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An October Storm from 2009featuring Neko Case, Connie Evingson, Andra Suchy, and Jearlyn & Jevetta Steele
50th Anniversary Tour: Wilmington, NCSunday, March 24, 2024 50th Anniversary Tour: Greenville, SCTuesday, March 26, 2024 The APHC 50th Anniversary Tour leads up to the half-century milestone in the summer of 2024. On March 24th, Garrison and his rollicking troupe will be in Wilmington, NC and on March 26th, they travel to Greenville, SC. Joining them are singers Heather Masse and Christine DiGiallonardo. The Royal Academy of Actors (Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and sound-effects wizard Fred Newman) will be there, along with music director/keyboardist Richard Dworsky leading the band. Join us for a great evening to help celebrate the old show! Get tickets! Listen to the October 10, 2009 showIt’s an October spectacular from the Fitzgerald Theater, with special guest Neko Case, who will conjure up a storm of song with her elemental voice and genre-meshing musical style. Singer Connie Evingson will join the fun as well, along with singers Andra Suchy and Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele. The Royal Academy of Radio Actors (Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and sound-effects man Mr. Tom Keith) is on hand, plus the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band. And of course, there’s News from Lake Wobegon. Highlights include “Ain’t Nobody’s Fault But My Own” from Pat Donohue and the band, plus “Middle Cyclone” and “People Got a Lot of Nerve” from Neko. Hear a rocking version of “Baby, I Love You” from the Steele sisters, a duet or two featuring Andra alongside Garrison, words from Powdermilk, and so much more. Click to listen now or tune in via our social channels on Saturday at 5 p.m. CT. Neko CaseOn her way to becoming a singer-songwriter, Neko Case worked in a supermarket meat department, unloaded trucks for UPS, and cooked in restaurants. Lucky for her myriad fans, this former art student settled on a life in music. Many know Case from her work with Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers, whose members make a guest appearance on her 2009 album, Middle Cyclone. Connie EvingsonWhen Twin Cities jazz singer Connie Evingson was a kid, she loved listening to her dad's record collection — Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee. Then she grew up to be a top-flight artist in her own right, known for her work with Moore By Four and her solo appearances on concert and club stages worldwide. She created Fever, A Tribute to Peggy Lee, which she has performed coast to coast. She continues to record and perform in and around the Twin Cities. Jearlyn and Jevetta SteeleGrowing up in Indiana, Jearlyn Steele sang with her siblings as The Steele Children. One by one, they moved to Minnesota and started singing together again. Now music is the family business. Jearlyn also hosts Steele Talkin’, a Sunday-night radio show that originates on WCCO in Minneapolis. In the 1980s, Jevetta Steele — along with her family group, The Steeles — toured the world in the musical The Gospel at Colonus. The show had another successful run at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in 2010. And many remember Jevetta’s Academy Award-nominated performance of “Calling You,” from the film Baghdad Café. Andra SuchyAndra Suchy spent her childhood on a farm near Mandan, North Dakota, the daughter of two talented singers. By the time she was in grade school, she was traveling around, doing concerts and festivals with her family. Andra continues to perform in the Twin Cities area. You have performed “Little Heart” on A Prairie Home Companion. Please tell us about the song. We played "Little Heart" September 5, 2009. That is a new song and possibly the title track for the project we are working on now. That song was inspired by my grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ struggles and triumphs farming and raising their families in sometimes very harsh conditions, but with great amounts of courage, creativity and love. The Little Heart Creek is very close to their farm, where I grew up and where my dad grew up south of Mandan, North Dakota. And there are also references to a cemetery west of Mandan where my grandparents on my mom’s side are buried not far from where she grew up. I learned many lessons from their fortitude and strength. Tell us you favorite Prairie Home memory — either as a guest performer or a listener. As a listener, I remember driving home with Andrew from a gig in Lutsen. It was a beautiful, sunny North Shore day, and my dad was a guest on the show. It was wonderful to get to hear him sing his songs on the radio as we drove along Lake Superior. As a performer, I remember walking through the stage door for rehearsal on one of my first Prairie Home shows and there was Garrison on the stage going over songs with none other than EMMYLOU HARRIS! My mind couldn't believe my eyes … couldn’t process the information. Then Garrison saw me and brought me over to meet her and to sing with her. She gave me a kiss on the cheek. That was beyond my comprehension factor at that moment, but some survival or emergency-light instinct took over, and I just opened my mouth and sang. It was incredible, and I will never forget it. When we were in Nashville I rode in the car with Garrison to the venue and he turned to me and asked if I had been there before. I hadn’t, and said so. He then handed me a twenty and had the car drop me off at the Country Music Hall of Fame and told me to be back in an hour. It was such a sweet gesture, and the Hall of Fame is amazing! It added so much humility and depth to the experience of singing at the Ryman. READ our full guest interview with Andra here Living a more cheerful life is a choice and one that Garrison speaks about in his humorous new book. Preview the first chapter for a few laughs and then click the image above to purchase your own copy of Cheerfulness. Serenity at 70, Gaiety at 80: Why You Should Keep On Getting OlderI’m an honest writer, not an inspirational speaker or a sales agent for a seniors condo complex, and they believe me when I say old age is a heroic role you’ve been preparing for for decades and now comes the easy part: walking tall, exemplifying wisdom and maturity while maintaining humility while retaining the right to freedom of expression and that includes talking to yourself, and despite your eccentricities and crotchets, being beloved. Belovedness is the point of it all. Why would you want anything less? If you are very very old, of course there are no rules, and you can probably get away with homicide if you choose a truly despicable person to poison and you have a doctor who will testify to your mental instability, but anyway here are some helpful suggestions. And so, Garrison begins his 23 Rules of the Game, tips on living life to the fullest and why we should all want to keep getting older, better, and wiser. This anchors a full chapter in his recent book Serenity at 70, Gaiety at 80: Why We Should Keep On Getting Older. It’s a great humorous and inspiring take on aging. Get the book. Horrors: A Scary Home CompanionGarrison Keillor’s Horrors! is a grab bag of treats from Halloween broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion, with eclectic musical performances and lighthearted comedy from the show’s cast of regulars. This is a FREE NEWSLETTER. If you want to help support the cost of this newsletter, click this button. Currently there are no added benefits other than our THANKS! Any questions or comments, add below or email admin@garrisonkeillor.com
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