Garrison Keillor - A Visit to Mark Twain's House 2CD [320 mp3]

Garrison Keillor - A Visit to Mark Twain's House [1990]

This classic performance of Garrison Keillor's American Radio Company was broadcast live from the Mark Twain Memorial in Hartford Connecticut. The Hartford house is where Twain wrote many of his works.

The show pays homage to Twain's genius and personality with humor, period music, and a classic Keillor monologue. Guests included Roy Blount, Jr., the Gregg Smith Quartet, and singer Pamela Warrick-Smith.

From AudioFile

Listeners should thank HighBridge for offering this 1990 recording of Garrison Keillor's visit to Mark Twain's house. It is both educational and fun, much like reading Twain's own work. Keillor is accompanied by humorist Roy Blount, Jr., and singer Pamela Warrick-Smith. Warrick-Smith sings some of Twain's favorite songs in a majestic fashion. Keillor interweaves sketches of Twain's life with readings of his favorite Twain quotations, swapping favorite Twain memories with Blount and doing more surprising things like playing the Twain family music box and playing against Blount on Twain's pool table. Both of these last two activities are marked by the odd sounds and precious moments that define live broadcasts and make this tribute visit to Twain's house a lovely listening experience. G.T.B. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine


Product Details
Audio CD
Publisher: HighBridge Company; Original radio broadcast; 1.75 hours on 2 CDs edition (October 19, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1598870491
ISBN-13: 978-1598870497

01 - Tishomingo Blues
02 - The Twain Home
03 - Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
04 - Mark Twain and the House
05 - Roy Blount Jr. in the Billiard Room
06 - Roy Blount Jr. in the Billiard Room
07 - Twain Aphorisms-Battle Hymn
08 - Advice to the Youth of This Country
09 - Some Folks Do
10 - Intro to Huckleberry Finn
11 - Huckleberry Finn Duke & Dauphin
12 - Huckleberry Finn Duke & Dauphin
13 - Huckleberry Finn Duke & Dauphin
14 - Huckleberry Finn Duke & Dauphin
15 - Huckleberry Finn Duke & Dauphin
16 - Huckleberry Finn Duke & Dauphin
17 - He's the Lily of the Valley
18 - Intermission, Twain's Dark Days
19 - More Of Mark Twain's Sayings
20 - Old Memories-Gentle Annie
21 - Twain's Music Box
22 - Thanks To The Mark Twain Memorial
23 - Thanks To The Mark Twain Memorial
24 - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
25 - Garrison Keillor & Roy Blount, Jr. Play Pool
26 - Garrison Keillor & Roy Blount, Jr. Play Pool
27 - Old Home Day
28 - Thanks And Credits
29 - Flow Gently, Sweet Afton