A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, April 12, 1997

Music performed on A Praire Home Companion, April 12, 1997
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota

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.

Guests:

Paula Poundstone, writer and humorist
Maria Jette, soprano
Natalie MacMaster, fiddle, stepdance; with Tracey Dares, piano; Dave MacIsaac, guitar; Tom Roach, percussion

See below for Albums by Guest Artists.

 

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
©1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor

LOUNGE SINGER SONG
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w: Garrison Keillor; m: Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky
© 1997 Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky

PAUL REVERE SONG (Based on "Paul Revere's Ride")

Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; new words: Garrison Keillor; m: Richard Dworsky
© 1997 Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky

LIGHT CAVALRY OVERTURE
m: Franz von Suppé

SOME DAY
Maria Jette, RD, AS
w: Brian Hooker; m: Rudolf Friml
© 1925 Henry Waterson, Inc.; © 1930 Famous Music Corporation

JIG MEDLEY
Natalie MacMaster, TD, DM, TR
m: Traditional

TRADITIONAL IRISH REEL HILLS OF GLENORCHY
SGAIN DUBH

 

STEP DANCE MEDLEY
Natalie MacMaster, TD, DM, TR

MISS LYLE'S
m: Traditional

KING GEORGE V
m: Traditional

LOCHIEL'S RANT
m: Traditional

THE BRIDGE OF BAMORE
m: Traditional

ARTHUR MUISE REEL
m: Brenda Stubbert

HARRY BRADSHAW'S
m: Jerry Holland

THE SHEIK OF ARABY (Intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w: Harry Smith, Francis Wheeler; m: Ted Snyder
© 1921 Mills Music, Inc.

MOONGLOW (under "Greetings")
Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w/m: Will Hudson, Eddie De Lange, Irving Mills
© 1934 Mills Music, Inc.

CHILDREN OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER (INGEN ER SAA TRYG FOR FARE)
Garrison Keillor, Maria Jette, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w: Caroline V. Sandell Berg; tr: Ernst W. Olson; m: Traditional

YOUNG LOVERS (Script)

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

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, GH
w/m: Bob Dylan (ASCAP)

VOCALISE (Op. 34, No. 14)
Maria Jette, RD, AS, GH
w/m: Sergei Rachmaninoff
© 1944 G. Schirmer, Inc.

 

SAMSON ET DALILA
Maria Jette, RD, AS, GH
w: Louis Lemaire; m: Camille Saint-Saëns

AU BORD DE L'EAU (Op. 8, No. 1)
Maria Jette, RD, AS, GH
w: Sully Prudhomme; tr: Marion Farquhar; m: Gabriel Fauré
© 1946 G. Schirmer, Inc.

DANS LEUR BAISER
Maria Jette, RD, AS, GH
w: Michel Vaucaire; m: Charles Dumont
© 1961 Les Nouvelles Editions Meridian

LOU BAÏLÈRO
Maria Jette, RD, AS, GH
w/m: Traditional; adapted by J. Canteloube de Malaret

THE HONEYSUCKLE SET

Natalie MacMaster, TD, DM, TR
album: "No Boundaries," Rounder Records 7023

LAD O'BEIRNE'S
m: Ed Reavy

THE HONEYSUCKLE
m: Traditional

TAMMY SULLIVAN'S
m: J.P. Cormier
© Main Tripp Publishing (BMI)

THE HOLLY BUSH
m: Finbar Dwyer

RANNIE MACLELLAN'S
m: Brenda Stubbert (SOCAN)

OLD MOLLY HAIR (Closer)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Natalie MacMaster, Dave MacIsaac, Tom Roach w/m: Traditional

Some other albums available by guest artists:

Natalie MacMaster "Fit as a Fiddle," Rounder Records 7022
"No Boundaries," Rounder Records 7023

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