Music performed on A Praire Home Companion, October 19, 1996
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
REGULAR PERFORMERS:
Garrison Keillor, Chris Forth, Tim Russell, Tom Keith The Guys All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano; Andy Stein, fiddle, tenor sax; Pat Donohue, guitar; Greg Hippen, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion.
GUESTS:
Kate MacKenzie: vocal, guitar; accompanied by: Tony Furtado, banjo; John Niemann, fiddle; Patty Shove, bass; Chris Silver, guitar; Chris Thile, mandolin
Norman Blake, vocal, guitar.
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, under the direction of Philip Brunelle. soprano: Lisa Habeck, Kathleen Hanson, Barbara Nelson, Andrea Schussler, Ruth Spiegel, Linda Zelig; alto: Rosita Elhardt, Barbara Kastens, Karen Lovgren Kennedy, Marita J. Link, Patricia Thompson; tenor: Claude Cassagne, David O. Henderson, Thomas Larson, James P. Miller, J. David Moore, Rick Penning; bass: Steve Burger, Michael Jorgenson, Brad Runyan, Douglas Shambo, Robert Smith, Frank Steen; pianist: Barbara Brooks
See below for Albums by Guest Artists.
TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
©1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.
"FRED FARRELL" THEME
Richard Dworsky (underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky
AGE OF INNOCENCE
Kate MacKenzie, TF, JN, PS, CS, CT
w/m: Bill Giese, Kate MacKenzie
© 1996 Bill Giese and Kate MacKenzie
album: "Age of Innocence," Red House Records, RHR 91
DRIFTLESS
Kate MacKenzie, TF, JN, PS, CS, CT
w/m: Greg Brown
© 1994 Hacklebarney Music (ASCAP)
album: "Age of Innocence," Red House Records, RHR 91
DO-RE-MI
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w: Woody Guthrie; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1961, 1963 Ludlow Music, Inc.
ONE WRONG TURN (Fundraising break)
Kate MacKenzie, TF, JN, PS, CS, CT
w/m: Greg Brown
© 1994 Brown/Feldman Publishing Co. (ASCAP)
album: "Let Them Talk," Red House Records, RHR 66
"POWDERMILK BISQUITS" THEME
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Garrison Keillor
"FAMOUS CELEBRITIES" (Script)
Richard Dworsky (underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky
STUMBLIN'
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Zez Confrey
© 1922 Leo Feist
PATRONAGE SEGMENT: COMPOSERS OF THE PAST
Garrison Keillor, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
OPENING CHORUS (from "Thamos, King of Egypt")
w/m: W.A. Mozart
THE LAUGHING CHORUS (from "Le Plasir de Versailles")
w/m: Charpentier
ROBIN ADAIR (Fundraising break)
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: John Gardner
HELLO LOVE (Lead-in tune)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Betty Jean Robinson, Aileen Mnich
© 1970 Acuff-Rose Songs
arr: Richard Dworsky
THE DEMOCRATIC DONKEY (IS IN HIS STALL AGAIN)
Norman Blake
w/m: Bill Cox
© 1936
album: "The Hobo's Last Ride" (with Nancy), Shanachie, SHA 6020
THE RESCUE FROM MOOSE RIVER GOLD MINE
Norman Blake
w/m: Wilf Carter (ASCAP)
LONESOME VALLEY (from "Lonesome Valley" script)
Garrison Keillor, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, RD
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
THE VICTORS (UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FIGHT SONG)
Garrison Keillor, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, The GAS Band
m: Louis Elbel; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1936 The Thornton W. Allen Company; © 1995 Garrison Keillor
arr: Andy Stein, Dan Kallman, Richard Dworsky
HINDUSTAN (Intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Oliver G. Wallace and Harold Weeks
© 1918 The Melody Shop
WEARY/FAREWELL BLUES (Fundraising break)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Matthews, Greene, Cates/Schoebel, Mares, Rappolo
© 1956 /© 1923 Mills Music Inc.
arr: Andy Stein
"WESTERN" THEME (Lead-in tune)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
m: Pat Donohue, Rich Dworsky
© 1994
"GUY NOIR" THEME
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w: Garrison Keillor/Richard Dworsky, m: Richard Dworsky
© 1995 Keillor/Dworsky
album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," High Bridge 39261
TURN YOUR RADIO ON
Garrison Keillor, Norman Blake, PD, CT
w/m: Albert E. Brumley
© 1938 The Stamps-Baxter Music Co.
HEARTBREAK HILL (Fundraising break)
Kate MacKenzie, TF, JN, PS, CS, CT
w/m: Emmylou Harris, Paul Kennerly
© Sorghum Music (ASCAP) and Irving Music Inc. (BMI)
TISHOMINGO (Lead-in tune)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.
DOIN' THINGS
Richard Dworsky, Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w/m: Eddie Lang and Joe Venutti
© Big 3 Music
DO-RE-MI (Closer)
Garrison Keillor, Kate MacKenzie, Norman Blake, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Woody Guthrie
©1961, 1963 Ludlow Music, Inc.
Some other albums available by guest artists:
Norman Blake
"Home in Sulphur Springs," Rounder Records, ROU 12
"Whiskey Before Breakfast," Rounder Records, ROU 63
"Blind Dog" (with Nancy), Rounder Records, ROU 254
"Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To" (with Nancy), Shanachie, SHA 6001
"While Passing Along This Way" (with Nancy), Shanachie, SHA 6012
"The Hobo's Last Ride" (with Nancy), Shanachie, SHA 6020
Kate MacKenzie
"Age of Innocence," Red House Records, RHR 91
"Let Them Talk," Red House Records, RHR 66
Stoney Lonesome, "Blue Heartache," Red House Records, RHR 51
Stoney Lonesome, "Lonesome Tonight," Red House Records, RHR 46
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, under the direction of Philip Brunelle
"Welcome Christmas," BMG 68015
"Witness, Volume I n Spirituals and Gospels," Collins Classics 1449
"Witness, Volume II n The Music of William Grant Still," Collins Classics 1454