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We head back to St. Paul for our featured June 17, 2000, show!Featuring guests including the Irish musical group Dervish and folksinger Tom Paxton
Listen to our Fitzgerald Theater featured broadcast from June 17, 2000For this classic show, we return to the Fitzgerald Theater with a show from June 17, 2000, as Garrison welcomes the Irish musical group Dervish and folksinger Tom Paxton to the Prairie Home stage, along with Andy Stein and the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band, plus our Royal Academy of Radio Actors. Among the highlights, a fair amount of talk about dads, including a Father’s Day script for Guy Noir. Tom Paxton sings his tunes “Bottle of Wine” and “My Favorite Spring,” Andy Stein plays “Don’t Jump Off the Roof, Dad” and treats us to the “Wabasha Wiggle” with the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band. Dervish shares “Midsummer’s Night” and “The Bold Doherty.” And there are a few words from our sponsors and the latest News. Click here to listen to the show DervishDervish began in 1989 when five musicians from the northwest of Ireland got together to record an album of music by local songwriters. They were so inspired by the experience of making the album, titled The Boys of Sligo after a reel from the recording, that they decided to turn the informal gathering into a working band. Over the next two years, Dervish honed their craft as an instrumental ensemble and added vocalist Cathy Jordan in 1991. At the end of 2019, Dervish received a lifetime achievement award from the BBC after over 30 years of recording and performing all over the world. Described by the BBC as “an icon of Irish music,” the band has played at festivals from Rio to Glastonbury. They are still actively touring, but you may need to cross the pond to catch a show. Tom PaxtonTom Paxton was born in Chicago in 1937, and moved to Bristow, Oklahoma, at the age of 10. He earned a BFA degree in drama from the University of Oklahoma, where he started writing songs to amuse himself during lectures on Shakespeare. He later spent time in the Army, which brought him to the East Coast. Stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey, Paxton started heading to Greenwich Village on weekends. After his discharge, he began performing at The Gaslight. With more than 60 years as a recording artist and more than 60 albums, Tom Paxton has written songs that have become the fabric of our lives whether recorded by him or by others. Pete Seeger said: “Tom’s songs have a way of sneaking up on you. You find yourself humming them, whistling them, and singing a verse to a friend. Like the songs of Woody Guthrie, they’re becoming part of America.” Tom received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. Tom shares “My Favorite Spring” on this week’s show, and here are the song’s lyrics: I used to play baseball. I used to love to play. The people all said I’d be a winner someday. We played on the sandlots and the gravel schoolyards. I once had a tryout with the Saint Louie Cards. The Cardinals said, “Young’un, we sure like your arm. We believe you can make it. We’ll send you down to the farm. You need a little seasonin’, play a little Double-A. We’ll give you a chance to show how much you want to play.” [Chorus] That was my favorite spring. I could do anything. Full six feet tall and lean, I was just seventeen. My fastball was nothin’ but smoke. My curve ball snapped and broke. My change-up made ’em look bad. They couldn’t hit a thing I had. I was pitching down in Tampa. I was doing really well. I was in the rotation. I was givin’ ’em hell. I threw a two-hitter, ought to heard people shout. The very next morning, Korean war broke out. On the spur of the moment, I didn’t have any plans, I went and joined the Air Force. I wound up in Japan. I pitched for the squadron. We toured all the camps. We didn’t have any problem. We were all Far East Champs. [Chorus] That was my favorite spring. I could do anything. Full six feet tall and lean, I was just seventeen. My fastball was nothin’ but smoke. My curve ball snapped and broke My change-up made ’em look bad. They couldn’t hit a thing I had. I was throwin’ a no-hitter the day McArthur got fired. They were going down like ten-pins. I really had ’em wired. Bottom of the seventh, throwin’ easy as can be, Something snapped in my shoulder. That was all she wrote for me. Well I finished up my service and I moved back down here. I married a fine lady and I found a new career. We had us a young son and we watched Jimmy grow. And the first time he asked, I taught him everything I know. And this is my favorite spring. He can do anything. Full six feet tall and lean. He’s just seventeen. His fastball gives ’em the shakes. His curve ball snaps and brakes. His change-up makes ’em look bad. People say he takes after his dad!Upcoming LIVE EventsBags are being packed and guests are being booked for a fairly busy couple of months which will see Garrison perform many solo shows, a few shows with Robin & Linda Williams, and begin the 50th Anniversary Celebration of A Prairie Home Companion by gathering the full cast for a few shows. We hope you can join us on the road at some great concert venues. June 22 Lexington, MA June 24 Jaffrey, NH SOLD OUT June 25 Peekskill, NY July 5 Annapolis, MD July 6 Sellersville, PA (with Robin and Linda Williams) July 8 Lexington, VA (with Robin and Linda Williams) SOLD OUT (adding additional show July 9 - details shortly) July 29 APHC 50th Anniversary show in Lancaster, PA Aug 4 Boothbay Harbor, ME Aug 6 Old Saybrook, CT SOLD OUT Aug 7 Old Saybrook, CT Get more detailed information about each on our EVENTS page. CHEERFULNESS by Garrison KeillorCheerfulness is available now. Garrison will be sharing some “cheerful” stories during the upcoming shows. In Cheerfulness, veteran radio host and author Garrison Keillor reflects on a simple virtue that can help us in this stressful and sometimes gloomy era. Drawing on personal anecdotes from his young adulthood into his eighties, Keillor sheds light on the immense good that can come from a deliberate work ethic and a buoyant demeanor. “Adopting cheerfulness as a strategy does not mean closing your eyes to evil,” he tells us; “it means resisting our drift toward compulsive dread and despond.” Funny, poignant, thought-provoking, and whimsical, this is a book that will inspire you to choose cheerfulness in your daily life. The Writer’s Almanac HatYes, you can still receive The Writer’s Almanac daily to your inbox. The Writer’s Almanac still sends out a classic episode each day with a bit of history and trivia plus a poem read by Garrison. Is there a better way to begin your mornings? Simply click on “manage subscriptions” at the bottom of the page and add The Writer’s Almanac. If you do enjoy the daily program, show your support by wearing our handsome hat. It’s adjustable so one size fits most. Live at the Hollywood BowlWe’re preparing to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of A Prairie Home Companion with shows around the country leading up to July 6, 2024, which would be 50 years to the day of the first broadcast. We hope you can join us at one of the events. Until then, you can relive the final show from the Hollywood Bowl with over 18,000 fans in attendance and millions more joining via radio stations across the country. Garrison had stated many times in interviews that he was still hosting A Prairie Home Companion because he had not yet performed a perfect show. With a few of his favorite duet partners plus the acting company and house band, he created a magical experience in the hills of Hollywood that can now be experienced over and over. 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