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Title: Gospel Birds by Garrison Keillor ISBN: 1-56511-010-2 Publisher: HighBridge Company Pub. Date: June, 1993 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 3 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful Stories told by America's Storyteller
Comment: Garrison Keillor is to the spoken story what Mark Twain was to the written - a kind and intelligent sense of humor mixed in with a wickedly insightful knowledge of human nature. His monologues, the "News from Lake Wobegon", have always been the centerpiece of PBS's wildly successful Prairie Home Companion, and I have found none of his stories to be superior to those contained within this collection.
Pastor Inqvist's Trip to Orlando is worth the price of these cassettes alone with the story of the humble Lutheron Minister and his desire to please his Church Deacons and Mrs. Inqvist at the same time. The Gospel Birds is another "church" story, but you'd be wrong if you came to a listen thinking that Mr. Keillor is simply a "holy roller" trying to pound his version of "the gospel" into anyone.
His stories are about what makes us human - our nobleness and our failings - and his storytelling is so skillful, he allows us to hear that our shortcomings are as important in who we are as our triumphs.
Rating: 5
Summary: The height of the monologue
Comment: This is a fine collection of monologues from the period during which Keillor most popular, and it also has gorgeous guitar links provided by Chet Atkins, whose trademark arpeggios are beautifully rendered on an acoustic guitar with a rich, mellow sound. I was moved by these recordings to buy several Chet Atkins CDs. "Meeting Donny Hart at the Bus Stop," "Pastor Inqvist's Trip to Orlando," and "Mammoth Concert Tickets" contain all of the elements that earned Keillor his loyal following -- an affection for the Minnesota region, fallible human characters, hope and compassion, all told with a twinkling sense of humor.
Rating: 5
Summary: Garrison's Best-Ever recording!
Comment: I have virtually all of Keillor's Lake Woebegon works, and this is his finest! "On Meeting Donny Hart" is perhaps the finest tragi-comedy of them all! You'll bust a gut listening to Mazumbo, Gospel Birds, Pastor Ingquist's Trip to Orlando, Mammoth Concert, and Babe Ruth Visits Lake Woebegon-- the whole set is superb. I can't say enough good about this excellent product.
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Title: More News from Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor ISBN: 0942110374 Publisher: HighBridge Company Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Lake Wobegon USA by Garrison Keillor ISBN: 1565110080 Publisher: HighBridge Company Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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Title: News from Lake Wobegon Fall by Garrison Keillor ISBN: 1565112148 Publisher: HighBridge Company Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: A Prairie Home Christmas by Garrison Keillor ISBN: 1565111249 Publisher: HighBridge Company Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Life These Days: Stories from Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor ISBN: 1565112938 Publisher: HighBridge Company Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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