A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, May 20, 2000

Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, May 20, 2000
Redding Convention Center, Redding, California

Performers:
Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith The Guys All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano; Andy Stein, fiddle, tenor sax, vocals; Pat Donohue, guitar, vocals; Greg Hippen, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion
Guests:
Ramblin' Jack Elliott, guitar, vocals
Kitka: Shira Cion, Leslie Bonnett, Catherine Rose Crowther, Deborah Dietrich, Julie Graffagna, Janet Kutulas, Ann Moorhead, Lily Storm
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
CALIFORNIA COTTONFIELDS
Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue, Andy Stein, GASB
w/m: A. Frazier (as recorded by Merle Haggard)
"WESTERN" THEME ("The Lives of the Cowboys" theme)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
m: Pat Donohue, Richard Dworsky, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
(c) 1994

 

UNDERSCORE
Rich Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2000 Richard Dworsky

 

THE AMERICAN MALE Garrison Keillor, PD w: Garrison Keillor; m: Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue (c) 2000 Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue
PREXVRUKNA PTICHKA (Bulgarian Song of Spring)
Kitka
w/m: Maria Kouteva (Bulgarian)
DUMAI, ZLATO (DUMAJ ZLATO)
Kitka
w/m: Traditional (Bulgarian)
arr: Philip Koutev
rec: "Nectar," Diaphonica 098
SHTO MI E MILO
Kitka
w/m: Traditional (Macedonian)
based on arr: Ethel Raim; instr. arr: Shira Kammen, Peter Maund rec: "Nectar," Diaphonica 098
"POWDERMILK BISCUITS" THEME
Garrison Keillor, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor

 

TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT
Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) 1999 Garrison Keillor
"Tom Keith - SFX" script
Rich Dworsky (underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2000 Richard Dworsky
SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
w/m: Jesse Fuller
(c) 1958, 1986 Hollis Music, Inc. (BMI)
rec: "South Coast," Red House Records 59
DIAMOND JOE
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
w/m: Public Domain
"The Long Ride," Hightone Records 8107
DANVILLE GIRL
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
w/m: Traditional
rec: "Early Sessions" (with Derroll Adams), Tradition 1083
"Fable of the Woodcutter" script
Rich Dworsky (underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2000 Richard Dworsky

 

AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (playoff)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Edwin B. Edwards, James La Rocca, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields
(c) 1918
WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO (intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Harry Woods
(c) 1934
YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME (under "Greetings")
Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w: Lorenz Hart; m: Richard Rodgers
(c) 1926 Warner Bros., Inc
. GOIN' AWAY
Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Bruce Phillips
(c) 1973 Bruce Phillips
OLD SHEP
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
w/m: Clyde (Red) Foley
(c) 1940 M. M. Cole
rec: "Country Style/Live," Fantasy 24754
SONNET CXVI (poem in monologue)
Garrison Keillor (recited poem)
w: William Shakespeare
DOIN' THINGS
Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w/m: Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti
(c) Big 3 Music
"NRA" script
Rich Dworsky (underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2000 Richard Dworsky
I MORI MAKJA JANO / NE PO POGREBU BOCHONOCHEK
Kitka

 

I MORI MAKJA JANO
w/m: Traditional (Bulgarian)

 

NE PO POGREBU BOCHONOCHEK
w/m: Traditional (Russian)
RIDIN' DOWN THE CANYON (closer)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Garrison Keillor, AS, PD, GH
w/m: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnett
(c) 1936 M. M. Cole Publishing
rec: "Friends of Mine," Hightone Records 8089

Some other material available by guest artists:

Ramblin' Jack Elliott
"Country Style/Live," Fantasy 24754
"Essential," Vanguard Records 89
"Friends of Mine," Hightone Records 8089
"Hard Travelin'," Fantasy 24720
"Kerouac's Last Dream," Appleseed Recording 1021
"The Long Ride," Hightone Records 8107
"Me & Bobby McGee," Rounder Records 368
"Ramblin' Jack," Topic (UK) 477
" . . . Sings Guthrie & Rogers," Monitor 71380
"South Coast," Red House Records 59
Kitka (http://www.kitka.org)
"Kitka," Diaphonica
"Voices on the Eastern Wind," Diaphonica
"Sacred Voices, Sacred Sounds," Diaphonica
"Nectar," Diaphonica 098

 

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