Music Information - December 4, 1999

Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, December 4, 1999 The Town Hall, New York, New York
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:

Walter Bobbie, Broadway actor/director, vocals Faith Prince, Broadway actor, vocals; with Joseph Thalken, piano

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)

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

BOOGIE WOOGIE CHRISTMAS

Pat Donohue, GASB, BT w/m: Randy Sabien (BMI)

"BUDDY" THEME (in "Buddy" script)

Rich Dworsky (underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky
© 1999 Richard Dworsky

ELEGANT MUSIC (refrigerator commercial)

Andy Stein, Rich Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 1999 Richard Dworsky

GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY ("Buddy" playoff)

The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
w/m: George M. Cohan
© 1968 George M. Cohan Music Publishing Company

SOME PEOPLE (from "Gyspy")

Faith Prince, JT
w: Stephen Sondheim; m: Jule Styne
© 1959 & 1960 Norbeth Productions & Stephen Sondheim

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS (from "Little Me")

Faith Prince, JT
w: Carolyn Leigh; m: Cy Coleman
© 1962 Carolyn Leigh and Cy Coleman

IS IT A CRIME? (from "Bells Are Ringing")

Faith Prince, JT
w: Betty Comden, Adolph Green; m: Jule Styne
© 1957 Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Jule Styne

"POWDERMILK BISCUITS" THEME

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

TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT

Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1999 Garrison Keillor

CHANUKAH TIME (SLEIGH RIDE)

Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein, BT, PD, GH, AK
w: Mitchell Parish; m: Leroy Anderson; new words: Alan Frechtman, Richard Dworsky, Pat Donohue, Garrison Keillor
© 1948, 1950 Mills Music, Inc.; © 1999 Alan Frechtman, Richard Dworsky, Pat Donohue, Garrison Keillor

"GUY NOIR" THEME

Garrison Keillor, GASB
w: Garrison Keillor/Richard Dworsky; m: Richard Dworsky
© 1995 Keillor/Dworsky album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," HighBridge 39261

ADELAIDE'S LAMENT (from "Guys & Dolls")

Faith Prince, JT
w/m: Frank Loesser
© 1950 Frank Music

BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE

Faith Prince, Walter Bobbie, JT
w/m: Frank Loesser
© 1948, 1949 Frank Music Corp.

OH, LADY BE GOOD! (Intermission)

The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
w: Ira Gershwin; m: George Gershwin
© 1924 (Renewed) WB Music Corp.

A HYMN TO HIM (from "My Fair Lady")

Garrison Keillor, Walter Bobbie, RD, AS, GH, AK
w: Alan Jay Lerner; m: Frederick Loewe
© 1956 Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe

Improvisation (under "Greetings")

Rich Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 1999 Richard Dworsky

Jimmy Yancey segment

Garrison Keillor (read notes), Butch Thompson (piano)

Improvisation (underscore)

m: Butch Thompson
© 1999 Butch Thompson

STATE STREET SPECIAL

m: Jimmy Yancey
© Universal MCA Music Publishing (ASCAP)

EAST ST. LOUIS BLUES (underscore)

m: James V. (Jimmy) Yancey
© Universal MCA Music Publishing (ASCAP)

FIVE O'CLOCK BLUES

m: Jimmy Yancey
Improvisation (underscore)
m: Butch Thompson
© 1999 Butch Thompson

YANCEY SPECIAL

m: Meade Lux Lewis, Andy Razaf
© Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. (ASCAP)

FOREVERMORE

Butch Thompson, GASB
w/m: Manfred Gotthelf, Helen Burnett, Allan Lewis

WHAT DID I HAVE THAT I DON'T HAVE?

("On A Clear Day") Faith Prince, JT
w: Alan Jay Lerner; m: Burton Lane
© 1965 Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS (closer)

Garrison Keillor, Faith Prince, audience, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1999 Garrison Keillor

Some other material available by guest artists:
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