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Performers, Music Sources and Credits
Saturday, December 23, 2006
The Town Hall, 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 and saxophones; Pat Donohue, guitar; Gary Raynor, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion
Guests
• Odetta, vocals; with Seth Farber, piano
• Kristin Chenoweth, vocals; with Rob Fisher, piano
• Walter Bobbie, vocals
• Peter Schickele, with Elizabeth Farnum, soprano; Hai-Ting Chinn, alto; Scott Williamson, tenor; Diva Goodfriend-Koven, piccolo; John Moses, E-flat clarinet; Melanie Feld, English Horn; and Harry Searing, contrabassoon
Music
TISHOMINGO BLUES
—Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
—© 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 2006 Garrison Keillor
CHRISTMAS AT THE JAILHOUSE (MOTHER WAS A LADY)
—Garrison Keillor and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—Original w/m: Edward B. Marks and Joseph W. Stern
—© Edward B Marks Music Company
—New words: Garrison Keillor © 2006 Garrison Keillor
CELL script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2006 Richard Dworsky
O LITTLE TOWN OF HACKENSACK
—Elizabeth Farnum, Hai-Ting Chinn, Scott Williamson, Peter Schickele
—w/m: P.D.Q. Bach (reverently edited by Prof. Peter Schickele)
—© 1977 Theodore Presser Co.
WE THREE KINGS (WISE)
—Garrison Keillor, Walter Bobbie, and Tim Russell with Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—m: traditional
—w: Garrison Keillor © 1996 Garrison Keillor
MRS. CLAUS script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2006 Richard Dworsky
BRAIN script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2006 Richard Dworsky
CHRISTMAS BLUES
—Pat Donohue and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: Pat Donohue
—© Salspot Music (BMI)
POWDERMILK BISCUIT THEME
—Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: Garrison Keillor
—© Garrison Keillor
ANDY STEIN'S HOLIDAY HOEDOWN
—Guy's All Star Shoe Band
—Arranged by Andy Stein
—© 2001 Andy Stein
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
—w/m: traditional
"March" from THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
—w/m: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
—w/m: Felix Mendelssohn
"Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy" from THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
—w/m: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
"Waltz of the Flowers" from THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
—w/m: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
WHITE CHRISTMAS
—w/m: Irving Berlin
—© 1940 Irving Berlin
"Russian Dance- Trepek " from THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
—w/m: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
WINTER WONDERLAND
—w/m: Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
—© 1934 Bregman, Vocco, & Conn
"Hallelujah Chorus" from THE MESSIAH
—w/m: George Frideric Handel
WHAT MAKES ME LOVE HIM? (from "The Apple Tree")
—Kristin Chenoweth and Rob Fisher
—w/m: Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
—© Alley Music Corp./ Appletree Music Company
COME ON RING THOSE BELLS
—Kristin Chenoweth, Rob Fisher and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: Andrew Culverwell
—© 1976 Manna Music, Inc. ARR UBP of Manna Music, Inc.
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
—© 2006 Richard Dworsky (BMI)
POOR LITTLE JESUS
—Odetta and Seth Farber
—w/m: traditional
O JERUSALEM
—Odetta and Seth Farber, with Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and live audience
—w/m: traditional
JINGLE BELL ROCK (Intermission)
—Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: J. Beal and J. Boothe
—© Chappell & Co.
GINGERBREAD (WE THREE KINGS)
—Garrison Keillor and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—m: traditional
—w: Garrison Keillor © 2006 Garrison Keillor
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
—Garrison Keillor and Richard Dworsky
—w/m: Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots
—© 1934 Leo Feist Inc.
—new words: Garrison Keillor
—© 2002/ 2006 Garrison Keillor
JOY TO THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY TO OUT-OF-WORK MUSICIANS: Suite for six gig-impaired instruments
—Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Melanie Feld, John Moses, Harry Searing, Andy Stein and Arnie Kinsella
—w/m: traditional
—arranged by Peter Schickele
CATCHUP script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2006 Richard Dworsky
CATCHUP THEME
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—w: Garrison Keillor
—© Garrison Keillor and Richard Dworsky (BMI)
POLISH SONGS: PRZYBIEZELI DO BETLEJEM (SHEPHERDS CAME TO BETHLEHEM)/ DZIASIAJ W BETLEJEM (O COME REJOICING)/ GDY SIE CHRYSTUS RODZI (CHRIST IS BORN THIS EVENING)
—Walter Bobbie, Guy's All Star Shoe Band, Elizabeth Farnum, Hai-Ting Chinn, Scott Williamson, Peter Schickele
—w/m: traditional
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
—Odetta, Seth Farber, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, live audience
—w/m: traditional
O HOLY NIGHT
—Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Elizabeth Farnum, Hai-Ting Chinn, Scott Williamson, Peter Schickele
—w: Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure, translated by John S. Dwight
—m: Adolphe Charles Adams
SILENT NIGHT
—Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, live audience
—w: Joseph Mohr
—m: Franz Gruber
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