The New Host Guy
The other day, I mentioned that Garrison Keillor's retirement from A Prairie Home Companion would take place in July, and that the new host would be musician Chris Thile. (Pronounced Thee-lee.) Here's a song the two gents did together this past April, the very-appropriately titled "Gotta Travel On" (which new lyrics by Keillor).
Thile has hosted quite a few shows when Keillor has had time off. He's delivered an opening talk and participated in a few sketches, but far more than Keillor he's largely done music.
By the way, I liked the choice of songs here for another reason, other than it being appropriate. Back at Northwestern, I had several radio shows on the campus station WNUR, and a couple of them were folk and a sort of menagerie of styles (cleverly titled, Potpourri). And I ended them both with a recording by The Weavers of..."Gotta Travel On."
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