Music Information - January 30, 1999

Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, January 30, 1999 Fitzgerald Theater, Saint 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:

The Hopeful Gospel Quartet: (Garrison Keillor, vocals); Robin Williams, guitar, vocals; Linda Williams, guitar, vocals; Kate MacKenzie, vocals
BeauSoleil: Michael Doucet, fiddle, vocals; David Doucet, guitar, vocals; Jimmy Breaux, Acadian accordion; Al Tharp, bass, banjo, fiddle, vocals; Billy Ware, percussion; Tommy Alesi, drums

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)

Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
( 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; (c) 1989 Garrison Keillor

BAD ART

Garrison Keillor, PD
w/m: Garrison Keillor
(c) 1999 Garrison Keillor

I'M ON MY WAY

The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, RD, PD, GH
w/m: Traditional

WALK OVER GOD'S HEAVEN

The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, RD, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Thomas A. Dorsey
(c) Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI)

THE CHRISTIAN'S TESTIMONY (HOMELAND OF THE SOUL)

The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, RD, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Dave C. Weston (ASCAP)

THE WHEELS ON THE BUS

Garrison Keillor, TR, SS, TK, GASB
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) 1999 Garrison Keillor

Poetry reading:

Naomi Shihab Nye
poems: Naomi Shihab Nye
pub: Fuel, BOA Editions Limited, 1998, ISBN 1-880238-63-2
WEDDING CAKE
SO THERE
HOW FAR IS IT TO THE LAND WE LEFT?

"BEEBOPAREEBOP RHUBARB PIE" THEME (SHORT'NIN' BREAD)

Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Tom Keith, GASB
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor

KETCHUP (THE GOOD YEARS) (in "Ketchup" script)

Rich Dworsky
w: Garrison Keillor; m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 1998 Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky

THE HAPPY ONE-STEP

BeauSoleil
w/m: Dennis McGee

JUSQU'A LA NUIT (UNTIL NIGHTTIME)

BeauSoleil
w/m: Michael Doucet
rec: "Cajunization," Rhino Records 75633 (March 16th release)

"GUY NOIR" THEME

Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein, Greg Hippen, Arnie Kinsella
w: Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky; m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 1995 Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky
album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," HighBridge 39261

THREE LITTLE WORDS (Intermission)

The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w: Harry Ruby; m: Bert Kalmar
(c) 1930 Warner Brothers, Inc.

EXCHANGE STREET (SOUTH STREET)

The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, RD, PD, GH, AK
w/m: David Appell, Kal Mann (ASCAP); new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) 1963 Kalmann Music, Inc.; (c) 1999 Garrison Keillor

SOLITUDE (under "Greetings")

Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w: Eddie De Lange, Irving Mills; m: Duke Ellington
(c) 1934 American Academy of Music

Gospel medley:

The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, GASB

"POWDERMILK BISCUITS" THEME

w/m: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor

NO HIDING PLACE

w/m: Traditional

MAMA DON'T ALLOW

w/m: Traditional

Poetry reading:

Naomi Shihab Nye
poems: Naomi Shihab Nye
THE MANY HATS OF WILLIAM YALE (unpublished)
MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TODO (Fuel, BOA Editions Limited, 1998, ISBN 1-880238-63-2)

COLD, COLD HEART

Robin & Linda Williams, RD, GH
w/m: Hank Williams
(c) 1951 Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music

WILD GEESE (poem, out of monologue)

Garrison Keillor (read poem)
poem: Mary Oliver
pub: New and Selected Poems, Beacon Press, 1992

CHANSON POUR TOMMY

BeauSoleil
w/m: as done by BeauSoleil

DONE FOUND MY LOST SHEEP

The Hopeful Gospel Quartet
w/m: Traditional (Spiritual)

MAMA DON'T ALLOW (reprise/closer)

The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, BeauSoleil, GASB
w/m: Traditional

Some other material available by guest artists:
Books:
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fuel, BOA Editions Limited, 1998, ISBN 1-880238-63-2 Red Suitcase, BOA Editions Limited, 1994, ISBN 1-880238-15-2 Words Under the Words: Selected Poems

Recordings:
Beausoleil

"Allons a Lafayette," Arhoolie Records 308
"Parlez-Nous a Boir and More," Arhoolie Records 322
"Hot Chili Mama," Arhoolie Records 5040
"Bayou Boogie," Rounder Records 6015
"Bayou Cadillac," Rounder Records 6025
"Live from the Left Coast," Rounder Records 6035
"Cajun Conja," Rhino Records 70525
"Cajunization," Rhino Records 75633 (March 16th release)
"Vintage Beausoleil," Music of the World 213
"La Danse de la Vie," Forward/Rhino Records 71221
"L'Echo," Forward/Rhino Records 71808
"Bayou Deluxe: The Best of Michael Doucet and BeauSoleil," Rhino Records 71169
"L'Amour ou la Folie," Rhino Records 72622

Michael Doucet

". . . and Cajun Brew," Rounder Records 6017
"Beau Solo," Arhoolie Records 321
"Le Hoogie Boogie: French Music for Children," Rounder Records 8022
"Christmas Bayou," Swallow 6064

Robin and Linda Williams

"Devil of a Dream," Sugar Hill Records 1059
"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

Kate MacKenzie

"Age of Innocence," Red House Records 91
"Let Them Talk," Red House Records 66
Stoney Lonesome, "Blue Heartache," Red House Records 51
Stoney Lonesome, "Lonesome Tonight," Red House Records 46