The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
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The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band is the house band that appears weekly on the popular radio variety show "A Prairie Home Companion".
Featured members of Guy's All-Star Shoe Band:
Other frequent or one-time members of Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
Dick Hyman
occasionally joins the company as a guest pianist. He often does duets with Richard Dworsky.
Featured members of Guy's All-Star Shoe Band:
- Pat DonohuePat DonohuePatrick Donohue is an American fingerstyle guitarist born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a Grammy nominated, National Fingerpicking Guitar Champion and a songwriter. Donohue has several albums to his credit and his songs have been recorded by Chet Atkins, Suzy Bogguss, and Kenny Rogers...
- lead guitar, vocals - Richard DworskyRichard DworskyRichard A. Dworsky is a pianist, a composer, and appears weekly on the A Prairie Home Companion public radio variety show from American Public Media as the resident pianist and band leader...
- piano, organ, synthesizer, melodica, keyboards, vocals, band leader - Gary RaynorGary RaynorGary Raynor is a bassist best known for his appearances in the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band in the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion." He has also played with Sammy Davis, Jr.'s backing band, and a host of other jazz artists, including Count Basie. Although he plays a jazz pizzicato double bass, he...
- bass - Peter Johnson - drums, percussion
- Andy SteinAndy SteinAndy Stein is a saxophone and violin player in the United States best known for his appearances with the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. He is also known for the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band on the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion" and the movie. He has played on a...
- violin, saxophone, vocals (now only appears occasionally) - Jearlyn Steele - gospel vocals
- Jevetta SteeleJevetta Steele-Biography:Steele is originally from Gary, Indiana, though she has lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for many years. She originally migrated to the Twin Cities to become a criminal lawyer, although music and stage would eventually became her destined paths. In addition to her successful solo career,...
often joins the company as a gospel singer. She is Jearlyn's twin sister. The two sisters frequently perform together on the show.
Other frequent or one-time members of Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
- Peter OstroushkoPeter OstroushkoPeter Ostroushko is an American violinist and mandolinist.-Background and career:Of Ukrainian ancestry, Ostroushko grew up in northeast Minneapolis...
- mandolin, acoustic guitar - Randy SandkeRandy SandkeRandy Sandke is a jazz trumpeter and guitarist.In an interview with Larry Kart he said: "I got into jazz kind of chronologically, beginning with Bix and Louis, then Dizzy, Clifford Brown, Miles, and Freddie Hubbard. I also studied at Roosevelt University with Renold Schilke, a legendary teacher...
- trumpet (only seen occasionally) - Arnie Kinsella - steel drums (also appears as a guest drummer)
- Richard Kriehn - fiddle, banjo
- Vince GiordanoVince GiordanoVince Giordano is a musician, arranger, and leader of the New York-based Nighthawks Orchestra. Giordano specializes in the jazz styles of the 1920s and early 1930s. Giordano and the Nighthawks have contributed to a number of films and he is especially noted for orchestrations featured in the...
- bass saxophone, tuba - Butch ThompsonButch ThompsonButch Thompson is an American jazz pianist and clarinetist best known for his ragtime and stride performances....
- clarinet - Joe Savage - steel guitar
- Greg Brown - harmonica, electric guitar
- J.T. Bates was a former drummer for Guy's All-Star Shoe Band but left the band and went solo.
Dick Hyman
Dick Hyman
Richard “Dick” Hyman is an American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer, best-known for his versatility with jazz piano styles. Over a 50 year career, he has functioned as pianist, organist, arranger, music director, and, increasingly, as composer...
occasionally joins the company as a guest pianist. He often does duets with Richard Dworsky.