Music Information - April 26, 1997

April 26, 1997

Music performed on A Praire Home Companion, April 26, 1997
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
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

Guests:

Donald Hall, poet
Butch Thompson, clarinet, piano Charlie DeVore, cornet Dave Graf, trombone
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, under the direction of Philip Brunelle. soprano: Lisa Habeck, Kathleen Hanson, Barbara Nelson, Ruth Spiegel, Linda Zelig; alto: Suzanne Buenning, Rosita Elhardt, Barbara Kastens, Karen Lovgren Kennedy, Marita J. Link, Patricia Thompson; tenor: Claude Cassagne, David O. Henderson, Thomas Larson, Brian Link, James P. Miller, J. David Moore; bass: Steve Burger, Michael Jorgenson, Brad Runyan, Robert Smith, Frank Steen; pianist: Charles Kemper

See below for Albums by Guest Artists.

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK, BT
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
©1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor

BAD WEEK (Script)

APRIL SHOWERS
Garrison Keillor, RD
w: B.G. DeSylva; m: Louis Silvers
© 1921 (Renewed) Warner Bros. Inc.
NOW IS THE MONTH OF MAYING
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series; soloists: Lisa Habeck, Brad Runyan
w/m: Thomas Morley; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1997 Garrison Keillor

SIX MONTHS OF WINTER (SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD)
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Green Montgomery; new words: Garrison Keillor
© Southern Arts/Tune Publishers (BMI); © 1997 Garrison Keillor

DOUBLE CHECK STOMP
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson, Charlie DeVore, Dave Graf
m: Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
© EMI Mills Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

SATURDAY NIGHT FUNCTION
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson, Charlie DeVore, Dave Graf
m: Barney Bigard, Edward Kennedy Ellington
© Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

"GUY NOIR" THEME
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w: Garrison Keillor/Richard Dworsky, m: Richard Dworsky
© 1995 Keillor/Dworsky
album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," High Bridge 39261

SCHUBERT/POETRY SEGMENT

STANDCHEN SERENADE
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: Franz Schubert; new words: Garrison Keillor
arr: Philip Brunelle
© 1997 Garrison Keillor/Philip Brunelle
IMPROMPTU IN Gb
Charles Kemper
m: Franz Schubert
© Dover Collections, Inc.

THE PRIMROSE (DIE PRIMEL)
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w: Nikolaus Lenau; English version: John Colman; m: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
© 1963 Associated Music Publishers, Inc.

THINE EYES, OH, MY BELOVED (O OCCHI, MANZA MIA)
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: Orlando di Lasso; English words/ed: Maynard Klein; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1979 G. Schirmer, Inc.; © 1997 Garrison Keillor

SOLITUDE
Butch Thompson, Andy Stein
m: Irving Mills, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Edgar de Lange
© Scarsdale Music Corporation, Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

I WANT TO BE HAPPY (Intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
w: Irving Caeser; m: Vincent Youmans
© 1924 Harms Inc./Warner Brothers

YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME (under "Greetings")
Richard Dworsky, Andy Stein, Butch Thompson
w/m: Cole Porter
© 1929 Warner Bros.

PASS ME NOT, O GENTLE SAVIOR
Garrison Keillor, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, soloist: Patricia Thompson, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK, BT, CD, DG
w: Fanny J. Crosby; m: William H. Doane; additional words: Garrison Keillor
© 1997 Garrison Keillor

HAUNTED NIGHTS
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson, Charlie DeVore, Dave Graf
m: Edward Kennedy Ellington
© Duke Ellington Music (ASCAP)

AN DIE MUSIK (TO MUSIC)
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: Franz Schubert
arr: Hawley Ades
© 1985 Shawnee Press, Inc.

PASS ME NOT, O GENTLE SAVIOR (Reprise/Closer)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson, Charlie DeVore, Dave Graf
w: Fanny J. Crosby; m: William H. Doane Some other albums available by guest artists: Butch Thompson
"Butch and Doc" (with Doc Cheatham), Daring Records 3012
"Lincoln Avenue Blues," Daring Records 3019
"Lincoln Avenue Express," Daring Records 3027 (June 10, 1997 release)
" . . . Plays Jelly Roll Morton/Blues," Biograph Records 141
Recording session featuring Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton, Verve Records 537062

The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, under the direction of Philip Brunelle
"Welcome Christmas," BMG 68015
"Witness, Volume I - Spirituals and Gospels," Collins Classics 1449
"Witness, Volume II - The Music of William Grant Still," Collins Classics 1454
"Witness, Volume III - Toward the Future," Collins Classics, March 1997 release