A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, March 2, 1996

Music performed on A Praire Home Companion, March 2, 1996
Evangeline Atwood Concert Hall, Anchorage, Alaska

Performers:

Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Chris Forth, Tom Keith The Guys All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano; Pat Donohue, guit ar; Greg Hippen, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion.

Guests:

Libby Riddles (Iditarod musher), vocals
The Northern Lights Dancers: Ed Kotook, Clintonette Gregg, Nicole Jepson, Reggie Joule III, Calvin Lane, Mea Lane, Judy Monson, Cheryl Onstad, Tina Mae Sheldon, Sidney Shrover.
The Alaska Chamber Singers: David Hagen, director; Joan Blees, Trudy Gantz, Barbara Garner, Kathy Hagen, Sarah Jenkins, Maria Plakakis, Sue Sampson, Jennifer Vanover, sopranos;
Mary Jo Cadieux, Mary Daum, Julie Flynn, Mita Hinman, Melissa Johnson, Joanne Polacek, Wendy Zinkovsky, altos;
Craig Blake, John Braden, Timothy Fosket, John Fraser, Ed Hudson, Mark Iverson, tenors;
Ron Flugum, Larry Hagen, George Polacek, Bob Schmidt, Sam Struempler, Bill Weith, basses.

TISHOMINGO BLUES
Garrison Keillor, RD, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
©1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.

MATANUSKA GIRLS (CALIFORNIA GIRLS)
Garrison Keillor, RD, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Brian Wilson; new words by Garrison Keillor (idea sub. by Jeff Shaffer)
©1965 Irving Music (BMI)/&copy1996 Garrison Keillor

HUSKY'S LULLABY
Libby Riddles, Garrison Keillor, PD
w/m: Woody Guthrie, new words by Libby Riddles

HIGHER GROUND
Garrison Keillor, The Northern Lights Dancers
w: Johnson Oatman, m: Charles Gabriel

SEAL HUNTER DANCE
The Northern Lights Dancers
traditional Inupiaq

SEAGULL DANCE
The Northern Lights Dancers
traditional Inupiaq

ALASKA, THE LAST FRONTIER
Pat Donohue, RD, GH, AK
w/m: Pat Donohue
©1996 Salspot Music

"WESTERN" THEME ("The Lives of the Cowboys" script)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
m: Pat Donohue, Rich Dworsky
©1994

FARTHER ALONG
Garrison Keillor, The Alaska Chamber Singers
traditional gospel, new words by Garrison Keillor
©1996 Garrison Keillor

ALASKA FLAG SONG (Alaska State Song)
The Alaska Chamber Singers
w: Marie Drake, m: Elinor Dusenbury
arr. Elvira Roth

AFTER YOU'VE GONE (Intermission)
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Creamer/Layton
©l918 Mayfair Music

ALASKA CATS
Garrison Keillor, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Garrison Keillor
c1991 Garrison Keillor
album: w/Frederica von Stade, "Songs of the Cat," HighBridge, HBP-17398

FISH HEAD STEW
Libby Riddles, Garrison Keillor, RD, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Libby Riddles, Hobo Jim
c1989 Hobo Jim and Libby Riddles/Jim Varsos (ASCAP)/Hobo Jim Music Co.
album: "Danger Dog Yard Cat," (book & cassette) Paws IV Publishing.
contact: Celeste Fenger, Paws IV Publishing, P.O. Box 2364,
Homer, Alaska 99603, (907) 235-7697.

NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT (under greetings)
Pat Donohue
w/m: Jimmy Cox
c1923 MCA Music Pub.

CHERUBIC HYMN
The Alaska Chamber Singers
w/m: Dmitri Bortnyanski

GRAMPA SAM RAG
Rich Dworsky, Pat Donohue
m: Rich Dworsky
©1995 Rich Dworsky

MY FATHER, HOW LONG?
Garrison Keillor, The Alaska Chamber Singers
traditional spiritual, new words by Garrison Keillor
©1996 Garrison Keillor

INVITATIONAL DANCE
The Northern Lights Dancers
traditional Inupiaq

A FOOL SUCH AS I
Garrison Keillor, RD, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Bill Trader
©1958 MCA Music