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Title: A remarkable and evocative live performance
Review: What would Garrison Keillor sound like if he could really sing and really write good songs? John Stewart's Phoenix recording comes as close to capturing an essense of America in lyrical form as Keillor's monologues. Not a particularly uniform performance, but the heights it hits are truly remarkable: both "Oldest Living Son" and the "Campaign Trilogy" send shivers after 20 years of listening. As a bonus, some of the talk interspersed between songs is priceless. His description of the young hitchhiker and a Robert Redford-wannabe is stand-up brilliance.
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