STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - BUTCH THOMPSON - PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION

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Good Monday morning gang (if you believe in such things, especially after a long holiday weekend) and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Minnesota native, Army Veteran, and  jazz pianist and clarinetist, primarily in the genre of ragtime and stride, Butch Thompson (Richard Enos Thompson) on what would have been his 79th Birthday. He was born in 1943 and passed away recently on  August 14, 2022,  of complications of Alzheimer's. He is best known for his work as house pianist and then Musical Director for Garrison Keillor’s radio show the Prairie Home Companion and as bandleader for the Butch Thompson Trio. Today we have him on one of those records, called Prairie Home Companion. It was released in 1979 on the Minnesota Public Radio label and produced by Thompson and Lynne Cruise, who is also the engineer. On it Butch regales with covers of James P. Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Spencer Williams, Fats Waller, and more. 

A1 Ragtime Oriole
Songwriter – James Sylvester Stewart
3:30

A2 Blackberry Rhyme
Songwriter – James Price Johnson
4:41

A3 Keep Off The Grass
Songwriter – James Price Johnson
2:46

A4 Original Jelly Roll Blues
Songwriter – Jelly Roll Morton
3:15

A5 Ain't Misbehavin'
Songwriter – Fats Waller
3:50

A6 Little Wonder
Songwriter – Richard E. Thompson
2:43

B1 Sweet Lorraine
Songwriter – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
5:16

B2 Jersey Sweet
Songwriter – James Price Johnson
2:39

B3 Tishomingo Blues
Songwriter – Spencer Williams 
4:25

B4 Snowy Mornin' Blues
Songwriter – James Price Johnson
3:24

B5 Fickle Fay Creep
Songwriter – Jelly Roll Morton
3:25

B6 Carolina Shout
Songwriter – James Price Johnson
2:30

Piano, clarinet - Butch Thompson

Engineer – Lynne Cruise
Executive Producer – Margaret Moos
Photography – Bill Johnson 
Producer – Butch Thompson, Lynne Cruise