes a final pass at scripts backstage before the broadcast. |
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Rich Dworsky cracks a smile during his live scoring of, 'SFX script.' |
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| The Deanna Bogart Band rocks the house with, 'Baby, You've Got What it Takes.' |
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Pat Donohue leads the Shoes in the melancholy beautiful tune, 'Dance Hall Girls.' |
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| Jearlyn Steele and Carole King join the Shoes for a duet of King's hit, 'Natural Woman.' |
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Carole King performs a medley of the marvelous range of songs she's penned. |
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