A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, May 31, 2003

Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, May 31, 2003 at The Filene Center at Wolf Trap, Vienna, Virginia

Performers:

Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Fred Newman
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
: Richard Dworsky, piano, keyboard, organ; Peter Ostroushko, fiddle and mandolin; Pat Donohue, guitars; Gary Raynor, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion

Guests:

Mollie O'Brien, vocals, with Tim O'Brien, vocals, guitar, bouzouki, fiddle
Tom Paxton, guitar and vocals
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet: Michael Doucet, violin, guitar, accordion, mandolin and vocals; David Doucet, guitar and vocals; Jimmy Breaux, accordion; Billy Ware, percussion; Tommy Alesi, drums; and Al Tharp, bass, fiddle, banjo and electric guitar.

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)

Garrison Keillor, Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989/ 2002 Garrison Keillor

CAMP WOLF TRAP script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2003 Richard Dworsky

CAMP SONG MEDLEY #1

Garrison Keillor, Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Tom Paxton, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, live audience

BE KIND TO YOUR WEB FOOTED FRIENDS
m: "The Stars and Stripes Forever", John Philip Sousa

SHE'LL BE COMIN' 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN
w/m: traditional

JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER SCHMIDT
w/m: traditional

HOME ON THE RANGE
w/m: traditional

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
w/m: Samuel Ward and Katherine Lee Bates

QUOI Y'A Y'OU

BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
w/m: Michael Doucet
© Do-Say Music (BMI)

GRADUATE script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2003 Richard Dworsky

POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE (in "Graduate" script)

Richard Dworsky
m: Edward Elgar

RISIN' RIVER

Pat Donohue and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: traditional

YOUR LONG JOURNEY

Mollie O'Brien and Tim O'Brien
w/m: Doc and Rosa Lee Watson
© Stormking Music Inc.
rec. "Take Me Back" Sugar Hill Records 3766

SWEET SUNNY SOUTH

Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Pat Donohue, and Peter Ostroushko
w/m: traditional
rec.: "Take Me Back" Sugar Hill Records 3766

POWDERMILK BISCUIT THEME

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

BUFFALO WALLOW

Peter Ostroushko, Tim O'Brien, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
m: Peter Ostroushko
© 2003 Sluz-Duz Publishing Co. (BMI)

JOHN ASHCROFT

Tom Paxton, Peter Ostroushko, Gary Raynor
w/m: Tom Paxton
© 2003 Pax Music (ASCAP)

LA VILLE DEL MONTEAU

BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
w/m: traditional
arranged by Michael Doucet
© Do-Say Music (BMI)

GUY NOIR THEME

Rich Dworsky, Gary Raynor, Arnie Kinsella
w: Garrison Keillor/ Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 1995 Keillor/Dworsky

GUY NOIR script underscore

Richard Dworsky and Pat Donohue
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2002 Richard Dworsky

THREE LITTLE WORDS (intermission)

Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar
© 1930 Warner Brothers Inc.

CAMP SFX script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2002 Richard Dworsky

TELL ME WHY

Garrison Keillor, Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Tom Paxton, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Marty Gold and Al Alberts
© Chrysalis Standards Inc.

I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND WAYS

Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Lefty Frizzell and Jim Beck
© Peer International Corporation
rec.: "Take Me Back" Sugar Hill Records 3766

GARAGE SALE SFX script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2002 Richard Dworsky

BOB THEME (in "The Story of Bob" script)

Richard Dworsky
m: Andy Stein and Richard Dworsky
© 1997 Andy Stein and Richard Dworsky

THE STORY OF BOB script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2003 Richard Dworsky

PSALM OF THE PRAIRIE

Peter Ostroushko and Richard Dworsky
m: Peter Ostroushko
© 2003 Sluz-Duz Publishing Co. (BMI)

OH BYE BYE

BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
w/m: Boozoo Chavis
© Flat Town Music Co. (BMI)

BUD'S COFFEE script underscore

Richard Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
© 2002 Richard Dworsky

PAPA'S ON THE HOUSETOP

Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Michael Doucet, Billy Ware, and Tommy Alesi
w/m: traditional
rec.: "Take Me Back" Sugar Hill Records 3766

THE NEXT TIME I'M IN TOWN

Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Tim O'Brien, BeauSoleil
w/m: Mark Knopfler
© 1990 Almo Music

NEWZREEL/ FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

Peter Ostroushko, Tim O'Brien, Michael Doucet, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, BeauSoleil
m: traditional

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