Music performed on A Praire Home Companion, October 12, 1996
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:
La Bottine Souriante: Yves Lambert, accordion, harmonica; Regent Archambault, bass; Michel Bordeleau, violin, mandolin; Martin Racine, violin, guitar; Denis Frechette, piano; Jean Frechette, saxophone; Jocelyn LaPointe, trumpet; Andre Verreault, trombone; Robert Ellis, trombone.
Turtle Island String Quartet: Darol Anger, violin; Tracy Silverman, violin; Danny Seidenberg, viola; Mark Summer, cello
See below for Albums by Guest Artists.
TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)
Garrison Keillor, Annick Deligny, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor; French transl: Annick Deligny ©1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.
LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE
Garrison Keillor, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Irving Berlin
© 1935 Irving Berlin
"MISTER WINE" THEME
Richard Dworsky (underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky
HYMN TO WINTER (OLD ROSIN THE BEAU)
GK, audience sing-along, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Turtle Island String Quartet w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1838 Osbourn Music Saloon/Ld. Meignen & Co.
three musical interludes ("Brahms"/"Berg"/"Russian"): Andy Stein
"FRED FARRELL" THEME
Richard Dworsky (underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky
BACH'S LUNCH
Turtle Island String Quartet
m: Johann Sebastian Bach
arr: Danny Seidenberg
© 1994
album: "A Night in Tunisia, A Week in Detroit," Chandos, CHA 9331
WINTER IN CAIRO ("Arabian Dance," NUTCRACKER SUITE)
Turtle Island String Quartet
m: Peter Tchaikovsky
arr: Tracy Silverman
© 1995
album: "By the Fireside," Windham Hill, WIN 11175
"GUY NOIR" THEME
Garrison Keillor, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w: Garrison Keillor/Richard Dworsky, m: Richard Dworsky
© 1995 Keillor/Dworsky
album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," High Bridge 39261
OUVERTURE
La Bottine Souriante
m: Traditional
arr: La Bottine Souriante and Jean Frechette
© 1996 La Bottine Souriante and Les Productions Mille-Pattes
album: "En Spectacle," Mille-Pattes, MP 2039
VIRGINIE ADIEU (BELLE VIRGINIE)
La Bottine Souriante
w/m: Traditional
arr: La Bottine Souriante
© 1996 La Bottine Souriante and Les Productions Mille-Pattes
album: "En Spectacle," Mille-Pattes, MP 2039
"La traversee de l'Atlantique, Mille-Pattes, MP 2034 (other version)
BLUE SKIES (Intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Irving Berlin
© 1927 Irving Berlin
"CELEBRITY CLASSICS" ("The Six-Minute Iliad" script)
Richard Dworsky (underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky
SUMMER FUNK
Turtle Island String Quartet
m: Danny Seidenberg
© 1996 Danny Seidenberg
(Improvisation)
Pat Donohue
m: Pat Donohue
TRAVERS LA VITRE
La Bottine Souriante
m: Michel Bordeleau, Denis Frechette, Jean Frechette
© 1996 La Bottine Souriante and Les Productions Mille-Pattes
album: "En Spectacle," Mille-Pattes, MP 2039
SUR LA ROUTE (LA TAPINIE)
La Bottine Souriante
w: Jean Frechette and Yves Lambert; m: Traditional
arr: La Bottine Souriante and Jean Frechette
© 1996 La Bottine Souriante and Les Productions Mille-Pattes
album: "En Spectacle," Mille-Pattes, MP 2039
"Chic & Swell," Mille-Pattes, MP 2033 (other words)
LA BASTRINGUE (Closer)
Garrison Keillor, The GAS Band, Turtle Island String Quartet, La Bottine Souriante w/m: Traditional
Some other albums available by guest artists:
La Bottine Souriante:
"Y'a ben du changement," Mille-Pattes, MP 265
"Les epousailles, Gamma, GS 256
"Chic & Swell," Mille-Pattes, MP 2033
"La traversee de l'Atlantique, Mille-Pattes, MP 2034
"Tout comme au jour d l'an," Mille-Pattes, MP 2035
"Je voudrais changer d'chapeau," Mille-Pattes, MP 2036
"Jusqu'aux p'tites heures," Mille-Pattes, MP 2037
"La Mistrine," Mille-Pattes, MP 2038
"En Spectacle," Mille-Pattes, MP 2039
Turtle Island String Quartet
"Turtle Island String Quartet," Windham Hill, WIN 110
"Metropolis," Windham Hill, WIN 114
"Skylife," Windham Hill, WIN 126
"On the Town," Windham Hill, WIN 10132
"Spider Dreams," Windham Hill, WIN 10141
"Who Do We Think We Are?" Windham Hill, WIN 10146
"By the Fireside," Windham Hill, WIN 11175
"A Night in Tunisia, A Week in Detroit" (with Detroit Symphony), Chandos, CHA 9331
"Homage" (with Dr. Billy Taylor), GRP, GRP 9806