Performers
Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman
Richard Dworsky, Music Director, piano, keyboard, organ, pump organ
The December Boys Band: Richard Kriehn, mandolin, guitar, fiddle; Chris Siebold, guitar; Larry Kohut, bass; Bernie Dresel, drums.
Guests
Adam Granger Guitar
Maria Jette: Vocals
Lynn Peterson: Vocals
Music Credits
TISHOMINGO BLUES
Garrison Keillor with Richard Dworsky and the December Boys Band
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; (c) 1989, 2015 Maia Maia Music
SANCTA LUCIA
Garrison Keillor and Maria Jette with Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: traditional, transcribed by Teodoro Cottreau
RITUAL script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: various, Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Richard Kriehn, Adam Granger, Richard Dworsky and band
m/w: traditional
DET KIMER NU TIL JULEFEST (THE HAPPY CHRISTMAS COMES ONCE MORE)
Garrison Keillor, Lynn Peterson and Maria Jette with Richard Dworsky and band, minus
Bernie Dresel
m: Balle, C.
w: Grundtvig, F.S.; translation: Krauth, C.P.
STILL, STILL, STILL
Garrison Keillor, Maris Jette, Lynn Peterson, Richard Dworsky and band, minus Bernie Dresel
w/m: traditional
DRUM script underscore
Richard Dworsky and Bernie Dresel (drum solos)
m: Richard Dworsky and Bernie Dresel
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI) / (c) 2015 Bernie Dresel
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY (in "Drum" script)
Richard Dworsky, Bernie Dresel and band
w/m: Davis, K./Onorati, H./Simeone, H.
POWDERMILK BISCUIT THEME
Garrison Keillor with Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: Garrison Keillor
(c) Maia Maia Music (BMI)
FAMILY script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
A CHILD IS BORN IN BETHLETHEM (in "Family" script)
Garrison Keillor, Maria Jette, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Fred Newman and Richard Dworsky
w/m: traditional
new words: Garrison Keillor, (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
JEG AR SA GLAD
Garrison Keillor, Maria Jette and Lynn Peterson with Richard Dworsky and band, minus Bernie Dresel
w/m: traditional
DEJLIG ER DEN HIMMEL BLA
Garrison Keillor and Lynn Peterson with Richard Dworsky
w/m: traditional
IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
Adam Granger, Chris Siebold, Larry Kohut, and Richard Kriehn with Garrison Keillor, Maria Jette, Lynn Peterson, and live audience
m: Richard Storrs Willis
w: Edmund H. Sears
A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
IHR KINDERLEIN KOMMET
Garrison Keillor, Maria Jette, and Lynn Peterson with Richard Dworsky and band, minus Bernie Dresel
w/m: traditional
O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
Adam Granger with Chris Siebold, Larry Kohut and Richard Kriehn
m: Lewis H. Redner
w: Phillips Brooks
(c) 1868
JOHNNY JOHNSON (SONS OF KNUTE CHRISTMAS DANCE AND DINNER)
Garrison Keillor with Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: traditional
new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
BEER BARREL POLKA in "Johnny Johnson" song
Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: Brown, Lew/Timm, Wladimir A./Vejvoda, Jaromir/Zeman, Vasek
(c) 1934, 1939 (Renewed) Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: traditional English
HERE WE COME A WASSAILING
Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: traditional
JINGLE BELLS greetings underscore
Richard Dworsky
w/m: J. Pierpont
CHRISTMAS AT THE JAILHOUSE (MOTHER WAS A LADY)
Garrison Keillor with Rich Dworsky and band
w: Edward B. Marks
m: Joseph W. Stern
(c) 1896 Joseph W. Stern & Co.
new words: Garrison Keillor; (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
Garrison Keillor and Maria Jette with Richard Dworsky and band, minus Bernie Dresel
m: Holst, Gustav
w: Rosetti, Christina
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
Richard Dworsky and live audience
w/m: Oakley, Wade, and Reading
(c) Music Sales Corporation
GDY SIE CHRYSTUS RODZI
Garrison Keillor, Maria Jette, Lynn Peterson Richard Dworsky and band, minus Bernie Dresel
w/m: traditional Polish
AWAY IN A MANGER
Adam Granger, Richard Kriehn, Chris Siebold, and Larry Kohut
w/m: Martin Luther and William J. Kirkpatrick
IN DULCI JUBILO
Maria Jette with Richard Dworsky and band, minus Bernie Dresel
w/m: traditional
THE LIVES OF THE COWBOYS THEME (WESTERN THEME)
Richard Dworsky and band
m: Pat Donohue and Richard Dworsky
(c) 1994 Salspot Music (BMI)
(c) 1994 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
COWBOYS script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
MOTHER, THE QUEEN OF MY HEART (in Cowboys script)
Garrison Keillor and Chris Siebold
w/m: Jimmie Rodgers and Hoyt Bryant
(c) 1933 Peer International
JOY TO THE WORLD
Adam Granger, Richard Kriehn, Chris Siebold and Larry Kohut
w/m: George Frederick Handel
O DU FROLICHE
Garrison Keillor, Maria Jette and Lynn Peterson with Richard Dworsky and band, minus Bernie Dresel
m: Tattersall's "Psalmody"
w: Johannes D. Falk
(c) The United Church Press
CHRISTMAS IN A SOD HOUSE underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
CREDITS underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
SILENT NIGHT
Garrison Keillor, Maria Jette, Lynn Peterson and live audience
w: Joseph Mohr
m: Franz Gruber
FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN (from Handel's Messiah)
w/m: George Frederick Handel
(c) 1931 Charles Scribner's Sons
Audio Segments
Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:08 Silent Night, Regina Music Box,
00:01:30 Tishomingo
00:04:05-Merry Christmas from Lake Wobegon
00:06:15 Santa Lucia-GK, Maria Jette, Richard Dworsky and band
00:08:47 Ritual script
00:16:57 Angels We have Heard on High- Richard Kriehn, Adam Granger, Richard Dworsky and band
00: 18:30 Det Kimmer Nu Til Julefest-GK, Lynn Peterson, Richard Dworsky and band minus Bernie Dresel
00:19:49 The Christmas Song- Calliope Upright Music Box,
00:20:57 Still, Still, Still- GK, Lynn Peterson, Maria Jette, Richard Dworsky and band minus Bernie Dresel
00:22:33 Joy to the World, Concert Roller Cob Organ
00:23:33 Drum script
00:26:13 Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 2
00:27:55 Family script
00:36:19 Jeg er so Glad- GK, Maria Jette, Lynn Peterson, Richard Dworsky and band minus Bernie Dresel
00:38:02 Delig Er Himmel Bla
00:39:15 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear- Adam Granger with Chris Siebold, Richard Kriehn, Larry Kohut, and audience
00:40:12 A Visit from Saint Nicholas
00:43:33 Ihr Kinderline Kommet-GK, Maria Jette, Lynn Peterson, Richard Dworsky and band minus Bernie Dresel
00:45:00 O Little Town of Bethlehem- Adam Granger with Chris Siebold, Larry Kohut and Richard Kriehn
00:46:15 Mom script
00:54:32 Sons of Knute/Johnny Johnson
01:00:35-Intermission- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Wassail
Segment 3
01:04:30-Greetings
01:07:00 Christmas Eve at the Jailhouse-GK and Richard Dworsky
01:08:42 Home Sweet Home-Pallar Instrument Company Music Box, with Tim Russell reading Warren Pardee excerpt
01:10:15 In the Bleak Midwinter-GK, Maria Jette with Richard Dworsky and band
01:12:55 O Come All Ye Faithful-Front Line Music Box
01:14:37 O Come All Ye Faithful-Richard Dworsky and audience
01:16:38 Gdy Sie Chrystrus Rodzi-GK, Maria Jette, Lynn Peterson Richard Dworsky and band, minus Bernie Dresel
01:19:02 Away in a Manger- Adam Granger with Richard Kriehn, Chris Siebold, and Larry Kohut
Segment 4
01:20:10 News From Lake Wobegon
Segment 5
01:33:40 In Dulci Jubilo-Maria Jette with Richard Dworsky and band, minus Bernie Dresel
01:35:32 Cowboys script
01:45:01 Joy to the World- Adam Granger, Richard Kriehn, Chris Siebold and Larry Kohut
01:46:13 O du Froliche- GK, Maria Jette, Lynn Peterson with Richard Dworsky and band minus Bernie Dresel
01:48:09 Halleluiah Chorus-Bijou Music Box
01:48:50 GK reads chapter of Two Years in America by Hugo Nisbeth
01:51:37 GK thanks pump organ, Music Box contributors
01:52:04 Credits
01:53:29 Silent Night-GK, Maria Jette, Lynn Peterson, and live audience
01:57:08 For Unto Us a Child is Born-Richard Dworsky and band