Time Changes Everything, from 2002
featuring Mike Dowling, Stephanie Davis, and Peter Ostroushko
Carolina Bound!!!
The celebration continues with shows in North and South Carolina! Join us for another opportunity to see the old radio show LIVE. Guy Noir, The Lives of the Cowboys, Coffee, Rhubarb, Ketchup, Duane and his Mom, plus songs from Garrison and Christine DiGiallonardo and Heather Masse and some pretty fine music by Richard Dworsky and our fine band. Add in a Lake Wobegon story, some talk about aging, and a sing-along, and before you know it, three hours have passed.
March 24th at 7:30 in Wilmington, NC
March 26th at 7:30 in Greenville, SC
Listen to the March 9, 2002, show
This week, the classic show returns to the Fitzgerald Theater, with Stephanie Davis, Peter Ostroushko, Mike Dowling, and steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar. Listen to the show.
MIKE DOWLING was raised in central Wisconsin and began his professional musical career in high school. He had spent a lot of time playing along with his parents' records; he recruited a couple of friends into an electric guitar band, never expecting that it would lead someday to playing with the likes of Joe Venuti and Vassar Clements. He worked at it, ultimately moving to Nashville and becoming a sideman, session player, band leader, solo act, and composer. He had a string of songwriting successes in his ten years in the Music City, tunes recorded by Emmy Lou Harris, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Tim O'Brien, Kathy Mattea, Claire Lynch, and Del McCoury; he and his wife, Jan, wrote a No. 1 hit for Canadian country artist George Fox. He has received high praise from a lot of places: Vassar Clements said, "Mike's one of the finest guitar players there is, anywhere." And Jethro Burns said: "I don't play guitar when Mike's in the band. You don't take the game warden fishing."
STEPHANIE DAVIS claims it's easier to write songs when it's cold and the coyotes are howling. And she recalls her Montana ranch days, busy with calves in February and March. By the next autumn, those newborns will weigh in the neighborhood of 650 pounds. Then winter and songwriting time come around again. Stephanie’s songs have been recorded by numerous artists, including Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Shelby Lynne. Among her own recordings: Crocus in the Snow, Western Bling, and Western Bliss, all on the Recluse Records label.
CINDY CASHDOLLAR joins the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band for this weekend's performance. Born in Woodstock, New York, Cindy started learning guitar at age 11 and later mastered Dobro and pedal steel. She toured with John Herald, Levon Helm, Rick Danko of The Band, and Leon Redbone. She also spent eight years with Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel. She's won multiple Grammy Awards and has recorded with artists like Manhattan Transfer, George Strait, Willie Nelson, and Reba McEntire, among others. She can also be heard on Bob Dylan's Grammy-winning Time Out of Mind. In 2022, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum added Cindy to their “Nashville Cats” roster, honoring side musicians for their contributions.
APHC veteran PETER OSTROUSHKO is heard sitting in with the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band on this week’s featured broadcast. Peter grew up in northeast Minneapolis listening to his shoemaker father play traditional Ukrainian songs, and he taught himself to play piano, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, banjo, bass, and other instruments. Both a frequent PHC guest artist and former musical director, Peter also performed orchestral works and appeared with both The Saint Paul Chamber and Minnesota Orchestras, among others. But his very first recording session was an uncredited mandolin set on Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks. Before his passing in 2021, Peter worked on a podcast called “My Life and Time as a Radio Musician,” detailing his contributions to the music of A Prairie Home Companion.
Cheerfulness by Garrison Keillor
“Humorist and author Keillor (Serenity at 70, Gaiety at 80) delves into the different faces of positivity and “the great American virtue” of cheerfulness in this playful and resolutely upbeat offering. … Dead-serious themes of aging and death pop up throughout, but Keillor plumbs them for humor and insight in his customary style, an approach that will of course please A Prairie Home Companion devotees but also buoy the spirits of readers who feast on wordplay, witticism, and squeezing the best out of life.” — BookLife from Publishers Weekly. An Editor’s Pick.
Thank you so much Mr. Keillor. Always great to hear from you. Stay well!