Music performed on A Praire Home Companion, November 23, 1996
The Town Hall, New York, New York
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, back-up vocal; Greg Hippen, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion.
Guests:
Butch Thompson, clarinet, piano
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
Marie McLaughlin, soprano
John Hammond, guitar, harmonica, vocal
The Persuasions: Jerry Lawson, Joe Russell, Jayotis Washington, Jimmy Hayes; with B.J. Jones
See below for Albums by Guest Artists.
TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK, BT
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.
NO THANKSGIVING FOR ME (SLOOP JOHN B.)
Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue, RD, AS, GH, AK
w/m: P.F. Sloan, S. Barri, B. McGuire, B. Howe; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1965 Duchess Music Corporation adapted by Brian Williams © 1977 Sandy Beach Music
WON'T YOU BE MY GINGER?
Richard Dworsky, Butch Thompson
m: Richard Dworsky
© 1994 Richard Dworsky
album: The Guyas All-Star Shoe Band, "Shake It, Break It, and Hang It on the Wall," A Prairie Home Companion catalog, #52213
WARM IT UP TO ME
John Hammond
w/m: Willie McTell
album: "Found True Love," Virgin Records 40655
MAMA 'TAINT LONG FOR DAY
John Hammond
w/m: Willie McTell
"WESTERN" THEME ("LIVES OF THE COWBOYS" Script)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
m: Pat Donohue, Richard Dworsky, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
© 1994
TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL
Pat Donohue
w/m: Sidney D. Mitchell, Louis Alter
© 1935, 1936 Famous Music Corporation (renewed 1962, 1963)
OLDIES MEDLEY
The Persuasions
w/m: various
© various
FIVE HUNDRED MILES
The Persuasions
w/m: Chas Williams, Bobby Bear
© Heady Music - Central Songs - Unichappell (BMI)
album: "Sincerely," Bullseye Blues 9576
arr: Jerry Lawson
THANKSGIVING DATA (Rap)
Garrison Keillor, AS, PD, GH, AK
w: Garrison Keillor; chord progression: Pat Donohue
YACHT CLUB SWING
Butch Thompson, Andy Stein, Pat Donohue, Greg Hippen, Arnie Kinsella
w: J.C. Johnson; m: Thomas aFatsa Waller, Autrey Herman
© 1938 WB Music Corp.
DUETTO BUFFO DI DUE GATTI
Susanne Mentzer, Marie McLaughlin, RD
w/m: Giacchino Rossini
© 1970 G. Ricordi & Co.
SWEET MAN (Intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
w/m: Roy Turk, Maceo Pinkard
© Cromwell Music Inc. (ASCAP) and EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
I'M CONFESSIN' (THAT I LOVE YOU) (under "Greetings")
Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w/m: Al J. Neiburg, Doc Dougherty, Ellis Reynolds
© 1930 Bourne Co.
IN THE GARDEN (I Come to the Garden Alone)
Garrison Keillor, Susanne Mentzer, RD
w: C. Austin Miles; m: C. Austin Miles, adapted by Charles H. Webb (1987);
new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1912 Hall-Mack Co. (renewed 1940)
© 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House (for the adaptation)
PREACHIN' BLUES
John Hammond
w/m: Son House
© Sondick Music (BMI)
album: "Got Love if You Want It," Virgin Records 86285
CLOTHES LINE BALLET
Butch Thompson
w/m: Thomas "Fats" Waller
© Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) and Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
(ASCAP)
MY FATE IS IN YOUR HANDS
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
w: Andy Razaf; m: Thomas "Fats" Waller
© 1929
CHAIN GANG
The Persuasions
w/m: Sam Cooke
© 1960 Kags Music Corporation
album: "We Came to Play," Collectables 5234
"POWDERMILK BISQUITS" THEME
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK, BT
w/m: Garrison Keillor
GOODNIGHT IRENE (Closer)
Garrison Keillor, John Hammond, The Persuasions, Susan Mentzer, Marie McLaughlin, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson, Tim Russell, Victoria Clark, Tom Keith
w/m: Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1936 (Renewed 1964) TRO and 1950 Ludlow Music, Inc.
Some other albums available by guest artists: Butch Thompson
"Chicago Breakdown - the 88s," Daring Records 3002
"Good Old New York - the 88s," Daring Records 3003
"Minnesota Wonder - the 88s," Daring Records 3004
"Yulestride," Daring Records 3010
"Butch and Doc" (with Doc Cheatham), Daring Records 3012
"Lincoln Avenue Blues," Daring Records 3019
The Persuasions
"Chirpin'," Elektra Records 1099
"Comin' at Ya," Flying Fish Records 93
"Good News," Rounder Records 3053
"No Frills," Rounder Records 3083
"Right Around the Corner," Bullseye Blues 9556
"Sincerely," Bullseye Blues 9576
"Spread the Word," Collectables 5295
"Stardust," Relic Records 7075
"Street Corner Symphony," Collectables 5235
"Toubo's Song," Hana Records 1993
"We Came to Play," Collectables 5234
John Hammond
"Big City Blues," Vanguard 79153
"Country Blues," Vanguard 79198
"Found True Love," Virgin Records 40655
"Frogs for Snakes," Rounder Records 3060
"Got Love if You Want It," Virgin Records 86285
"Hot Tracks," Vanguard 79424
"I Can Tell," Atlantic Records 82369
"John Hammond," Rounder Records 11532
"John Hammond," Vanguard 2148
"Live," Rounder Records 3074
"Mileage," Rounder Records 3042
"Nobody But You," Virgin Records 41772
"So Many Roads," Vanguard 79178
"Solo," Vanguard 79380
"Trouble No More," Virgin Records 88257
"You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover," Vanguard 79472
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
"Shake It, Break It, and Hang It on the Wall," A Prairie Home Companion catalog, #52213
Marie McLaughlin
"Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol. 13 - Marie McLaughlin," Hyperion CDJ33013
"Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol. 14 - Thomas Hampson," Hyperion CDJ33014
"Strauss: Songs," Hyperion CDA66659
Susanne Mentzer
"Don Giovanni" (as "Zerlina") with Riccardo Muti, Angel/EMI Records (#54255)
Bruckener's Te Deum with Bernard Haitink, Philips