Music Information
Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, December 12, 2009 The Town Hall, New York City, NY
Performers: Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Fred Newman
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, Music Director, piano, melodica, keyboard, organ; Andy Stein, Fiddle and Saxophones; Pat Donohue, guitar; Gary Raynor, bass and Peter Johnson, percussion
Guests:
Norah Jones, vocals and piano; with Sasha Dobson, guitar, piano and percussion; Smokey Hormel, guitar; John Kirby, keyboards; Gus Seyffert, bass and Joey Waronker, drums
Madeleine Peyroux: Madeleine Peyroux , vocals and guitar; Jon Herington, guitar; Gary Versace, keyboard; Barak Mori, bass and Darren Beckett, drums
Heather Masse, vocals
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York: under the direction of Nikolai Kachanov. Soprano: Zhanna Ayzen Mimi Daitz, Nancy Finlay, Joy Glazener, Hanna Golodinskii, Tamara Kachanov, Julia Potulova, Jennifer Parker-Sparks and Rebecca Stanton. Alto: Eileen Bernstein, Sophia Faivush, Stacy Glauque, Silvie Jensen, Anna Laskova, Nadezhda Moiseyeva, Laura Schlachtmeyer and Alexandra Tregubov . Tenor: Guy Brewer, Jeremy Green, Derek Holzmacher, Erin Sheldon, Lee-kai Wang, Thomas Wazelle, David White and Alex Wang. Bass: Frank Barr, Michael Finlay, Vasiliy Golodinskii, Philip Jimenez-Snyder, Kelly-Ray Meritt, Nicolas Mokhoff and Larry Weller.
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
SILENT NIGHT
— Garrison Keillor, Heather Masse, live audience and The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
— Garrison Keillor, Heather Masse, live audience and The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Traditional
LUTHERAN AIR script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2009 Richard Dworsky (BMI)
TELL YER MAMA
— Norah Jones
— w/m: Jesse Harris, Norah Jones, Richard Julian
— © Sony/ATV Songs LLC/ Beanly Songs
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
ON HOLD (in “Guy Noir” script)
— Norah Jones
— w: Garrison Keillor
— m: Norah Jones
— © 2009 Maia Maia Music (BMI)/ Norah Jones
JOY TO THE WORLD (in “Guy Noir” script)
— Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Fred Newman, Richard Dworsky
— w/m: Isaac Watts and G. F. Handel
INSTEAD
— Madeleine Peyroux
— w/m: Julian Coryell and Madeleine Peyroux
— © Pennywell Publishing
POWDERMILK BISCUIT THEME
— Garrison Keillor and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Garrison Keillor
— ©Maia Maia Music (BMI)
CHERUBIC HYMN
— The Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
— w/m: traditional
SHCHEDRYK (UKRAINIAN CAROL OF THE BELLS)
— The Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
— w/m: traditional
THE LIVES OF THE COWBOYS THEME (WESTERN THEME)
— The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band
— m: Pat Donohue and Richard Dworsky
— © 1994 Salspot Music (BMI)
— © 1994 Richard Dworsky (BMI)
COWBOYS script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2009 Richard Dworsky (BMI)
COWBOYS song (in “Cowboys” script)
— Garrison Keillor and Pat Donohue
— m: traditional
— w: Garrison Keillor
— © 2009 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
SILENT NIGHT (in “Cowboys” script)
— Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Fred Newman, Garrison Keillor and Pat Donohue
— w/m: Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber
— new words: Garrison Keillor © 2009 Maia Maia Music (BMI)
WAITING
— Norah Jones
— w/m: Norah Jones
— © Gullible Jones, LLC
EVEN THOUGH
— Norah Jones
— w/m: Jesse Harris and Norah Jones
— © Sony/ATV Songs LLC/ Beanly Songs
AVALON (Intermission)
— w/m: Vincent Rose, Al Jolson, Buddy Desylva
— © Warner Bros Music/ Songwriters Guild of America/ Stephen Ballentine Music
XMAS script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2009 Richard Dworsky
O HOLY NIGHT (quote in “Xmas” script)
— Sue Scott
— w/m: Adolphe Adam
DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE
— Madeleine Peyroux
— w/m: Leonard Cohen
— © Sony/ ATV Songs LLC
THIS IS HEAVEN TO ME
— Madeleine Peyroux
— w/m: Frank Reardon and Ernest Schweikert
— © Warner Chappell Music Inc.
DECEMBER
— Norah Jones
— w/m: Norah Jones
— © Gullible Jones, LLC
DECEMBER SONNET
— Garrison Keillor and Richard Dworsky
— w: Garrison Keillor
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © Maia Maia Music/ Richard Dworsky (BMI)
BROOMS
The Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
w/m: traditional
THE FIRST NOEL
— Garrison Keillor, Heather Masse, live audience and The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: traditional
Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).





