Music performed on A Praire Home Companion, May 4, 1996
The Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
REGULAR PERFORMERS:
Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Chris Forth, Tom Keith The Guys All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano; Andy Stein, fiddle, tenor sax; Pat Donohue, guitar, vocal; Greg Hippen, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion.
GUESTS:
Butch Thompson and the Hiawatha Marching Band: Butch Thompson, clarinet, piano; Charlie Devore, cornet; Brian O'Connell, clarinet; Jim Klippert, trombone; Ralph Hepola, helicon (tuba). (with Arnie Kinsella, snare drum; Greg Hippen, bass drum, cymbal; Andy Stein, tenor sax) The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, under the direction of Philip Brunelle. soprano: Jane Anderson, Lisa Habeck, Kathleen Hanson, Barbara Nelson, Ruth Spiegel, Linda Zelig; alto: Rosita Elhardt, Barbara Kastens, Marita J. Link, Anna Mooy, Mary Jo Oldakowski, Patricia Thompson; tenor: Claude Cassagne, Gary Costello, David Henderson, Thomas Larson, David Moore, Rick Penning; bass: Steve Burger, Michael Jorgenson, Brad Runyan, Douglas Shambo, Frank Steen.
See below for Albums by Guest Artists.
TISHOMINGO BLUES
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK, Butch Thompson
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
©1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC/THE ANTS GO MARCHING
Garrison Keillor, The Ensemble Singer of the Plymouth Music Series,
Butch Thompson and the Hiawatha Marching Band, RD
original w: Julia Ward Howe; m: American folk melody. new w:
various.
SOMEBODY STOLE MY GAL
Andy Stein, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson and the
Hiawatha Marching Band
w/m: Leo Wood
©1918 Robbins Music
"WESTERN" THEME ("The Lives of the Cowboys" script)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
m: Pat Donohue, Rich Dworsky
©1994
YOU'RE THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE (in "Cowboys" script)
Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue
w/m: DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson. new w: Garrison Keillor
©1928 DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson, ©1996 Garrison Keillor
MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND
Butch Thompson and the Hiawatha Marching Band, AS, GH, AK
w/m: unknown Union Soldier (ca. 1862)
LEAD ME SAVIOR
Butch Thompson and the Hiawatha Marching Band, AS, GH, AK
w/m: Frank M. Davis
"LONESOME RADIO" THEME [OPEN/CLOSE] ("Lonesome Radio Theater" script)
Andy Stein/The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
m/arr: Russell Warner
©1990
MOTHER'S DAY QUILT (medley)
Garrison Keillor, The Ensemble Singer of the Plymouth Music Series, RD
arr: Paul Gerike/Garrison Keillor, ©1996 Music Advantage (Paul
Gerike)/Garrison Keillor
MOTHER HAS ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR YOU
ALWAYS KEEP A SMILE FOR MOTHER
THE GREY HAIRS OF MY MOTHER
w/m: P.B. Bishop
SOME POOR OLD MOTHER IS WAITING FOR ME
I WANT A GIRL (JUST LIKE THE GIRL THAT MARRIED DEAR OLD DAD)
Garrison Keillor, Thomas Larson, RD
w: William Dillon, m: Harry Von Tilzer
©1911 Harry Von Tilzer Music/Welk Music Group
YOU ARE A WONDERFUL MOTHER
ROCK ME TO SLEEP
w/m: Ernest Leslie
MY MAMMY
w: Sam Lewis, Joe Young; m: Walter Donaldson
©1920 Donaldson Pub. Co./Bourne Co.
EXACTLY LIKE YOU
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
w: Dorothy Fields, m: Jimmy McHugh
c1930 Aldi Music/Shapiro, Bernstein, and Co.
THE TITANIC
Garrison Keillor, Butch Thompson and the Hiawatha Marching Band
American folk song
TAKE MY BURDEN TO THE LORD (a.k.a. "Leave It There")
Butch Thompson and the Hiawatha Marching Band, AS, GH, AK
w/m: Charles Tindley (1916)
POD ZELENYM DUBEM
The Ensemble Singer of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: Petr Eben
GALANECKA MOJA
The Ensemble Singer of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: Petr Eben
TO YOUR HEART'S TRIBUNAL
The Ensemble Singer of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: Carlos Guastavino
©1968 Ricordi Americana (Buenos Aries, Argentina)
MAMIE'S BLUES
Butch Thompson (solo piano)
m: Mamie Desdume, arr. Jelly Roll Morton
©1939 Tempo-Music Publishing Co.
album: "New Orleans Joys - the 88's," Daring Records 3001
PORTO RICO
Butch Thompson and the Hiawatha Marching Band, AS, PD, GH, AK
w/m: unknown (p.d.)
ALBUMS BY GUEST ARTISTS
Butch Thompson
"Chicago Blues - the 88's," Daring Records 3002
"Good Old New York - the 88's" Daring Records 3003
"Minnesota Wonder - the 88's" Daring Records 3004
"Yulestride," Daring Records 3010
"Butch and Doc," (with Doc Cheatham) Daring Records 3012
"Lincoln Avenue Blues," Daring Records, 3019
The Plymouth Music Series, under the diretion of Philip Brunelle
"Welcome Christmas," BMG 68015
"Witness, Volume I -- Spirituals and Gospels" Collins Classics 1449
"Witness, Volume II, the Music of William Grant Still," Collins
Classics 1454