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A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1997

Music Performed

Note: Tonight's show is a rebroadcast of the February 24, 1996 performance in Vancouver, Canada. Some changes were made from the original broadcast.


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: La Bottine Souriante: Yves Lambert, diatonic accordion, harmonica, vocals; Régent Archambault, bass; Michael Bordeleau, mandolin, violin; Denis Fréchette, piano, flugelhorn; Martin Racine, violin, guitar, vocals; Jean Fréchette, saxophone; Jocelyn Lapointe, trumpet; André Verrault, trombone; Robert Ellis, bass trombone.
Natalie MacMaster, Cape Breton fiddle; with Tracy Dares, piano; and Dave MacIsaac, guitar.
Pierre Imbert, hurdy-gurdy
Linda Cullen actress, and Bob Robertson, actor.
Vicki Gabreau, actress
Bill Richardson, poet

See below for Albums by Guest Artists.

TISHOMINGO BLUES
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
c1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.

VANCOUVER (MOTHER WAS A LADY (or, "IF JACK WERE ONLY HERE"))
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH
w: Edward B. Marks, m: Joseph W. Stern
new words: Garrison Keillor
c1896 Joseph W. Stern/new words c1996 Garrison Keillor

LE REEL DES SOUCOUPES VOLANTES
La Bottine Souriante
from Michael Coleman's rendition of "Jenny's Chicken," trad.
arr. by La Bottine and Jean Fréchette
album: "La Mistrine," Mille-Pattes/Musicor (Canada) MP-2038
2620 Route Transcanadienne
Pointe-Claire, Québec H9R 1B1 Canada
(418) 426-2500

CORPS MORT
La Bottine Souriante
traditional, arr. by La Bottine

BOTH SIDES NOW (in "Bertha's Kitty Boutique")
Rich Dworsky
w/m: Joni Mitchell; new words: Garrison Keillor
c1967 Siquomb Publishing Corp./c1996 Garrison Keillor

LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF THE REVEREND ARCHIE BEATON/JEAN'S REEL/REEL DE POINT AU PIC
Natalie MacMaster
traditional ("Jean's Reel" by Bobby MacLeod, Emerald Music), arr. by Natalie MacMaster
album ("Jean's Reel"): "Fit As a Fiddle," NMAS 1972
contact: Natalie MacMaster Productions @ (902) 625-1344

MISS LYLE'S (REEL)/THE OLD KING'S REEL/THE KING'S REEL/JACK DANIEL'S
Natalie MacMaster
traditional, arr. by Natalie MacMaster

QUEEN OF ALL DUSTBALLS (poem)
Bill Richardson
written by Bill Richardson
published in Queen of All Dustballs, by Douglas and McIntyre (Canada)
and in the U.S.: Orca Books, P.O. Box 468, Custer, WA. 98420
1-800-210-5277

CHERE MION/BRANLE CARRE/REGODON
Pierre Imbert
traditional

FEBRUARY (poem)
Garrison Keillor
by Margaret Atwood
from Morning In the Burned House, published by McClellandand Stuart
(Canada) and Houghton-Mifflin (U.S.)

WHO'S SORRY NOW? (Intermission)
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
m: Ted Snyder, w: Bert Kalmer, Harry Ruby
c1923 Mills Music

"WESTERN" THEME ("The Lives of the Cowboys" script)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
m: Pat Donohue, Rich Dworsky
c1994

CANADIAN SUNSET (under greetings)
Pat Donohue
w: Norman Gimbel, m: Eddie Heywood
c1956 Eleven East Corp./Vogue Music

LE RAP À TI-PÉTANG
La Bottine Souriante
traditional, arr. by La Bottine and Jean Fréchette
album: "La Mistrine," Mille-Pattes/Musicor (Canada) MP-2038
2620 Route Transcanadienne
Pointe-Claire, Québec H9R 1B1 Canada
(418) 426-2500

OH, CANADA! (Candian National Anthem)
Pat Donohue
w: Routhier/Weir, m: Calixa Lavallée
ca.1880 FLEE AS A BIRD TO THE MOUNTAIN
Natalie MacMaster
traditional, arr. by Natalie MacMaster

HOME ON THE RANGE (closer)
Garrison Keillor, Pierre Imbert, Natalie MacMaster, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK
traditional American


Some other albums available by guest artists:

La Bottine Souriante
"Chic and Swell," Green Linnet 3042
"La Traversee de l'Atlantique," Green Linnet 3043
"Je Voudrais Changer d'Chapeau," Rounder Records 6041

Natalie MacMaster
for CD, ("Fit As a Fiddle,") or cassettes (other titles), contact:

Natalie MacMaster Productions @ (902) 625-1344
a new album will be released this spring/summer on Warner Brothers.

Pierre Imbert
no solo albums avalable, but he is a member of Ad Vielle Que Pourra:
"New French Folk Music," Green Linnet 1099
"Come What May," Green Linnet, 1112
"Musaique," Xenophile (Green Linnet) 4017


5-17-97 Rundown - Guest Biographies
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