Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, December 25, 1999
The Town Hall, New York, New York
Performers:
Garrison Keillor, Tom Keith, Rich Dworsky, piano
Guests:
Roy Blount, Jr., writer, actor
Al Franken, writer, actor
Ernest Stein, piano
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks: Andy Stein, violin; Randy Reinhart, trumpet; Jon Kellso, trumpet; Art Barron, trombone; Jack Stuckey, saxophone; Mark Lopeman, saxophone; Dan Levinson; saxophone; Conal Fowkes, piano; John Gill, banjo/guitar; Vince Giordano, bass/tuba/bass saxophone; Arnie Kinsella, drums
TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, VG, AK
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor
MY 2K
Rich Dworsky
w/m: Howard Jaffe
© 1999 Howard M. Jaffe
adapted/arr: Richard Dworsky
AULD LANG SYNE (excerpt in "SFX - New Year's" script)
Rich Dworsky (underscore)
w: Robert Burns; m: Traditional Scottish Air
ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
w/m: Irving Berlin
© 1911 (Renewed) Irving Berlin
THE MOOCHE
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
m: Duke Ellington
© 1928 Mills Music
COPENHAGEN
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
w: Walter Melrose; m: Charlie Davis
© 1924 (Renewed) Edwin H. Morris & Company
"POWDERMILK BISCUITS" THEME
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, JG, VG, AK
w/m: Garrison Keillor
© Garrison Keillor
TRAUMEREI (no. 7, from KINDERSCENEN, op. 15)
Ernest Stein
m: Robert Schumann
ROY BLOUNT'S POEM FOR THE 20th CENTURY (poem)
Roy Blount, Jr. (read poem)
w: Roy Blount, Jr.
© Roy Blount, Jr.
FROM MONDAY ON
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
w/m: Bing Crosby, Harry Barris
© Shapiro, Bernstein, and Co.
KING PORTER STOMP
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
m: Fred "Jelly Roll" Morton
© 1924 (Renewed) Edwin H. Morris & Company
arr: Fletcher Henderson
DANNY THE OPERA DOG (script)
THEME and UNDERSCORE
Rich Dworsky m: Richard Dworsky
© 1999 Richard Dworsky
VOI, CHE SAPETE (from "Le Nozze di Figaro")
Garrison Keillor (soprano), RD
w/m: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
© 1947, 1948, 1951 G. Schirmer, Inc.
LA CI DAREM LA MANO (excerpt, from "Don Giovanni")
Garrison Keillor (baritone), Rich Dworsky (soprano), Tom Keith (dog SFX) w: Lorenzo Da Ponte; m: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
© 1961 G. Schirmer, Inc.
SALTY (intermission)
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
m: Adolph Deutsch
arr: Adolph Deutsch
"CAFE BOEUF" THEME (LA VIE EN ROSE)
Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein (underscore)
w/m: Luis Guglielmo Guglielmi, Edith Giovanna Gassion, Mack David
© Harms Inc. and Polygram International (ASCAP)
SPOOKY LARRY THEME
Rich Dworsky (improv underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky
© 1999 Richard Dworsky
LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING
Garrison Keillor (read text)
w: Bud De Sylva; m: Jerome Kern; additional words: Garrison Keillor © 1920 T.B. Harms Company;
© 1997 Garrison Keillor
HEY ABBOTT (theme from "The Abbott & Costello Show"- playoff)
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
m: unknown
'S WONDERFUL (under "Greetings")
Rich Dworsky
w: Ira Gershwin; m: George Gershwin
© 1927 WB Music Corp.
THE MEDLEY OF THE CENTURY (40 TUNES IN 4f MINUTES)
Rich Dworsky
arr: Richard Dworsky
AS TIME GOES BY
w/m: Herman Hupfeld
© 1931 Warner Bros. Inc.
THE ENTERTAINER
m: Scott Joplin
© 1902 John Stark & Son
THEME FROM "new YORK, new YORK"
w: Fred Ebb; m: John Kander
© 1977 United Artist Corporation
MY HEART WILL GO ON
w: Will Jennings; m: James Horner
© 1994 Blue Sky Rider Songs (BMI), Ensign Music Corporation (BMI), Fox Film Music Corporation (BMI), Irving Music, Inc. (BMI), and The Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP)
THE BANANA BOAT SONG (DAY-O)
w/m: Erik Darling, Bob Carey, Alan Arkin
© 1957 Edward B. Marks Music
MY GIRL
w/m: William "Smokey" Robinson, Ronald White
© 1964 (Renewed 1992), 1972, 1973, 1977 Jobete Music Co., Inc.
DAISY BELL (BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO)
w/m: Harry Dacre
© 1892 T. B. Harms & Co.
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
w/m: Bob Dylan
© 1962 Warner Bros. Inc.
STAND BY YOUR MAN
w/m: Tammy Wynette, Billy Sherrill
© 1968 Al Gallico Music Corp.
FIVE FOOT TWO, EYES OF BLUE (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)
w: Lewis and Young; m: Ray Henderson
© 1925 Leo Feist, Inc.
PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER
w/m: Paul Anka
© 1958, 1986 Spanka Music Corporation/Management Agency and Music Publishing, Inc.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM
w/m: Boudleaux Bryant
© 1958 (Renewed) House of Bryant Publications
I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
w/m: Cole Porter
© 1934 Warner Brothers, Inc.
MICHELLE
w/m: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
© 1965 Northern Songs Ltd.
MY FUNNY VALENTINE
w: Lorenz Hart; m: Richard Rodgers
© 1937 Chappell & Co., Inc.
MISTY
w: Johnny Burke; m: Erroll Garner
© 1954, 1955 (Renewed) Reganesque Music, Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., Limerick Music Corp., Timo-Co Music and Octave Music Publishing Corp.
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
w: Chauncey Olcott, George Graff, Jr.; m: Ernest R. Ball
© 1912 M. Witmark & Sons
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
w/m: Paul Simon
© 1969, 1970 Paul Simon
CRAZY
w/m: Willie Nelson
© 1961 Tree Publishing Co.
(THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU
w: Hal David; m: Burt Bacharach
© 1963 (Renewed) New Hidden Valley Music and Casa David
BLUE MOON
w: Lorenz Hart; m: Richard Rodgers
© 1934 (Renewed 1961) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation
BEER BARREL POLKA (ROLL OUT THE BARREL)
w/m: Lew Brown, Wladimir A. Timm, Jaromir Vejvoda, Vasek Zeman
© 1934, 1939 (Renewed) Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE
w/m: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland
© 1965 (Renewed) Jobete Music Co., Inc.
IT'S MY PARTY
w/m: Herb Wiener, Wally Gold, John Gluck, Jr.
© 1963 World Song Publishing, Inc.
THE WAY WE WERE
w: Alan & Marilyn Bergman, m: Marvin Hamlisch
© 1973 Colgems-EMI Music Inc.
BEAT IT
w/m: Michael Jackson
© 1982 Mijac Music (BMI)
YESTERDAY
w/m: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
© 1965 Northern Songs Limited
EVERY DAY
w/m: Norman Petty, Charles Hardin
© 1957 Peer International Corp.
YOUR SONG
w/m: Elton John, Bernie Taupin
© 1969 Dick James Music Limited
THE MACARENA
w/m: Antonio Romero, Rafael Ruiz
© 1994 Canciones del Mundo S.A.
THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA (GAROTA DE IPANEMA)
w: Vinicius De Moraes; English w: Norman Gimbel; m: Antonio Carlos Jobim © 1963, 1985 Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius De Moraes
MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY
w: Betty Comden, Adolph Green; m: Jule Styne
© 1960 Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Jule Styne
(I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION
w/m: Mick Jagger, Keith Richard
© 1965 Immediate Music
HOUND DOG
w/m: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
© 1956 Elvis Presley Music, Inc. and Lion Publishing Co., Inc.; © Renewed Gladys Music and MCA Music Publishing
FUN, FUN, FUN
w/m: Brian Wilson, Mike Love
© 1964 Irving Music (BMI)
WIPE OUT
w/m: Surfaris
© 1963 (Renewed) Miraleste Music and Robin Hood Music Co.
I GOT RHYTHM
w: Ira Gershwin; m: George Gershwin
© 1930 (Renewed) New World Music Corporation
THE YANKEE DOODLE BOY
w/m: George M. Cohan
© 1901 F. A. Mills
GOD BLESS AMERICA
w/m: Irving Berlin
© 1938 Irving Berlin
AMERICA (from West Side Story)
w: Stephen Sondheim; m: Leonard Bernstein
© 1957 Bernstein/Sondheim
AS TIME GOES BY (reprise)
w/m: Herman Hupfeld
© 1931 Warner Bros. Inc.
CLASSICAL CADENZA
m: Richard Dworsky
© 1999 Richard Dworsky
A CHILD IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM (excerpt, in monologue)
Garrison Keillor
w/m: Traditional
ON FERTILE GROUND
Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein m: Richard Dworsky
© 1994 Richard Dworsky
"GUY NOIR" THEME
Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein, Arnie Kinsella
w: Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky; m: Richard Dworsky; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1995 Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky, © 1999 Garrison Keillor album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," HighBridge 39261
ONE O'CLOCK JUMP
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
w/m: William "Count" Basie, Harry James
© 1938 Leo Feist
IN THE MOOD
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
w/m: Andy Razaf, Joseph Garland arr: Joseph Garland, as suggested by Glenn Miller
© 1939 Lewis Music
AULD LANG SYNE
Garrison Keillor, audience, RD
w: Robert Burns; m: Traditional Scottish Air
THE MOON AND YOU (playoff)
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
w/m: Leroy Shield
© Roy Shield Music
Some other material available by guest artists:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Books:
Roy Blount's Book of Southern Humor (W. W. Norton)
Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story (Knopf)
Camels Are Easy, Comedy's Hard (Villard Books)
If Only You Knew How Much I Smell You (Little, Brown & Company)
Al Franken:
Recordings:
"You're Good Enough, You're Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like You"
"Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations," (books on tape/CD), Dove Audio, DTV-8142
Books:
I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me
Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations Why Not Me?