A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, October 31, 1998


Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, October 31, 1998
The Fitzgerald Theater, Saint 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:
The Chenille Sisters: Cheryl Dawdy, vocals; Connie Huber, guitar, vocals;
Grace Morand, vocals
Kate MacKenzie, vocals, guitar
Butch Thompson and His Hiawatha Marching Band: Butch Thompson, clarinet, piano; Charlie Devore, cornet; Bill Evans, trombone; Dave Graf, trombone; Ted Schreyer, tuba; Duke Heitger, trumpet; (Andy Stein, fiddle; Greg Hippen, percussion; Arnie Kinsella, percussion)
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
TOO YOUNG TO DIE
Pat Donohue, Kate MacKenzie, GASB
w/m: Pat Donohue
(c) 1998 Pat Donohue
KETCHUP (THE GOOD YEARS) (in "Ketchup" script)
Rich Dworsky
w: Garrison Keillor; m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 1998 Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky
'TAIN'T NO SIN (TO TAKE OFF YOUR SKIN AND DANCE AROUND IN YOUR BONES)
Andy Stein, GASB, BT, CD, BE, DG, DH
w: Edgar Leslie; m: Walter Donaldson
(c) 1929 Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc.
arr: Andy Stein
THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED
The Chenille Sisters, GASB, BT, CD, BE, DG, DH
w/m: Billy Rose, Basil G. Adlam
(c) 1934 Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble
arr: James Dapogny
rec: "Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?" (w/ James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band), Red House Records 50
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND (A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE)
The Chenille Sisters
w/m: Bob Dylan; new words: Cheryl Dawdy, Connie Huber, Grace Morand, Rose Morand

(c) 1962 Special Rider Music (ASCAP), (c) Frou-Frou Music (BMI)
rec: "Haute Chenille: A Retrospective," Red House Records 81
"Rhubarb" script:
YESTERDAY Sue Scott
w/m: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
(c) 1965 Northern Songs Limited

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
Andy Stein
w: Otto Harbach; m: Jerome Kern
(c) 1933 T. B. Harms Comp.

OKLAHOMA
The Chenille Sisters
w: Oscar Hammerstein II; m: Richard Rodgers
(c) 1943 Williamson Music Co.

BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
Tim Russell
w/m: Bob Dylan
(c) 1962 Warner Bros. Inc.

WILD THING
The Chenille Sisters
w/m: Chip Taylor
(c) 1966 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)

STAYIN' ALIVE
The Chenille Sisters
w/m: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
(c) 1977 Brothers Gibb B. V.

KUMBAYA
The Chenille Sisters
w: Traditional (Angolan); m: Marvin V. Frey
(c) 1957, 1985 Marvin V. Frey

"BEEBOPAREEBOP RHUBARB PIE" THEME (SHORT'NIN' BREAD)
The Chenille Sisters, Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor
BANKS OF THE OHIO
Garrison Keillor, Kate MacKenzie, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Traditional (U.S.)
THE LONG BLACK VEIL
Garrison Keillor, Kate MacKenzie, AS, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill
(c) 1959 Cedarwood Publishing Co., Inc.
SKELETON JANGLE
GASB, BT, CD, BE, DG, DH
as done by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1918)
"GUY NOIR" THEME
Garrison Keillor, GASB
w: Garrison Keillor/Richard Dworsky; m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 1995 Keillor/Dworsky
album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," HighBridge 39261
JUST A LITTLE WHILE TO STAY HERE
Butch Thompson and His Hiawatha Marching Band
w/m: Traditional
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
Butch Thompson and His Hiawatha Marching Band
w/m: Sarah F. Adams
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
Butch Thompson and His Hiawatha Marching Band
w/m: Traditional (Spiritual)
I FOUND A new BABY (Intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson
w/m: Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
(c) 1925
ALL OF ME (under "Greetings")
Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w/m: Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks
(c) 1931 Bourne Co.
HALF-BREED (quote)
Grace Morand
w/m: Mary Dean, Al Capps
(c) 1973 Blue Monday Music (BMI)
LOVE OF YOUR LIFE
The Chenille Sisters
w/m: Grace Morand
(c) Frou-Frou Music (BMI)
rec: "True to Life," Red House Records 67
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
The Chenille Sisters
w/m: George David Weiss, Bob Thiele
(c) 1967 Range Road Music Inc. and Quartet Music Inc.
"DUCT TAPE" THEME
The Chenilles
w: Garrison Keillor; m: The Chenille Sisters (based on "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along," w/m: Harry Woods)
(c) 1998 Garrison Keillor, The Chenille Sisters; (c) 1926 Bourne Inc.
BRINGING MARY HOME
Garrison Keillor, Kate MacKenzie, AS, PD, GH
w/m: John H. Duffey, Joe Kingston, Mank Chaw
(c) Fort Knox Music Inc. and Trio Music Co., Inc. (BMI)
THE CRAVE
Butch Thompson
m: Jelly Roll Morton
OH, MY MONSTER, FRANKENSTEIN
Pat Donohue, Kate MacKenzie, Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Traditional; additional verses: Pat Donohue
(c) 1998 Pat Donohue
VAYA CON DIOS (closer)
The Chenille Sisters, Garrison Keillor, Kate MacKenzie, GASB, BT, CD, BE, DG, DH
w/m: Russell, James, Pepper
(c) 1953 Beachaven/Jarest Music
SWEET BY AND BY
The Chenille Sisters, Garrison Keillor, Kate MacKenzie, GASB, BT, CD, BE, DG, DH
w: Sanford Filmore Bennett; m: Joseph Philbrick Webster
(c) 1868 Oliver Ditson & Co.
Some other material available by guest artists:

 

The Chenille Sisters

"1-2-3 for Kids," Red House Records 33
"At Home with the Chenille Sisters," Red House Records 26
"The Big Picture and Other Songs for Kids," Red House Records 49
"The Chenille Sisters," Red House Records 29
"Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm," Red House Records 39
"Haute Chenille: A Retrospective," Red House Records 81
"Teaching Hippopotami to Fly," Can-Too 10001
"True to Life," Red House Records 67
"Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?' (w/ James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band), Red House Records 50
Kate MacKenzie
"Age of Innocence," Red House Records 91
"Let Them Talk," Red House Records 66
Stoney Lonesome, "Blue Heartache," Red House Records 51
Stoney Lonesome, "Lonesome Tonight," Red House Records 46
Butch Thompson
"New Orleans Joys," Daring Records 3001
"Chicago Breakdown - the 88's," Daring Records 3002
"Good Old New York - the 88's," Daring Records 3003
"Minnesota Wonder - the 88's," Daring Records 3004
"Yulestride," Daring Records 3010
"Butch and Doc" (with Doc Cheatham), Daring Records 3012
"Lincoln Avenue Blues," Daring Records 3019
"Lincoln Avenue Express," Daring Records 3027
"Thompson Plays Joplin," Daring/Rounder Records 3033
"Thompson Plays Jelly Roll Morton/Blues," Biograph 141

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