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