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Performers,
Music Sources and Credits
December 24, 2005 at the Town Hall Theater, New York, NY.
Performers
• Garrison Keillor,
Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Fred Newman
• The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano, organ, keyboard, melodica; Andy Stein, fiddle, mandolin, tenor sax, bari sax; Pat Donohue, guitar; Gary Raynor, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion
Guests
— Odetta, vocals; with Seth Farber, piano
— Jennifer Rivera, mezzo-soprano; with Rachelle Jonck, piano
— Janez Lotric, tenor; with Lenart Krecic, piano
— Stanislav and Kristina Kotyza, piano and vocals
— Nadiya and Nataliya Pavlishyn, vocals, with Alla Kutsevych, bandura
— Gio Gaynor, ukulele
Music
TISHOMINGO BLUES
— Garrison Keillor, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
— © 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor
A NEW HAPPINESS BECOMES
— The Pavlishyn Sisters and Alla Kutsevych
— w/m: traditional
LOOK, THE STARS OF GOLD/ THERE IS THE MANGER
— Janez Lotric and Lenart Krecic
— w/m: traditional
SHE WANTS THE BABY TO SLEEP
— Stanislav and Kristina Kotyza
— w/m: traditional
O HOLY NIGHT
— Jennifer Rivera and Rachelle Jonck
— w: Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure, translated by John S. Dwight
— m: Adolphe Charles Adams
MARY HAD A BABY
— Odetta and Seth Farber
— w/m: traditional spiritual
— rec.: "Gonna Let it Shine" M.C. Records 55
POWDERMILK BISCUIT THEME
— Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Garrison Keillor
— © Garrison Keillor
DECK THE HALLS (in "Powdermilk Biscuit" break)
— Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and live audience
— w/m: traditional
HANUKAH IN SANTA MONICA (in "Powdermilk Biscuit" break)
— Garrison Keillor and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Tom Lehrer
— © 1990 Tom Lehrer
SWEET CHILD O' MINE
— Gil Gaynor and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Steven Adler, Duff "Rose" McKagan, Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin
— © Guns N Roses Music
GUY NOIR THEME
— Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w: Garrison Keillor
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 1995 Keillor/ Dworsky
GUY NOIR script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2005 Richard Dworsky (BMI)
TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS (in "Guy Noir" script)
— Richard Dworsky
— w/m: Joseph A. Burke, Al Dubin
— © Warner Brothers Inc.
O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM (in "Guy Noir" script)
— Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: traditional
VOI CHE SAPETE (quote in "Guy Noir" script)
— Jennifer Rivera
— w/m: W. A. Mozart
LA DONNA E MOBILE (in "Guy Noir" script)
— Jennifer Rivera and Richard Dworsky
— w/m: Giuseppe Verdi
— new words: Garrison Keillor © 2005 Garrison Keillor
HABANERA (in "Guy Noir" script)
— Jennifer Rivera and Richard Dworsky
— w/m: Georges Bizet
— new words: Garrison Keillor © 2005 Garrison Keillor
UN BEL DI (quote in "Guy Noir" script)
— Jennifer Rivera and Richard Dworsky
— w/m: Giacomo Puccini
— new words: Garrison Keillor © 2005 Garrison Keillor
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
— Odetta and Seth Farber, with live audience
— w/m: traditional
— rec.: "Gonna Let it Shine" M.C. Records 55
SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN (intermission)
— Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
— © Emi Catalog Partnership/ Haven Gillespie Music Pub.
LIMERICKS
— Garrison Keillor and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— m: traditional
— w: Garrison Keillor © 2005 Garrison Keillor
WINTERTIME
— Jennifer Rivera, Richard Dworsky, Gary Raynor, and Andy Stein
— w/m: George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
— © 1935 (Renewed) Gershwin Publishing Corp.
— new words: Garrison Keillor © 2005 Garrison Keillor
WONDERFUL LIFE script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2005 Richard Dworsky (BMI)
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL ( in "Wonderful Life" script)
— Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: traditional
MONK script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2005 Richard Dworsky (BMI)
JOY TO THE WORLD (in "Monk" script)
— Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: traditional
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
— Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky, Gary Raynor, and Arnie Kinsella
— w/m: traditional
— new words: Garrison Keillor © 2005 Garrison Keillor
CRAZY MIXED-UP CHRISTMAS
— Pat Donohue and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Pat Donohue
— © 2005 Salspot Music (BMI)
STRANGE NEWS
— The Pavlishyn Sisters and Alla Kutsevych
— w/m: traditional
WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE SHEPHERDS/ ANGELS SING ON HEAVEN
— Janez Lotric and Lenart Lotric
— w/m: traditional
HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE BABY JESUS
— Stanislav and Kristina Kotyza
— w/m: traditional
WHAT MONTH WAS JESUS BORN IN?
— Odetta
— w/m: traditional Spiritual
— rec.: "Gonna Let it Shine" M.C. Records 55
AWAY IN A MANGER (in "News From Lake Wobegon")
— Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky, live audience
— w/m: Martin Luther and William J. Kirkpatrick
ADESTE FIDELIS (in "News From Lake Wobegon")
— Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky, live audience
— w/m: John F. Wade and John Reading
SILENT NIGHT
— Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky, Andy Stein, guests, live audience
— w/m: Jospeh Mohr and Franz Gruber

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