A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, November 7, 1998


Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, November 7, 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:
Balfa Toujours: Christine Balfa, guitar, vocals; Dirk Powell, accordion,cfiddle; Kevin Wimmer, fiddle; Ganey Arsement, bass
Roy Rogers, guitar, vocals
Vern Sutton, vocals (cameo)
Maynard Meyer, Jerry Osteraas, Duane Schuette (Norsefest phone-ins)
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
MEAN WOMAN WITH GREEN EYES
Pat Donohue, GASB
w/m: Sheb Wooley
WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOUR? ("MR. ROGERS" THEME) (in "Celebrities" script)
Richard Dworsky (underscore)
w/m: Fred M. Rogers
(c) Fred M. Rogers (ASCAP)
BOSCO STOMP
Balfa Toujours
w/m: Traditional
LA VALSE DES BALFA
Balfa Toujours
w/m: Will Balfa
rec: "Pop, Tu Me Parles Toujours," Swallow Records 6110
    "Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music," Swallow Records 6011
LE REEL DE COURVILLE
Balfa Toujours
m: Dennis McGee
rec: "La Pointe," Rounder Records 6086
WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Henry Creamer, J. Turner Layton
(c) 1922 (Renewed) Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
"BEEBOPAREEBOP RHUBARB PIE" THEME (SHORT'NIN' BREAD)
Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, GASB
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor
GERTIE RUTH
Roy Rogers, AS, GH, AK
w/m: David Gionfriddio, Steve Gordon, Roy Rogers
(c) 1998 Chops Not Chaps Music (BMI)
rec: "Pleasure and Pain," Pointblank/Virgin Records 45547
MY LOST HOME IN YOUR ARMS
Roy Rogers
w/m: Donna Johnston, Roy Rogers
(c) 1998 Chops Not Chaps Music (BMI)
rec: "Pleasure and Pain," Pointblank/Virgin Records 45547
DOWN AT JOSEPHINE'S
Roy Rogers, RD, AS, GH, AK
w/m: Roy Rogers
(c) 1998 Chops Not Chaps Music (BMI)
rec: "Pleasure and Pain," Pointblank/Virgin Records 45547
"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
MISS ANNABELLE LEE (Intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Sidney Clare, Lew Pollack
(c) 1927 Bourne Inc.
AFTER YOU'VE GONE (under "Greetings")
Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w/m: Henry Creamer, Turner Layton
(c) 1918 Edwin H. Morris & Co., (Renewed 1946) Morley Music Co.
THE LAW IS THE TRUE EMBODIMENT (from Iolanthe)
Vern Sutton, Garrison Keillor, RD
w: W. S. Gilbert; m: Sir Arthur Sullivan; new words: Garrison Keillor, Vern Sutton
(c) 1998 Garrison Keillor, Vern Sutton
ABIDE WITH ME
Garrison Keillor, Vern Sutton, RD
w: Henry F. Lyte (1820); m: William H. Monk (1861)
IN THE GARDEN
Garrison Keillor, Vern Sutton, RD
w/m: C. Austin Miles
(c) 1912
MEDITATION (from Thaïs) (in "Prestige Parents")
Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein (underscore)
m: Jules Massenet
(c) 1991 Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
DOWN HOME GIRL
Roy Rogers
w/m: Arthur Butler, Jerry Lieber (ASCAP)
rec: "Slide of Hand," Liberty Records (reissue available soon)
SWEET AND LOVELY
Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein
w/m: Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemare
(c) 1931 (Renewed) Metro Goldwyn Meyer Corp.
KETCHUP (THE GOOD YEARS) (in "Ketchup" script)
Rich Dworsky
w: Garrison Keillor; m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 1998 Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky
HIP ET TAIAU (closer)
Balfa Toujours, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Traditional
rec: "Pop, Tu Me Parles Toujours," Swallow Records 6110
Some other material available by guest artists:

Balfa Toujours (http://members.aol.com/balfamusic)

"Deux Voyages," Rounder Records 6071
"La Pointe," Rounder Records 6086
"À Vielle Terre Haute," Swallow Records 6121
"Pop, Tu Me Parles Toujours," Swallow Records 6110
Roy Rogers (http://www.roy-rogers.com)
"Blues on the Range," Blind Pig Records 3589
"Chops Not Chaps," Blind Pig Records 4892
"Pleasure and Pain," Pointblank/Virgin Records 45547
"Rhythm & Groove," Pointblank/Virgin Records 41494
"Slide of Hand," Liberty Records (reissue available soon)
"Slide Zone," Liberty Records (reissue available soon)
"Slidewinder," Blind Pig Records 2687

 

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