A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, January 24, 1998

Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion January 24, 1998
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:

Ian Frazier, writer
Peter Ostroushko & Friends: Peter Ostroushko, mandolin, fiddle; Dean Magraw, guitar; Bruce Kurnow, harmonica; Mark Anderson, percussion; Jim Jacobson, cello
BeauSoleil: Michael Doucet, fiddle, vocals; David Doucet, guitar, vocals; Jimmy Breaux, accordion; Al Tharp, bass, banjo, fiddle, vocals; Billy Ware, percussion; Tommy Alesi, drums

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)
Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
( 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; (c) 1989 Garrison Keillor

THE SNOW SHUFFLE
Pat Donohue, GASB, BK
w/m: Pat Donohue
(c) Pat Donohue

VIRGINIA REEL FROM HELL MEDLEY
Peter Ostroushko & Friends, RD, AS, GH
rec: "Heart of the Heartland," Red House Records 70

SPOTTED PONY
m: Traditional

MISSISSIPPI REEL
m: Peter Ostroushko
(c) 1995 Sluz-Duz Publishing Co. (BMI)

WRYSTRAW
m: Traditional

HEART OF THE HEARTLAND
Peter Ostroushko & Friends, RD, GH
m: Peter Ostroushko
(c) 1995 Sluz-Duz Publishing Co. (BMI)
rec: "Heart of the Heartland," Red House Records 70


"POWDERMILK BISCUITS" THEME
Garrison Keillor, GASB, PO
w/m: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor

LAMENTATIONS OF A FATHER (reading)
Ian Frazier
w: Ian Frazier

newZ REEL
Beausoleil
w/m: Michael L. Doucet
(c) Orange Skies Music / Do-Say Music (BMI)
rec: "L'Amour ou la Folie," Rhino Records 72622

MA VIE S'EST ARRÊTÉE
Beausoleil
w/m: Michael L. Doucet
(c) Orange Skies Music / Do-Say Music (BMI)
rec: "L'Amour ou la Folie," Rhino Records 72622

LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING (Script)

LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING
Garrison Keillor, RD
w: Bud De Sylva; m: Jerome Kern; additional words: Garrison Keillor
(c) 1920 T.B. Harms Company; (c) 1997 Garrison Keillor

LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING (reprise)
Garrison Keillor, GASB
w: Bud De Sylva; m: Jerome Kern
(c) 1920 T.B. Harms Company

MISS ANNABELLE LEE (Intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Sidney Clare, Lew Pollack
(c) 1927 Bourne Inc.

TISHOMINGO BLUES (welcome back to the second half; gong)
Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
( 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; (c) 1989 Garrison Keillor

ROSETTA (under "Greetings")
Rich Dworsky, Pat Donohue
w/m: Earl Hines, Henri Woode
(c) 1935 Mayfair Music Corp.


GET HAPPY
Andy Stein, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Mark Anderson
w: Ted Koehler; m: Harold Arlen; additional w: Andy Stein
© 1929 (Renewed) Warner Bros. Inc.; © 1998 Andy Stein


PUPPY BELLY DANCE
Peter Ostroushko & Friends, RD, GH, AK
m: Peter Ostroushko
(c) 1995 Sluz-Duz Publishing Co. (BMI)
rec: "Heart of the Heartland," Red House Records 70

THE DOWNTOWN STOMP
Pat Donohue
w/m: Pat Donohue
(c) Pat Donohue

"BEEBOPAREEBOP RHUBARB PIE" THEME (SHORT'NIN' BREAD)
Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor

CAN'T YOU SEE? (TU VAS VOIR)
Beausoleil
w/m: Augie Meyers; French words: Michael Doucet
(c) Augie Meyers Music (BMI)
rec: "L'Amour ou la Folie," Rhino Records 72622

J'AI ÉTÉ AU BAL (closer)
Michael Doucet, Peter Ostroushko, Andy Stein, Beausoleil, GASB
m: Traditional


Other recordings available by guest artists:

Beausoleil
"Allons à Lafayette," Arhoolie Records 308
"Parlez-Nous à Boir and More," Arhoolie Records 322
"Hot Chili Mama," Arhoolie Records 5040
"Bayou Boogie," Rounder Records 6015
"Bayou Cadillac," Rounder Records 6025
"Live from the Left Coast," Rounder Records 6035
"Cajun Conja," Rhino Records 70525
"Vintage Beausoleil," Music of the World 213
"La Danse de la Vie," Forward/Rhino Records, 71221
"L'Écho," Forward/Rhino Records, 71808
"Bayou Deluxe: The Best of Michael Doucet and BeauSoleil," Rhino Records 71169
"L'Amour ou la Folie," Rhino Records 72622


Michael Doucet
"...and Cajun Brew," Rounder Records 6017
"Beau Solo," Arhoolie Records 321
"Le Hoogie Boogie: French Music for Children," Rounder Records 8022
"Christmas Bayou," Swallow 6064

Peter Ostroushko
"Pilgrims on the Heart Road," Red House Records 90
"Heart of the Heartland," Red House Records 70

Ian Frazier
Dating Your Mom
Family
Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody
Great Plains
Coyote v. Acme

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