A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, October 27, 2001

Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, October 27, 2001
Fitzgerald Theater, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Performers:

Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith
Butch Thompson, piano, clarinet
Duke Heitger, trumpet
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano, keyboard, organ, melodica; Andy Stein, fiddle, tenor sax, bari sax; Pat Donohue, guitar, National steel guitar, mandolin; Gary Raynor, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion

Guests:

Geoff Muldaur, guitar, vocals
Amos Garret, guitar, vocals
Louis Jenkins, poet

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)

Garrison Keillor, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson, Duke Heitger
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor

I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT

Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: S. Bickley Reichner and Sid Wayne
© 1959 Holly-Hill Music Publishing Co.
© 1959 Malvern Music Co.

RHUBARB script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2001 Richard Dworsky

BEEBOPAREBOP RHUBARB PIE THEME (SHORTNIN' BREAD)

Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith, Richard Dworsky
w: Garrison Keillor
m: traditional
© Garrison Keillor

SLOPPY DRUNK

Geoff Muldaur, Amos Garrett, Duke Heitger, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: "Sleepy" John Adam Estes
© Leric Music Inc. (BMI)
rec.: "Blues Boy" (Geoff Muldaur) Rounder Records
rec.: "Geoff & Amos" (Import) Vivid Records
rec.: "Live in Japan" (Import) Vivid Records

TENNESSEE BLUES

Geoff Muldaur, Amos Garrett, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Bobby Charles
© Alpha Music Inc. (BMI)

FEAR script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2001 Richard Dworsky

HAUNTED HOUSE BLUES

Pat Donohue, vocal, with Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson, Duke Heitger
w/m: J.C. Johnson
© Record Music Publishing Co. (The Songwriter's Guild)

POWDERMILK BISCUIT THEME

Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Garrison Keillor, Butch Thompson, Duke Heitger
w/m: Garrison Keillor
© Garrison Keillor

YELLOW DOG

Butch Thompson and Duke Heitger
w/m: W.C. Handy
© Handy Bros. Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)

CARELESS LOVE

Butch Thompson, Duke Heitger, Pat Donohue, Gary Raynor
w/m: W.C. Handy, Martha E. Koenig, Spencer Williams
© Handy Bros. Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)

MEMPHIS BLUES

Butch Thompson and Duke Heitger
w/m: W.C. Handy, George A. Norton
© Handy Bros. Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)
© Jerry Vogel Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)

ST. LOUIS BLUES

Butch Thompson and Duke Heitger
w/m: W.C. Handy, Rosamond J. Johnson
© Handy Bros. Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)

CATCHUP script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2001 Richard Dworsky

CATCHUP THEME

Richard Dworsky
w: Garrison Keillor m: Richard Dworsky
© 1998 Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky

IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN'T MY BABY

Amos Garrett, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson, Duke Heitger
w/m: Billy Austin, Louis Jordan
© Universal MCA Music Publishing (ASCAP)

GUY NOIR THEME

Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky, Andy Stein, Gary Raynor, Arnie Kinsella
w: Garrison Keillor and Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 1995 Garrison Keillor/ Richard Dworsky

GUY NOIR script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2001 Richard Dworsky

INDIANA (BACK HOME AGAIN) intermission

Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson, Duke Heitger
w/m: James F. Hanley and Ballard MacDonald
© 1917 Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co.

ST. LOUIS BLUES (under "Greetings")

Andy Stein, Pat Donohue, Gary Raynor
w/m: W.C. Handy, Rosamond J. Johnson
© Handy Bros. Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)

LINDA script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2001 Richard Dworsky

LAZY BONES

Amos Garrett, Geoff Muldaur, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson, Duke Heitger
w/m: Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer
© Hoagy Publishing Co. (ASCAP)
© Johnny Mercer Foundation (ASCAP)
© PSO Limited (ASCAP)
rec.: "Live in Japan" (Import) Vivid Records

SLEEPWALK

Amos Garrett, Richard Dworsky, Pat Donohue, Gary Raynor, Arnie Kinsella
w/m: Ann Farina, John S. Farina, Santo Farina
© Carbert Music Inc. (BMI)
© Trio Music Co. Inc. (BMI)
rec.: "I Make My Home in My Shoes" Stony Plain Music
rec.: "Live in Japan" Stony Plain Music
rec.: "Off The Floor Live" Stony Plain Music

HESITATING BLUES

Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Butch Thompson, Duke Heitger
w/m: W.C. Handy
© Handy Bros. Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)

KITCHEN DOOR BLUES

Geoff Muldaur and Richard Dworsky
w: Tennessee Williams © Tennessee Williams
m: Geoff Muldaur © Geoff Muldaur
rec.: "Password" Hightone Records

SFX script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2001 Richard Dworsky

BYE BYE LOVE

Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Geoff Muldaur, Amos Garrett
w/m: Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
© 1957 House of Bryant Publishing


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