(Randolph Hobler) Chris Busch, Jonathan Sill, Christie Burgess, Tom Vorhees, Margaret Clair, Derrick Mitchell, Cami Philgreen. Live recording made at the world premiere in The Sondheim Performing Arts Center, Fairfield, Iowa.
- 1 Outta Here
- 2 My Dream Baby
- 3 The Clip-Clop Life
- 4 Sears, Dear Sears
- 5 Why Can't A Girl
- 6 Some Space For Me
- 7 The Only Time To Act Is Now
- 8 Where Will Tomorrow Take Me
- 9 Where Is The Christmas
- 10 Thanks Be To Music
- 11 Chinatown Ribbon Dance
- 12 The Alphabetter Song
- 13 Play it From Your Heart
- 14 That's The Kind of Life For Me
- 15 I'll Be Here
- 16 Sousa Helps
- 17 Listen To Their Dreams
- 18 Different
- 19 People Of The USA
- 20 Thanks Be To Music (Reprise)
Label-Information:
Banjo Boy is a bio-musical with a twist--from heaven an elderly Meredith Willson goes back to 1928 to change three notes of his personal life, including repairing his non-existent relationship with his father. His adventures upon running away from home include meeting a young Louis Armstrong, tracking down an elderly John Philip Sousa in San Francisco, falling in love with Zi Ling, a Chinese mui tsai (indentured servant), forming a group--The Banjo Boys--and returning home to Mason City, Iowa to help win the Iowa High School Band contest with his own song and win back the love of his father. Banjo Boy is a glorious celebration of American Music, of American diversity, and of the life of Meredith Willson.
