Performers, Music Sources and Credits
Saturday February 21, 2009
Live from the Fitzgerald Theater, Saint Paul, MN


Performers
Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Mark Benninghofen, Tom Keith
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band:
Richard Dworsky, Music Director, piano, keyboard, organ; Peter Ostroushko, fiddle and mandolin; Pat Donohue, guitar; Gary Raynor, bass; and Peter Johnson, percussion; Marc Anderson, auxiliary percussion


Guests
•Andra Suchy, vocals
•VocalEssence Ensemble Singers: under the direction of Philip Brunelle. Accompanied by Charles Kemper. Soprano: Amy Johnson, Lori Lewis, Carolyn Mitchell, Jenny Rissman, Maggie Sabin, Ann Schrooten, Ruth Spiegel. Alto: Diane Fernald, Angel Hackett, Emma Hovel, Marita Link, Anna Meek, Jean Parish. Tenor: Kevin Bailey, Nick Barootian, Anders Eckman, Brian Link, Nick Mattsson, Brock Metzger, Joe Okell, Aaron Williamson. Bass: Eric Bartlett, Steve Burger, Deric Craig, Ryan French, Jerry Johnson, Jim Ramlet, Robert Smith

Music
TISHOMINGO BLUES
—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/ 2009 Maia Maia Music

JOY script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© Richard Dworsky (BMI)

JOY additional underscore
—The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—m: The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—© The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

FUN FUN FUN (quote in "Joy" script)
—Garrison Keillor
—w/m: Brian Wilson and Mike Love
—© Irving Music

ODE TO JOY (in "Joy" script)
—Vocalessence, Richard Dworsky (organ), Gary Raynor, Peter Johnson and Marc Anderson with live audience
—original w/m: Beethoven
—w: Garrison Keillor
—© 2009 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
—Choral arrangement: Paul Gerike

ROCK AND ROLL
—Pat Donohue and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: Pat Donohue
—© Salspot Music (BMI)

I AIN'T NEVER
—Garrison Keillor, Andra Suchy, Gary Raynor, Peter Johnson and Marc Anderson
—w/m: Mel Tillis and Webb Pierce
—© Universal- Songs of Polygram Inc.

GUY NOIR THEME
—The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w: Garrison Keillor and Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 1995 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
—© 1995 Richard Dworsky (BMI)

GUY NOIR script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2009 Richard Dworsky

RITE OF SPRING script underscore
—Richard Dworsky with Marc Anderson
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© Richard Dworsky (BMI)

YOU CAN'T HURRY SPRING (YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE) (quote in "Rite of Spring" script)
—Andra Suchy
—w/m: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland
—© Jobete Music Co Inc./Stone Agate Music Corp
—new words: Garrison Keillor © 2009 Maia Maia Music (BMI)

RITE OF SPRING (in "Rite of Spring" script)
—Vocalessence, with Gary Raynor, Peter Johnson, Marc Anderson
—m: Stravinsky
—w: Garrison Keillor © 2009 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
—Choral arrangement: Paul Gerike

POWDERMILK BISCUIT THEME
—Garrison Keillor and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: Garrison Keillor
—© Maia Maia Music (BMI)

THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN DULUTH (THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN THE SPRING)
—Vocalessence
—original w/m: Morley
—new words: Garrison Keillor
—© Maia Maia Music (BMI)
—Choral arrangement: Paul Gerike

ONLY A ROSE
—Pat Donohue, Andra Suchy and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: Geraint Watkins
—© Plangent Visions Music Inc.

ADVENTURERS script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2009 Richard Dworsky (BMI)

NICARAGUA
—The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—m: Peter Ostroushko
—© Sluz-Duz Publishing Co. (BMI)

COFFEE script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2009 Richard Dworsky (BMI)

COFFEE JINGLE
—Garrison Keillor and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w: Garrison Keillor
—m: Kate MacKenzie and Garrison Keillor
—© Maia Maia Music (BMI)
—© Kate MacKenzie

COMPLAINT script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2009 Richard Dworsky (BMI)

SPRING SONG (in "Complaint" script)
—Vocalessence (a capella)
—m: Mendelssohn
—w: Garrison Keillor © 2009 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
—Choral arrangement: Paul Gerike

WORLD OF SILENCE (SOUND OF SILENCE) (in "Complaint" script)
—Garrison Keillor and Pat Donohue with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band (minus Peter Ostroushko)
—w/m: Paul Simon © Paul Simon
—new words: Garrison Keillor © 2009 Maia Maia Music (BMI)

WOULDN'T IT BE NICE? (in "Complaint" script)
—Garrison Keillor and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: B. Wilson, T. Asher, Mike Love
—© Irving Music
—new words: Garrison Keillor © 2009 Maia Maia Music (BMI)

GAUDEAMUS IGITUR
—Vocalessence (a capella)
—w/m: traditional
—New words: Garrison Keillor © 2009 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
—Choral arrangement: Paul Gerike

GAUDEAMUS IGITUR (instrumental version)
—The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: traditional

'O FORTUNA' FROM CARMINA BURANA
—Vocalessence with Gary Raynor, Peter Johnson and Marc Anderson, (Pat Donohue and Peter Ostroushko, additional percussion)
—w/m: Carl Orff
—new words: Garrison Keillor © 2009 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
—Choral arrangement: Paul Gerike

LADY BE GOOD (intermission)
—The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
—© WB Music Corp.

CHAPEL OF LOVE
—Garrison Keillor, Andra Suchy, Gary Raynor, Peter Johnson and Marc Anderson (Richard Dworsky and Pat Donohue, backup vocals)
—w/m: Jeff Barry, Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich
—© Trio Music Company, Inc./ Mother Bertha Music, Inc./ Universal - Songs Of Polygram International Inc./ Abkco Music Inc

OUT OF THE BUCKET
—The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2009 Richard Dworsky (BMI)

MARRIED script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2009 Richard Dworsky (BMI)

PATHETIQUE (in "Married" script)
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Beethoven

TRIBUTO A MARTIN LUTHER KING
—Vocalessence, with Peter Johnson and Marc Anderson
—w/m: Wilson Simonal
—© Wilson Simonal

MY SOUL'S BEEN ANCHORED
—Vocalessence
—w/m: traditional

I DON'T WANT TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE (quote in "News From Lake Wobegon")
—Garrison Keillor
—w/m: Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin, Ed Durham
—© Chappel & Co./ Bug Music/ Ocheri Publishing Corp.

MACOMB ALABAMA
—The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—m: Peter Ostroushko
—© Sluz- Duz Publishing Co. (BMI)

MLK (SLEEP TONIGHT)
—Vocalessence
—w/m: Adam Clayton, David Evans, Paul David Hewson and Laurence Mullen
—© Universal Polygram International/ U2
—Arranged by Bob Chilcott

THE SNOWSTORM
—Garrison Keillor and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band and Vocalessence
—m: traditional
—w: Seba Smith

RUTH script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2009 Richard Dworsky (BMI)

ODE TO JOY REPRISE
—Vocalessence, Richard Dworsky (organ), Gary Raynor, Peter Johnson and Marc Anderson with live audience
—original w/m: Beethoven
—w: Garrison Keillor
—© Maia Maia Music (BMI)
—Choral arrangement: Paul Gerike

RAGTIME ANNIE
—The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
—w/m: traditional

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