A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, June 22, 1996

Music performed on A Praire Home Companion, June 22, 1996
Johnny Mercer Theater, Savannah, Georgia

REGULAR PERFORMERS:

Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, 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:

Squirrel Nut Zippers: Jim Mathus, vocal, guitar; Katharine Whalen, banjo, vocal; Tom Maxwell, guitar, sax; Ken Mosher, guitar, sax, ukelele; Je Widenhouse, trumpet; Don Raleigh, bass; Chris Phillips, percussion; Andrew Bird, violin; John Berendt, author; Robin and Linda Williams, vocals and guitars, banjo (Linda); Kate MacKenzie, vocal.

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.

ON THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND THE SANTA FE
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w: Johnny Mercer, m: Harry Warren
©1945/1973 Leo Feist, Inc.

I'M AND OLD COWHAND (FROM THE RIO GRANDE)
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Johnny Mercer
©1936 Leo Feist/©1964 Johnny Mercer

LIVE HUMBLE
The Hopeful Gospel Quartet
traditional from the Georgia Sea Islands

I'M CLIMBING UP
The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
(awaiting source informtation...)

LAZYBONES
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band (Pat Donohue, Andy Stein vocals)
w/m: Johnny Mercer/Hoagy Carmichael
©1933 Southern Music

"GUY NOIR" THEME
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, GH, AK
w: Rich Dworsky, Garrison Keillor; m: Rich Dworsky
©1994 Rich Dworsky, Garrison Keillor
album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," HighBridge 39261

PUT A LID ON IT
Squirrel Nut Zippers
w/m: Tom Maxwell
©1996 Hot But Sweet Publishing/Strept Throat Music (ASCAP)
album: "Hot," Mammoth Records 0137-2

MEANT TO BE
Squirrel Nut Zippers
w/m: Tom Maxwell
©1996 Hot But Sweet Publishing/Strept Throat Music (ASCAP)
album: "Hot," Mammoth Records 0137-2

LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING
Garrison Keillor, RD
w: Bud DeSylva, m: Jerome Kern
©1920 T.B. Harms Company

SWEET GEORGIA BROWN (intermssion)
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Bernie/Pinkard/Casey
©1925 Jerome H. Remick & Co.

SLOW TRAIN THROUGH GEORGIA
The Hopeful Gospel Quartet
w/m: Norman Blake
©1976 Tutwiler Music

TRAFFIC LIGHT
Robin and Linda Williams, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Robin and Linda Williams, Jerome Clark
©1996 The New Music Times/Southern Melody Publishing Co. (BMI)
album: "Sugar for Sugar," Sugar Hill Records, SH-1052

MIDNIGHT SUN
Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein
m: Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer
©1947 Crystal Music Publishers

BAD BUSINESSMAN
Squirrel Nut Zippers
w/m: Ken Mosher, Jim Mathus
©1996 Shorty Brown Pub. Co., Inc./Saxaplex Pub./Strept Throat Music (ASCAP)
album: "Hot," Mammoth Records 0137-2

COLUMBUS STOCKADE
The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, The Squirrel Nut Zippers, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
traditional

ALBUMS BY GUEST ARTISTS

Some other albums by guest artists:

Robin and Linda Williams
"Good News," Sugar Hill Records, SH 3832
"Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group, Live," Sugar Hill, SH 1043
"Turn Toward Tomorrow," Sugar Hill Records, SH 1040
"The Rhythm of Love," Sugar Hill Records, SH 1027
"All Broken Hearts Are the Same," Sugar Hill Records, SH 1022
"Close As We Can Get/Nine 'Til Midnight" Flying Fish FF-70359

Kate MacKenzie
"Let Them Talk," Red House Records, RHR 66
Stoney Lonesome, "Blue Heartache," Red House Records, RHR 51
Stoney Lonesome, "Lonesome Tonight," Red House, RHR 46

Squirrel Nut Zippers
"The Inevitable Squirrel Nut Zippers," Mammoth Records 0105

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