Music Information - May 6, 2000

Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, May 6, 2000 Sundome Center for the Performing Arts, Sun City West, Arizona

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
Butch Thompson, clarinet, piano

Guests:

Linda Ronstadt, vocals; with Peter Ronstadt, vocals; Mindy Gordon, vocals; Jon Gilutin, piano
Lynn Peterson, vocals

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)

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

JUBILEE STOMP

The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
m: Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
(c) Duke Ellington Music

AT THE END OF A LONG, LONELY DAY

Garrison Keillor, Lynn Peterson, GASB, BT
w/m: Marty Robbins
(c) Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. (BMI)

THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING

Garrison Keillor, Lynn Peterson, GASB, BT
w: Daniel Whittle (based on Ezekiel 34:26); m: James McGranahan

BIG THEME (QUANDO M'EN VO SOLETTA - Musetta's Waltz) (from La Boheme) (opens and closes

the "The Overactors Theater" script)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
w/m: Giacomo Puccini

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

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

MOM THEME
Andy Stein, Rich Dworsky (underscore)
m: Andy Stein, Richard Dworsky
(c) 2000 Andy Stein, Richard Dworsky

"POWDERMILK BISCUITS" THEME

Garrison Keillor, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
w/m: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor

TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT
Garrison Keillor, GASB, BT
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) 1999 Garrison Keillor

MAMAMITA

Butch Thompson
m: Ferdinard Joseph "Jelly Roll" Morton
(c) Roy J. Carew Co. (ASCAP)

(TALK TO ME OF) MENDOCINO

Linda Ronstadt, Peter Ronstadt, Mindy Gordon, JG
w/m: Kate McGarrigle
(c) Garden Court Music Co. (ASCAP)
rec: "Get Closer," Elektra 60185

HEART LIKE A WHEEL

Linda Ronstadt, Mindy Gordon, JG
w/m: Anna McGarrigle
(c) Garden Court Music Co. (ASCAP)
rec: "Heart Like a Wheel," Capitol Records 46073; "Linda Ronstadt Box Set," Elektra 62472

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

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

"WESTERN" THEME ("The Lives of the Cowboys" theme)

The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
m: Pat Donohue, Richard Dworsky, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
(c) 1994

UNDERSCORE
Rich Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2000 Richard Dworsky

LAST NIGHT AS I LAY ON THE PRAIRIE
Garrison Keillor, PD
w: Garrison Keillor; m: Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue (a la Jimmie Rodgers)
(c) 2000 Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue

THAT'S ALL

Pat Donohue, GASB, BT
w/m: as recorded by Merle Travis (That's All) and Ry Cooder (Denomination Blues);
additional lyrics: Pat Donohue
(c) 2000 Pat Donohue

RUNNIN' WILD (intermission)

The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
w: Joseph W. Grey; m: Harrington Gibbs
(c) 1923 Leo Feist

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (under "Greetings")

Andy Stein, Pat Donohue, Butch Thompson
w: John Burke; m: Arthur Johnston
(c) 1936 Select Music Publications

"BERTHA'S KITTY BOUTIQUE" THEME

Rich Dworsky
m: Prokofiev; new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor

UNDERSCORE
Rich Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2000 Richard Dworsky

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOUR? ("MR. ROGERS" THEME)
Rich Dworsky (underscore)
w/m: Fred M. Rogers
(c) Fred M. Rogers (ASCAP)

WHAT'LL I DO? (excerpt only)

Garrison Keillor
w/m: Irving Berlin
(c) 1924 Irving Berlin, Inc.

LUSH LIFE

Linda Ronstadt, JG
w/m: Billy Strayhorn
(c) 1949 Tempo Music Co.
arr: Nelson Riddle
rec: "Lush Life," Elektra 60387

KANSAS CITY MAN BLUES

Butch Thompson, Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w/m: Clarence Williams
(c) The Songwriters Guild and Universal/MCA Music Publishing (ASCAP)

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH

Garrison Keillor, Lynn Peterson, RD, PD, GH, AK
w: Folliott S. Pierpont (1864); m: Conard Kocher (1838); new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) 2000 Garrison Keillor

VARIATIONS ON 'SHOWERS OF BLESSING' (under "Greetings" and "Credits")

Rich Dworsky (improv underscore)
m: James McGranahan, Richard Dworsky
(c) 2000 Richard Dworsky

THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING (reprised as closer)

Garrison Keillor, Lynn Peterson, Linda Ronstadt, GASB, BT
w: Daniel Whittle (based on Ezekiel 34:26); m: James McGranahan

Some other material available by guest artists:

Lynn Peterson

"Hymns for the Whole Family" (available through www.HymnsandHers.com)

Linda Ronstadt

"Canciones de Mi Padre," Elektra 40128
"Dedicated to the One I Love," Elektra 61916
"Feels Like Home," Elektra 61703
"Get Closer," Elektra 60185
"Heart Like a Wheel," Capitol 46073
"Linda Ronstadt Box Set," Elektra 62472
"Lush Life," Elektra 60387
"Sing-A-Long, Vol. 2," Priddis 1172
"Volume 2 - Greatest Hits," Elektra 516
"We Ran," Elektra 62206
"Western Wall - The Tucson Sessions," Elektra 62408

Butch Thompson

"New Orleans Joys," Daring Records 3001
"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
"Butch and Doc" (with Doc Cheatham), Daring Records 3012
"Lincoln Avenue Blues," Daring Records 3019
"Lincoln Avenue Express," Daring Records 3027
"Thompson Plays Joplin," Daring/Rounder Records 3033
"Thompson Plays Jelly Roll Morton/Blues," Biograph 141

Pat Donohue

"Life Stories," Bluesky Records 915
"Two Hand Band," Bluesky Records 916
"Big Blind Bluesy," Bluesky Records 925
"Backroads," Bluesky Records 926
(to order, write to Bluesky Records, P. O. Box 40012, Saint Paul, MN 55104)