Music Information - April 24, 1999

Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, April 24, 1999
Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
Performers:

Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano; Andy Stein, fiddle, tenor sax, baritone sax; Pat Donohue, guitar; Greg Hippen, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion
Mark Kazanoff, alto sax, tenor sax
Dale Mendenhall, clarinet, tenor sax

Guests:

iCubanismo! under the direction of trumpeter and bandleader Jesus
Alemany: Rolando Martinez, vocals; Rafael Duany, vocals; Ignacio Herrera, piano; Carlos Del Puerto, bass; Luis Alemany, 2nd trumpet; Emilio Del Monte, timbales; Carlos Alvares, trombone; Javier Zalba, saxophone, flute; Carlos Godines, percussion; Tomas Ramos, congas; Leonardo Castellini, saxophone; Alberto Hernandez, bongos; Efrain Rios, tres
University of Minnesota Concert Choir, under the direction of Kathy Romey, with accompanist Julian Ward: Soprano: Nicole Andrews, Megan Bennis, Mary Beyers, Stacy Brake, Michelle Burton, Kristine DeRuyscher, Jody Eggen, Annie Fitzgerald, Rachel Grippen, Kari Groves, Rachel Hanthorne, Karla Hvezda, Melissa Lins, Chiana Loreti, Sarah Louisell, Megn Meyer, Emily Paulson, Dayna Schauer, Kellie Simons, Meghan
Tallent-Bennis, Jaime Thomalla, Vanessa Thyne, Angela Veomett; Alto:
Katherine Boyle, Bethany Brunsell, Varvara Chernova, Jacqueline Decker,
Jill Dieser, Lauren Fuller, Katie Jensen, Jessica Kampa, Liza Laabs, Dorinda Otten, Brenna Peterson, Mary Radtke, Christina Swenson, Catherine Weber; Tenor: Kevin Boren, Joshua Bornfield, Sean Campbell, Paul Dehnert, Michael Sahlen, Jack Jarnis, Jeff Klobucar, Nate Pequette, Matthew Verkuilien, Matthew Wilmes; Bass: Joseph Braun, Chris Gable, Marc Falk,
Philip Groth, Ian Loeppky, Matthew Miller, Andrew Naseth, Peter Nichols,
David Pojar, Sean Prada, Andrew Richter, Charles Schwandt, Jon Snyder, Evan Tsai, Todd Weinkauf, John Winzenburg, Scott Wright.
Robert Bly, poet, writer
Arthur Murray dancers: Debbie Giovenco, Mark Murphy, Mikael Rudolph, Karina Schackel, Jesse Smith, Rachel Wilde

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)

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

THE U. OF M. ROUSER (Mambo-style)

University of Minnesota Concert Choir, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Mark Kazanoff, Dale Mendenhall, Jesus Alemany, Emilio Del Monte, Carlos Godines, Tomas Ramos, Alberto Hernandez
w/m: Floyd M. Hutsell
© 1909 The Minnesota Tribune Co.
arr: Richard Dworsky

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL

Pat Donohue, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Mark Kazanoff, Dale Mendenhall, Arthur Murray dancers
w/m: Fleecie Moore Jordan, Sam Theard (ASCAP)
© 1990 Rytvoc, Inc.
arr: Mark Kazanoff

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

Rich Dworsky
w: Garrison Keillor; m: Richard Dworsky
© 1998 Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky

FRUIT BOOTS

The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Mark Kazanoff, Dale Mendenhall, Arthur Murray dancers
m: Herb Gordy
arr: Mark Kazanoff

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

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

Poetry reading:

Robert Bly
poems: Robert Bly
STARTING A POEM
WAKING ON THE FARM (from Eating the Honey of Words and Morning Poems)
WHEN THE CAT STOLE THE MILK (from Morning Poems)
THE DAY WE VISITED new ORLEANS (from Eating the Honey of Words)
VISITING SAND ISLAND (from Eating the Honey of Words and Morning Poems)
A CONVERSATION WITH A MOUSE (from Eating the Honey of Words and Morning Poems)

"GUY NOIR" THEME

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

ELIGE TU

iCubanismo!
w/m: Joseito Fernandez
arr: German Velazco

CANTO AL MONTE

iCubanismo!
w/m: unknown
rec: "Reencarnacion," Hannibal Records 1429

SONG OF MYSELF (poem) (from Leaves of Grass)

Garrison Keillor, Robert Bly (both read excerpts)
poem: Walt Whitman

HOLY RADIANT LIGHT

University of Minnesota Concert Choir
w: Early Greek Hymn of Sophronious; English version: Noble Cain
m: Alexandre Gretchaninoff; ed and arr: Noble Cain
© 1937 G. Schirmer, Inc.

UNIVERSITY TWIST (Intermission)

The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Dale Mendenhall, Mark Kazanoff, Arthur Murray dancers
m: Andy Stein
© 1999 Andy Stein
arr: Andy Stein

APRIL SHOWERS (under "Greetings")

Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w: B. G. DeSylva; m: Louis Silvers
© 1921(Renewed) Warner Bros. Inc.

BALLAD OF NORTHROP

Garrison Keillor, GASB
w: Garrison Keillor; m: Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky
© 1999 Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky

iDONDE ESTA COTO?

iCubanismo!, Arthur Murray dancers
w/m: Juan de la Cruz "Coto," Jesus Alemany
arr: Jesus Alemany
© Rykomusic Ltd. (PRS) / Rykomusic (ASCAP)
rec: "Reencarnacion," Hannibal Records 1429

SONGS OF THE PRAIRIES

University of Minnesota Concert Choir
m: Thomas J. Porter
© 1998 Thomas J. Porter
SNOW
w: Ramona Haraldson Smart
THE WILD PRAIRIE ROSE
w: Alice Sinclair Page
PLANTING SEED
w: Ruby M. Lee

MELODIES STEAL INTO MY HEART (from Songs of Nature, op. 63)

University of Minnesota Concert Choir
w: Vitezslav Halek; English version: Harold Heiberg
m: Antonin Dvorak; ed: Herbert Zipper
© 1952 Broude Brothers

THE SCANDAL (poem)

Robert Bly (read poem)
poem: Robert Bly

AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS

Pat Donohue, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Mark Kazanoff, Dale Mendenhall, Arthur Murray dancers
w/m: Joan Whitney, Alex C. Kramer
© 1947 (Renewed), 1975 Kramer-Whitney Inc. (ASCAP)
arr: Andy Stein

THE U. OF M. ROUSER (Mambo-style) (closer)

University of Minnesota Concert Choir, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Mark Kazanoff, Dale Mendenhall, Jesus Alemany, Emilio Del Monte, Carlos Godines, Tomas Ramos, Alberto Hernandez
w/m: Floyd M. Hutsell
© 1909 The Minnesota Tribune Co.

arr: Richard Dworsky
Some other material available by guest artists:
Robert Bly

Eating the Honey of Words: New and Selected Poems, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-017562-1
Iron John: A Book About Men
The Light Around the Body
Loving a Woman in Two Worlds
The Man in the Black Coat Turns
Meditations on the Insatiable Soul
Morning Poems, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-018251-2
Silence in the Snowy Fields
What Have I Ever Lost by Dying

iCubanismo!

"iCubanismo!" Hannibal Records 1390
"Malembe," Hannibal Records 1411
"Reencarnacion," Hannibal Records 1429