Performers, Music Sources and Credits
Saturday, July 7, 2007

Performers
• Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Fred Newman, Erica Rhodes
•The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano, organ, keyboard; Andy Stein, fiddle, mandolin, bari saxophone, tenor saxophone; Pat Donohue, guitar; Gary Raynor, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion

Guests
Inga Swearingen, vocals
Calvin Trillin, poet
The Existential Bass Quintet: Nathan FarringtonPeter Schickele, piano and vocals and David Düsing, vocals and melodica
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, guitars, vocals
Prudence Johnson, vocals
Nathan Farrington, bass



Music
TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)
—Garrison Keillor and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
—© 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor
—Arranged by Gary Fagin and Paul Gerike

JAMES LEVINE HONK
— Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— Excerpts from:
—Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 - Johannes Brahms
—Symphony No. 5 inC Minor, Op. 67 - Ludwig van Beethoven
—Overture from Tannhäuser, WWV 70 - Richard Wagner
—Arranged by Andy Stein

MAKE ME DOWN A PALLET ON YOUR FLOOR
—Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
—w/m: traditional
—new words/arrangement: Gillian Welch © Irving Music
—rec.: "Soul Journey" Acony Records 305

CAMP script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2005 Richard Dworsky

ATTICS OF MY LIFE
—Garrison Keillor, Prudence Johnson, Inga Swearingen, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The Edith Wharton String Quartet
— w/m: Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia
— © Ice Nine Publishing Co. Inc.
— Arranged by Lee Blaske

SCARBOROUGH FAIR
— Inga Swearingen, Richard Dworsky, Gary Raynor, Edith Wharton String Quartet
— w/m: traditional
— Arranged by Linda Vanasupa

SCARLET LETTER script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2004 Richard Dworsky

THE SADDEST NOISE
—Inga Swearingen and Richard Dworsky
—w: Emily Dickinson
—m: Richard Dworsky © Richard Dworsky

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

THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
—The Existential Bass Quartet with Inga Swearingen
—w/m: John Philip Sousa
—Arranged by Lawrence Wolfe

SWEET AND LOW (BASS)
—Garrison Keillor and The Existential Bass Quartet
—Original w/m: Alfred Tennyson/ J. Barnby
—Arranged by Lawrence Wolfe
—New words: Garrison Keillor © 2004 Garrison Keillor

A TIME FOR LOVE
—Inga Swearingen, Richard Dworsky, Howard Levy, and Gary Raynor (and Tanglewood birds)
—w/m: Johnny Mandel and P.F. Webster
—© Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP)

GUY NOIR THEME
—Richard Dworsky, Gary Raynor, Arnie Kinsella
—w: Garrison Keillor/ Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 1995 Keillor/Dworsky

BEI MIR BIST DU SCHOEN (Intermission)
—Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m:, Sholom Secunda, Jacobs Jacobs, Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn
—© Cahn Music Co./Harms, Inc. (ASCAP)

STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
—Garrison Keillor, Guy's All- Star Shoe Band, Edith Wharton String Quartet, Nathan Farrington, live audience
—w/m: Francis Scott Key

IF LOVE IS REAL
— Peter Schickele and David Düsing, with Arnie Kinsella, glockenspiel
— w/m: Peter Schickele
— © 1991 Elkan-Vogel Co., Bryn Mawr, PA

CYNDI
— Peter Schickele, David Düsing, and Andy Stein
— w/m: Peter Schickele
— © Elkan-Vogel Co., Bryn Mawr, PA

HOLIDAY IN DELAWARE (in "Lenox" script)
—The Edith Wharton String Quartet and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—m: J.S. Zamecnik
—©1924 Sam Fox Publishing
—Arranged by Russell Warner

RED CLAY HALO
—Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
—w/m: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
—© Irving Music/ Say Uncle Music/ Cracklin' Music (admin. by Bug) (BMI)
—rec.: "Time (The Revelator)" Acony Records

FOURTH script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2005 Richard Dworsky

GIGUE FOR TWO BASSES (from Suite for Cello. No. 3 in C Major BWV 1009)
— Nathan Farrington and Gary Raynor (with fireworks by Fred Newman)
— m: Johan Sebastian Bach
— Arranged by Gary Raynor and Nathan Farrington

CAFÉ BOEUF script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2005 Richard Dworsky

WHERE FLAMINGOS FLY
— Inga Swearingen, Richard Dworsky, and Gary Raynor
— w/m: John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, and El Thea
— © Screen Gems- EMI Music Inc.
— rec.: "Reverie"

QUARTET FOR BASSES- Movement 4
—The Existential Bass Quartet
—m: Joseph Lauber

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
—Garrison Keillor, Inga Swearingen, The Existential Bass Quartet, live audience
—w/m: Samuel Ward and Katherine Lee Bates
—Arranged by Lawrence Wolfe

AMERICA
—Garrison Keillor, Inga Swearingen, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, live audience
—w/m: Samuel Francis Smith and Henry Carey

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