Garrison Keillor Information

Garrison Edward Kiellor is a shy, introspective, persona is balanced by a sharp sense of humor, small-town wisdom and love of traditional folk and jazz by Radio Hall of Fame member Garrison Keillor. The host of the popular live radio show, Keillor is heard weekly on more than 400 National Public Radio stations. Keillor's books, including Happy to Be Here, have made him a regular presence on the best-selling lists of American authors. An audio version of was the recipient of a Grammy award in 1985. Keillor's earliest radio experience came as a student at the University of Minnesota, where he graduated as a journalism major in 1966. Beginning in 1969, Keillor wrote for magazine. While researching an article on the Grand Ole Opry in 1974, Keillor conceived a live radio show featuring traditional music. While the first broadcasts of were heard on Minnesota Public Radio, the show quickly became a national phenomenon. During the first 13 years the show was aired, it received the George Foster Peabody award, the Edward R. Murrow award, and a medal from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Although Keillor's deadpan delivery remained the show's centerpiece, provided regular airplay for a lengthy list of performers including Greg Brown, Jean Redpath, Bill Staines, Beausoleil, Robin & Linda Williams, Butch Thompson, Prudence Johnson and Michael Cooney. The show was broadcast on the Disney cable-TV station for several years and received two Ace awards for television broadcast excellence. In 1987, Keillor announced that he was ending . Moving to New York, he launched a similar show, , two years later. Although the new show lasted four seasons, Keillor's fans wished for a return to the original program. In 1993, Keillor relented. Returning to the World Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, he resurrected. In addition to his continued involvement as host of, Keillor hosts a poetry radio show, broadcast daily and is a frequent contributor to and magazine. A deep-voiced vocalist, Keillor has sung many songs. Together with the The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, he recorded an album of spirituals and hymns in 1992. Garrison Keillor has made the following quotes, "Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function." "I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it." "Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn." "A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together." "I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver."

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