A Prairie Home Companion
American Revival
Ryman Auditorium
July 10, 2022 |
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As we approach Garrison’s 80th birthday, the group is getting together again for a show or two. It all began in Denver and now continues with a show at the historic Ryman Auditorium. Garrison Keillor returns to the venue that gave him the idea for the radio show. GK traveled to Nashville in 1974 to see the final Grand Ole Opry broadcast from that venerable hall and write about the event for The New Yorker. A Prairie Home Companion reopened the Ryman after its remodel in 1991. For the July 10th show, Garrison is joined by Aoife O’Donovan, Heather Masse, Sam Bush, Joe Newberry, the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band, our talented acting company, and more.
It’s time to get together again with friends and rejoice in a bit of comedy, stories, and song! So join us for an unforgettable evening at the Mother Church of Country Music on July 10, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. for an American Revival. Get Tickets >>> |
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GUEST PERFORMERS FOR OUR RYMAN PERFORMANCE
(all performances from A Prairie Home Companion)
ABOUT AOIFE O’DONOVAN
Growing up in a musical family, Aoife O’Donovan took an interest in the American folk tradition. And after graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music, she formed the progressive bluegrass band Crooked Still and the trio Sometymes Why. More recently, she collaborated with Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz to create the “I’m With Her” tour, which took the trio to the U.K., Europe, and across the U.S. “When My Morning Comes Around” with Garrison >>>“Magic Hour” >>>
ABOUT SAM BUSH
Sam Bush was just 11 when he got his first mandolin. By the time he was 17, he had won the title of National Junior Fiddle Champion for three years running. And he had made his recording debut, Poor Richard's Almanac. Often called the King of Newgrass, the Grammy Award winner was founder of cutting-edge bands like New Grass Revival and Strength in Numbers. He has also been the go-to sideman for Lyle Lovett, the Flecktones, and dozens of others. “Eight More Miles to Louisville” >>>“Bad Grits” from Guy Noir >>>
ABOUT JOE NEWBERRY
Missouri native and North Carolina transplant Joe Newberry has made music most of his life. He grew up in a family full of singers and dancers, took up the guitar and banjo as a teenager, and learned fiddle tunes from great Missouri fiddlers. He has played with Bruce Molsky and Rafe Stefanini as the Jumpsteady Boys, in a duo with mandolinist Mike Compton, and in a quartet with old-time music legends Bill Hicks, Mike Craver, and Jim Watson. “Reminiscent ” >>>“Sittin’ on Top of the World” >>> ABOUT HEATHER MASSE:
Known to many as a member of the acclaimed Juno Award-winning Canadian band The Wailin’ Jennys, Heather Masse has taken the stage at hundreds of venues across Europe, Canada, and the U.S. She appeared regularly on A Prairie Home Companion, and the versatile vocalist has performed with the bluegrass band The Wayfaring Strangers on NPR’s World Cafe and at Boston’s Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops Orchestra. Among her recordings: August Love Song, Lock My Heart (with jazz legend Dick Hyman), and Beautiful Dreamer (a duet album with Garrison Keillor). “Wild Horses” with Garrison >>>“Driftless” >>>
ABOUT THE GUY’S ALL-STAR SHOE BAND:
The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band is led by longtime Prairie Home Companion music director Richard Dworsky. Keyboard player, composer, and improviser in any style, he also wrote the show’s script themes and underscores. Chet Atkins called Pat Donohue (guitar) one of the greatest fingerpickers in the world today. And Pat writes songs too — recorded by Suzy Bogguss, Kenny Rogers, and others. His recordings include Blue Yonder and Vicksburg Blues (a collaboration with Butch Thompson. Gary Raynor (bass) has performed with the Count Basie band and Sammy Davis Jr., with whom he toured for several years. He was first call for dozens of touring Broadway shows, including the first presentation of The Lion King. Multi-instrumentalist Stuart Duncan took up fiddle at age seven. Since then, he has chalked up a career that includes Grammys, a slew of Academy of Country Music Awards, and being named the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Fiddle Player of the Year nine times. He was a founding member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band and is perennially one of Nashville's most sought-after session musicians, performing on thousands of recordings. “Coming Down from Red Lodge” >>>“Tishomingo Blues” / “Hello Love” >>>
ABOUT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF RADIO ACTORS:
A well-known Twin Cities radio personality and voice actor, Tim Russell is a man of myriad voices. He appeared in the Robert Altman film A Prairie Home Companion and the Coen brothers’ A Serious Man. For decades, Sound effects man Fred Newman is an actor, writer, musician, and sound designer for film and TV. Turns out, no one is more surprised than Fred that he’s made a career out of doing what he used to do behind the teacher’s back — crossing his eyes, making sounds, and doing voices. He readily admits that, growing up, he was unceremoniously removed from several classrooms, “once by my bottom lip.” Guy Noir, featuring Brad Paisley >>>The Lives of the Cowboys: Big Messer >>> |
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