Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion January 10, 1998
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
Performers:
Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith The Statesboro Blues Band: Richard Dworsky, piano; Ken Holmes, reeds; Pat Donohue, guitar; Joel Sayles, electric bass; Jesse Wheeler, percussion
Guests:
Rich Dworsky, piano
Butch Thompson, piano
Irina and Julia Elkina, piano
TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)
Garrison Keillor, SBB
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
( 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor
BACK IN THE CITY
Rich Dworsky, Butch Thompson
m: Richard Dworsky
© 1994 Richard Dworsky
Untitled (playoff - "New York/Minnesota" script)
The Statesboro Blues Band
m: improvised traditional rock 'n' roll
STAGOLEE
Pat Donohue, The Statesboro Blues Band
w/m: Traditional
JUMP STEADY BLUES (to impress mom)
Butch Thompson
m: Pine Top Perkins
VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF PAGANINI (to impress mom)
Irina and Julia Elkina
m: Vitold Lutoslawski
© 1941
MALAGUENA (from the Spanish suite "Andalucia") (to impress date)
Irina and Julia Elkina
m: Ernesto Lecuona
© 1930
YOU CAN'T LOSE A BROKEN HEART (to impress date)
Butch Thompson
m: James P. Johnson
BLACKBIRD (to impress date)
Rich Dworsky
w/m: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
© 1968 Northern Songs, Ltd.
HAYOSHEVET BAGANIM ("She Sits in the Garden") (to impress mom)
Rich Dworsky, SBB
w/m: Traditional
arr: Rich Dworsky
PAT DONOHUE'S INTERMISSION (Intermission)
Pat Donohue, The Statesboro Blues Band
m: Pat Donohue
© 1993 Pat Donohue
TISHOMINGO BLUES (welcome back to the second half; gong)
Garrison Keillor, SBB
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
( 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor
HE'LL HAVE TO GO (opens and closes "Larry" script)
Garrison Keillor, SBB
w/m: J. Allison, A. Allison
© 1959 Central Songs
Untitled improv in C Major (under "Greetings")
Pat Donohue, Ken Holmes
m: Pat Donohue
BABY medley
Garrison Keillor, SBB
HUSH, LITTLE BABY
w/m: Traditional American
GO TELL AUNT RHODY
w/m: Traditional
I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT
w/m: Bob Dylan
© 1968, 1976 Dwarf Music
WHY WORRY
w/m: Mark Knopfler
© Almo Music Corp.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
w: Dorothy Fields; m: Jimmy McHugh
© 1928 Mills Music, Inc.
DRIVE MY CAR
w/m: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
© 1965 Northern Songs Limited
SHORT'NIN' BREAD
w/m: Jacques Wolfe
© 1928
I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT (reprise)
w/m: Bob Dylan
© 1968, 1976 Dwarf Music
DEEP CREEK (most music / fewest notes)
Butch Thompson
w/m: Ferdinand Joseph "Jelly Roll" Morton
© Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc.
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT (most music / fewest notes)
Rich Dworsky
w: Dorothy Fields; m: Jerome Kern
© 1936 T. B. Harms Company
"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)
AULD LANG SYNE (closer)
Rich Dworsky, Butch Thompson, The Statesboro Blues Band
w: Robert Burns; m: Traditional Scottish
Other recordings available by guest artists:
Richard Dworsky
"Back to the Garden," Gifthorse Records, G2-10001
"The Heart of Spring," (Inspired Artists), NorthWord Press, NSCD 2121
Irina and Julia Elkina
"Irina and Julia Elkina: Piano Duets," D-Note Classics
Butch Thompson
"Chicago Breakdown - 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
"Thompson plays Joplin," Daring Records February release