You Got Me Wound Up — from 1996
featuring Victoria Clark and the Wayne Hancock Band
Farewell to 2024
On July 6, 1974, the very first A Prairie Home Companion show was staged at the Janet Wallace Auditorium in St. Paul. 2024 marked the 50th Anniversary of the show and Garrison decided it was time to gather together the band plus our acting troupe and some musical friends and stage a few shows around the country. That ended up being 21 full shows plus four Holiday shows and a few solo shows in between. All the highlights can be heard on the commemorative CD release of the 50th Anniversary Celebration, including the return home to the Fitzgerald Theater stage for the first time since Garrison retired in February 2016. Here is “Feels Like Home” from the show.
On the Road Again
Garrison will now embark on a four-month solo trek with Garrison Keillor Tonight, beginning on the West Coast and working his way back east. Join him for some poetry, limericks, songs, stories, and sage wisdom, plus a sing-along. All in all, a memorable evening out. Tour locations and dates can be found here.
Listen to the classic show
This week, we revisit a show originally performed on January 2, 1996, from Dallas, TX, with Broadway singer Victoria Clark, opera singers Jan Grissom and Julian Patrick, and The Wayne Hancock band.
Photo by Bjorn Bolinder
Highlights include The Cowboys and a mail-order bride, famous celebrities, Café Boeuf, Rhubarb, and some talk about Lake Wobegon. Plus, there’s Jan Grissom’s take on “Queen of the Night,” Victoria Clark has got us All Wound Up, “Wahoo” from the Wayne Hancock Band, and a “Waltz Across Texas.” Listen to the show.
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A New Year, a classic Lake Wobegon collection
From the Archives is a deep dive into the PHC archive, unearthing stories season by season. And here is the collection featuring the stories from 1982. Lake Wobegon experiences extreme cold and shuts people in their homes to feuds, frustrations, plumbing issues, and other crazy antics. There are memories of romance with Donna Bunsen at the laundromat and the Diener boy’s first drag on a cigarette, landing his car in the pond. In fall, we hear about the demise of Irene Anderson’s 20 oz. tomato and the avalanche of squash from the attic. Christmas is nearly perfect with the exception of Einer’s reading of the Gospel. 3 CDs.