Music performed on A Praire Home Companion, January 25, 1997
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
Performers:
Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, 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:
Dave Frishberg, piano, vocals (cameo)
Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group: Robin Williams, guitar, vocals; Linda Williams, guitar, banjo, and vocals; Kevin Maul, dobro; Jim Watson, bass
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: Suzanne Buenning, 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: Michael Jorgenson, Brad Runyan, Douglas Shambo, Robert Smith, Frank Steen;
pianist: Charles Kemper
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.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor
LONG WINTER BLUES
Pat Donohue, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Pat Donohue
© 1997 Pat Donohue
WINTER MEDLEY
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w: Christina Rossetti; m: Gustav T. Holst
POOR THING (From "A Cold Spell: Some Carols for Winter")
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w: Anonymous; m: Judith Bingham
© 1994 Maecenas Music
'TIS WINTER NOW
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, CK
w: Samuel Longfellow; m: Traditional
arr.: Monte Mason
© 1985 Walton Music Corporation
FESTIVAL TOCCATA (Organ fanfare for St. Paul Winter Carnival Bouncing Team)
Philip Brunelle
m: Percy E. Fletcher
© The H.W. Gray Co., Inc./Novello & Co., Ltd.
SUGAR FOR SUGAR
Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
w/m: Robin and Linda Williams, Jerome Clark
© 1996 The New Music Times, Inc./Southern Melody Pub. Co. (BMI)
album: "Sugar for Sugar," Sugar Hill Records 1052
THEY ALL FADED AWAY
Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
w/m: Robin Williams, Jerome Clark
© The New Music Times, Inc. (BMI)
album: "The Rhythm of Love," Sugar Hill Records 1027
"Close As We Can Get/Nine 'til Midnight," Flying Fish Records 70359
HERDING CATTLE IN A CADILLAC COUPE DE VILLE
Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
w/m: Jack Logan
© 1994 Lair Music Publishing (BMI)
album: "Live," (R & L Williams and Their Fine Group) Sugar Hill Records 1043
"POWDERMILK BISQUITS" THEME
Garrison Keillor, RW, LW, KM, JW, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Garrison Keillor
© Garrison Keillor
NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU TAKE A SMOKE (Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out) (in "Smokers' Blues" Script)
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Jimmie Cox; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1923, 1964 Pickwick Music Corp.; © 1997 Garrison Keillor
I'M JUST A BILL (From "Schoolhouse Rock") (Excerpt only)
Dave Frishberg
w/m: David L. Frishberg
© American Broadcasting Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
I WANT TO BE A SIDE MAN
Dave Frishberg
w/m: Dave Frishberg
© 1996 Swiftwater Music (ASCAP)
MUSKRAT RAMBLE (Intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Ray Gilbert, Edward Ory
© 1926
PRETTY BABY (under "Greetings")
Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w: Gus Kahn; m: Tony Jackson, Egbert van Alstyne
© 1916 Warner Brothers, Inc.
WIEGENLIED (LULLABY)
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, CK
w/m: Johannes Brahms
arr: Philip Brunelle
BRAHMS (Script)
Richard Dworsky (underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky (improv)
LIEBESLIEDER WALZER (LOVESONG WALTZES) (Op. 52)
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, CK, RD
w/m: Johannes Brahms
ed: Robert Shaw; text from Polydora: von Daumer; English transl: Basil Swift
© 1961 Lawson-Gould Music Publishers, Inc./G. Schirmer
3. O DIE FRAUEN (OH, THESE WOMEN)
4. WIE DES ABENDS SCHONE ROTE (LIKE THE EVENING SUNSET'S RAPTURE)
13. VOGELEIN DURCHRAUSCHT DIE LUFT (EV'RY BIRD THAT SOARS THE SKY)
16. EIN DUNKELER SCHACHT IST LIEBE (MY LOVE IS A WELL)
SINNER MAN
Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
w/m: Traditional; arr: Robin & Linda Williams, Jim Watson, Kevin Maul
© 1995 The New Music Times, Inc./Southern Melody Pub. Co. (BMI)
album: "Good News," (R & L Williams and Their Fine Group) Sugar Hill Records 3832
"CAFE BOEUF" THEME (LA VIE EN ROSE)
Richard Dworsky (underscore)
w/m: Luis Guglielmo Guglielmi, Edith Giovanna Gassion, Mack David
© Harms Inc. and Polygram International (ASCAP)
AMAZING GRACE
Garrison Keillor, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, audience, RD
w: John Newton; m: Traditional
PLEASE DON'T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I'M GONE (Closer)
Garrison Keillor, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Dave Frishberg
w/m: Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept, Bee Palmer
© 1930 (Renewed) Warner Brothers, Inc.
Some other albums available by guest artists:
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, under the direction 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
"Witness, Volume III -- Toward the Future," Collins Classics, January 30 release
Robin and Linda Williams
"Sugar for Sugar," Sugar Hill Records 1052
"Good News," (R & L Williams and Their Fine Group) Sugar Hill Records 3832
"Live," (R & L Williams and Their Fine Group) Sugar Hill Records 1043
"Turn Toward Tomorrow," Sugar Hill Records 1040
"The Rhythm of Love," Sugar Hill Records 1027
"All Broken Hearts Are the Same," Sugar Hill Records 1022
"Close As We Can Get/Nine 'til Midnight," Flying Fish Records 70359
Dave Frishberg
"Quality Time," Sterling Jazz 1006
"Where You At?" Sterling Jazz 1005
"Classics," Concord Jazz 4462
"Let's Eat Home," Concord Jazz 4402
"Getting Some Fun Out of Life," Concord Jazz 4037
"Live at Vine Street," Original Jazz Classics 832
"Can't Take You Nowhere," Fantasy 9651