A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, June 15, 1996

Music performed on A Praire Home Companion, June 15, 1996
Laurie Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas

REGULAR PERFORMERS:

Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Chris Forth, Tom Keith; The Guys All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano; Andy Stein, fiddle, tenor sax, vocal; Pat Donohue, guitar; Greg Hippen, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion.

GUESTS:

Johnny Gimble and Texas Swing: Johnny Gimble, mandolin, fiddle; Curly Hollingsworth, piano; Kenny Frazier, guitar; Dick Gimble, bass; Joe Bullock, drums. Flaco Jimenez y Su Conjunto: Flaco Jimenez, accordion; Max Baca, bajo sexto, bass; Oscar Tellez, bajo sexto, bass; David Jimenez, drums. D.C. Nix, laugher. Tyson Harper, laugher. Erica Lewis, laugher. Kirk Rutherford, laugher.

See below for Albums by Guest Artists.


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

ALL NIGHT LONG
Johnny Gimble and Texas Swing
w/m: Johnny Gimble/Bob Wills
©Gardenia/Saran Music -- Bob-A-Lew
album: "Under the 'X' in Texas," Tejas Records 002

SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF SAN ANTONE
Johnny Gimble and Texas Swing
w/m: Johnny Gimble/Bob Wills
©Minuteman Music
album: "Under the 'X' in Texas," Tejas Records 002

EL GALLO COPETON
Flaco Jimenez y Su Conjunto
album: "Buena Suerte, SeÒorita," Arista Records 18816

BUENA SUERTE, SE-ORITA
Flaco Jimenez y Su Conjunto
album: "Buena Suerte, SeÒorita," Arista Records 18816

ME ESTAS MATANDO
Flaco Jimenez y Su Conjunto
album: "Buena Suerte, SeÒorita," Arista Records 18816

GUY'S ALL-STAR SHOE BAND "LIFE IS A TRIP" CAR ALBUM
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Garrison Keillor
w: Garrison Keillor, m: various excerpts

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

SPANISH JOHNNY
Garrison Keillor, Johnny Gimble, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w: Willa Cather, m: C.E. Scoggins

HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (Intermission)
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w: Andy Razaf, m: Thomas 'Fats' Waller
©1929 Santly Borthers Inc.

GARDENIA WALTZ/HILL COUNTRY SUNSET
Johnny Gimble and Texas Swing
w/m: Johnny Gimble
©Gardenia Music (BMI)
album: "Under the 'X' in Texas," Tejas Records 002

WHEN IT'S SLEEPYTIME DOWN SOUTH
Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein
m: Rene/Rene/Muse
©1931 Mills Music

THE OLD MAN WHO LOVED CHEESE
Garrison Keillor, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Tom Keith
w: Garrison Keillor, m: Rich Dworsky
©1995/1996 Garrison Keillor/Rich Dworsky

BORRACHO #1
Flaco Jimenez y Su Conjunto
album: "Buena Suerte, SeÒorita," Arista Records 18816

JESSE POLKA
Johnny Gimble, Flaco Jimenez, Andy Stein, RD, PD, GH, AK
traditional Mexican, adap. by C. Bruner
©Whitewing Music (BMI)
album: "Johnny Gimble and the Texas Swing Pioneers" CMH 9020

ALBUMS BY GUEST ARTISTS

Some other albums by guest artists:

Johnny Gimble:
"Texas Fiddle Collection," CMH 9027
"Texas Honky Tonk Hits," CMH 9038
"Johnny Gimble's Texas Dance Party" CBS Records

Flaco Jimenez y Su Conjunto:
"Arriba el Norte," Rounder Records 6032
"Ay te Dejo en San Antonio y Ma," Arhoolie Records 318
"Entre Humo y Botellas," Rounder Records 6022
"Flaco Jimenez," Arista 18772
"Flaco's Amigos," Arhoolie Records 3027
"Flaco's First," Arhoolie Records 370
"Partners," Warner Brothers 26822
"San Antonio Soul," Rounder Records 6042
"Un Mojado Sin Licencia," Arhoolie Records 396

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