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, drum; Chris Siebold, guitar; Larry Kohut, bass.
Guests
Ellis: Guitar, ukulele, vocals
Lynn Peterson: Vocals
Vocal Essence Ensemble Singers, under the direction of Philip Brunelle. Accompanist: Mary Jo Gothmann. Soprano: Sophie Amelkin, Jennifer Bevington, Meghan Lowe, Maggie Sabin, Ann Schrooten, Mari Scott, Carolyn Steele. Alto: Robin Helgen, Sadie Klar, Marita Link, Judith Melander, Anna Mooy, Erin Peters Tenor: Kevin Bailey, Sam Baker, Chase Burkhart, Anders Eckman, Robert Graham, Nicholas Mattsson, Bill Pederson, Jake Watson Bass: Josh Conroy, Joseph Ellickson, Eric Meyer, Ryan LaBoy, AJ Lund, Nathan Petersen-Kindem, Mike Schmidt, Robert Smith
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
BOXING DAY script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!
Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky and band
m: Jule Styne
w: Sammy Cahn
(c) Styne and Cahn
new words: Garrison Keillor (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Garrison Keillor, Fred Newman, and VocalEssence with Richard Dworsky
w/m: traditional English
new words: Garrison Keillor (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
BERTHA'S KITTY BOUTIQUE script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
FIGHT script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
AIR FORCE SONG (WILD BLUE YONDER) (in "Fight" script)
VocalEssence, Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: Robert Crawford
(c) Carl Fischer, LLC
THE VICTORS (MICHIGAN FIGHT SONG) (in "Fight" script)
VocalEssence, Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: Louis Elbel
(c) 1936 The Thorton W. Allen Co.
ON WISCONSIN (in "Fight" script)
VocalEssence, Richard Dworsky and band
w: Carl Beck
m: W.T. Purdy
(c)1909 (renewed) Edwin H. Morris & Co. (ASCAP)
HAIL MINNESOTA (in "Fight" script)
VocalEssence, Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: Truman Elwell Rickard and Arthur Upson
new verse: Garrison Keillor (c) 2014 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
KETCHUP script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
KETCHUP theme
Richard Dworsky
w: Garrison Keillor
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) Maia Maia Music (BMI)
(c) Inner Vista Music (BMI)
FRITZ script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
THE LEAVES THAT ARE GREEN
Garrison Keillor and Lynn Peterson with Richard Dworsky and band
original w/m: Paul Simon (c) Paul Simon
new words: Garrison Keillor (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
DUCT TAPE script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
DO, A BEER (DO-RE-MI)
VocalEssence with Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Rodgers
original words: Oscar Hammerstein II
(c) 1959 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
new words: Garrison Keillor (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
LANDLORD, FILL THE FLOWING BOWL
VocalEssence
w/m: traditional
WATER, WATER, PURE AND FREE
VocalEssence
w/m: Adam Geibel
arrangement: Paul Gerike
NO MORE BOOZE
VocalEssence
w/m: traditional
DRIVING IN THIS STORM
Ellis with Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: Ellis Delaney
(c) Ellis Delaney (ASCAP)
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?
Ellis with Lynn Peterson, Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: Ellis Delaney
(c) Ellis Delaney (ASCAP)
BUDDY script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH (in "Buddy" script)
VocalEssence with Richard Dworsky
w/m: traditional
new words: Garrison Keillor, (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
O HOLY NIGHT (in "Buddy" script)
VocalEssence with Richard Dworsky
w/m: Adam, Adolphe
(c) 1958 Adam Adolphe
new words: Garrison Keillor, (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
HALLELUJAH CHORUS (in "Buddy" script)
VocalEssence
original w/m: George Frederick Handel
(c) 1931 Charles Scribner's Sons
new words: Garrison Keillor, (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN (in "Buddy" script)
VocalEssence with Richard Dworsky
original w/m: traditional spiritual
new words: Garrison Keillor, (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
EVERYDAY
Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: Buddy Holly and Norman Petty
(c) MPL Music Publishing Inc./ Wren Music Co.
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
VocalEssence with Richard Dworsky and live audience
m: John Stafford Smith
w: Francis Scott Key
MY COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEE
VocalEssence with Richard Dworsky and live audience
m: H. Carey
w: S. Smith
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL
VocalEssence with Richard Dworsky and live audience
m: Samuel Ward
w: Katharine Lee Bates
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (Greetings underscore)
Richard Dworsky
m: Thomas "Fats" Waller and Harry Brooks
(c) Anne-Rachel Music/EMI Mills Music/Songwriter's Guild
SOMEBODY MISSES YOU
Ellis with Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: Ellis Delaney and Sally Barris
(c) Ellis Delaney (ASCAP) (c) Sally Barris (SESAC)
COFFEE script underscore
Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2015 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
COFFEE JINGLE
Garrison Keillor, Lynn Peterson, and Fred Newman with Richard Dworsky and band
w: Garrison Keillor
m: Kate MacKenzie and Garrison Keillor
(c) Maia Maia Music (BMI)
(c) Kate MacKenzie
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN CHRISTMAS MEDLEY
Richard Dworsky
w/m: various
GOOD KING WENCESLAS
VocalEssence with Mary Jo Gothmann
m: traditional
original words: John Mason Neal
arranged by John Gardner
new words: Garrison Keillor (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
WE THREE KINGS
Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman
original w/m: John H. Hopkins
new words: Garrison Keillor (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
SONGS ON THE SEA
Ellis with Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: Ellis Delaney
(c) Ellis Delaney (ASCAP)
AURA LEE
Garrison Keillor and Lynn Peterson with Richard Dworsky and band
m: George R. Poulton
w: W.W. Fosdick
new words: Garrison Keillor (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
TURKEY IN THE STRAW
Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: traditional
HALLELUJAH CHORUS FROM "THE TRIUMPH OF TIME AND TRUTH"
VocalEssence with Mary Jo Gothmann
w/m: George Frederick Handel
(c) 1931 Charles Scribner's Sons
BILE THEM CABBAGE DOWN
Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: traditional
HALLELUJAH CHORUS FROM "ATHALIAH"
VocalEssence with Mary Jo Gothmann
w/m: George Frederick Handel
(c) 1931 Charles Scribner's Sons
DEVIL'S DREAM
Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: traditional
HALLELUJAH CHORUS FROM "JUDAS MACCABAEUS"
VocalEssence with Mary Jo Gothmann
w/m: George Frederick Handel
(c) 1931 Charles Scribner's Sons
SOLIDER'S JOY
Richard Dworsky and band
m: traditional
A CHRISTMAS CAROL script 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)
HERE WE COME A WASSAILING
Garrison Keillor, VocalEssence, Richard Dworsky and band
w/m: traditional English
new words: Garrison Keillor (c) 2015 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
THE PARTING GLASS
Garrison Keillor and Richard Dworsky
w/m: traditional
BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM
Richard Dworsky and band
m: traditional
Audio Segments
Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:11 Tishomingo Blues
00:03:03 Boxing Day script
00:04:21 GK talks about Christmas at home, his mother, Christmas letters
00:07:25 Let it Snow-GK, Richard Dworsky and band
00:08:43 Twelve Days of Christmas-GK, Vocal Essence, Fred Newman, and Richard Dworsky
00:10:54 Bertha's Kitty Boutique script
00:11:40 Fight script
00:18:27 Catchup script
00:21:52 Fritz script
00:23:23 Leaves That Are Green-GK, Lynn Peterson, Richard Dworsky and band
00:25:50 Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 2
00:27:30 Duct Tape script
00:28:34 GK talks with Philip Brunelle
00:29:46 Do, a Beer-Vocal Essence with Mary Jo Gothmann
00:31:00 GK and Philip Brunelle discuss composers, drinking
00:31:52 Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl/Water, Water, Pure and Free/No More Booze--Vocal Essence
00:34:13 GK and Philip Brunelle sing Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
00:34:57 GK introduces Ellis
00:35:50 Driving in this Storm-Ellis with Richard Dworsky and band
00:40:08 What Makes You Happy?-Ellis with Lynn Peterson, Richard Dworsky and band
00:43:07 Buddy script
00:59:41 Intermission, Everyday-Richard Dworsky and band
Segment 3
01:03:00 Patriotic Medley
01:05:07 Greetings
01:08:30 GK brings Ellis back
01:09:45 Somebody Misses You-Ellis with GK, Richard Dworsky and band
01:13:38 Coffee script
01:17:45 Short Attention Span Christmas Medley-Richard Dworsky
01:20:17 Good King Wenceslas-Vocal Essence with Mary Jo Gothmann
01:22:30 We Three Kings-GK, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman
01:24:44 Songs on the Sea-Ellis with Richard Dworsky and band
Segment 4
01:28:46 News From Lake Wobegon
Segment 5
01:41:00 Aura Lee-GK, Lynn Peterson, Richard Dworsky and band
01:44:00 Hallelujah Medley-Vocal Essence, Richard Dworsky and band
01:47:41 Christmas Carol script
01:54:27 Credits
01:55:50 Here We Come A-Wassailing-GK, Vocal Essence, with Richard Dworsky and band
01:57:40 The Parting Glass-GK and Richard Dworsky
01:58:12 Blackberry Blossom-Richard Dworsky and band