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Very Best of Brother

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Brother Dave was politically incorrect before politically incorrect was cool. This is not for the bleeding-heart victim crowd. So, if you're not a prissy, liberal, pseudo intellect who feigns "PC Outrage" at all humor directed at any group except rednecks, you will love Brother Dave. And, he does a redneck better than any person on the planet - check out the cop on the Motorcycle story. By the way, if you are a soldier of PCism, you can vent every ounce of self-righteous indignation and moral outrage you have by listening to Brother Dave - and feel good about yourself.

Having grown up listening to and enjoying Brother Dave's LPs, I was thrilled to find this CD and to relive those wonderful words of his. His humor is still as fresh and crisp now as it was more than 30 years ago. It isn't for the PC crowd, but they don't matter anyhow. Brother Dave once said that liberals are people educated beyond their capacity, and that view is still valid today.

While people tend to complain that "Brother" Dave was racist, they should also note that he was an equal opportunity offender, mocking every one from evangelists to politicians to motorcyle gang members to small town policitians--name a stereotype and you will find Gardner casting an aspersion upon it. At the same time, it is also perfectly true that Gardner was very much of his place and time, and in this (hopefully) more enlightened, more tolerant age it is sometimes difficult to find genuine humor in his work. Perhaps his recordings are best regarded as a time capsule, something by which we measure how far we have come over the past thirty years. But say what you like: I STILL love the motorcycle story!

I've been a Brother Dave fan for longer than I can remember. I grew up with his albums. I always respected his relaxed irreverence and his ability to gently poke fun at everyone.

I own several of Brother Dave's earlier albums. I bought this one mostly out of curiosity that arose from some of the criticism in these reviews. Frankly, I was very skeptical of some of the comments made, particularly the accusations of racism.

I should have kept my money. And my illusions.

The Brother Dave I always loved can be characterized by one of my favorite quotes. "It don't make no difference." This delivered with a warm chuckle.

The Brother Dave that recorded this album was focused on differences. His gentle pokes at meaningless differences had become angry jabs at everything outside the "establishment". To use the sixties word for such things. A younger Brother Dave taught me to look at the world with my eyes open. This later Brother Dave lashed out with his mind tightly closed.

Perhaps dissapointing is too mild a word.

Meet Brother Dave on the "Rejoice Dear Hearts" / "Kick Thy Own Self" double album CD. Let this mistake be forgotten.

I love Brother Dave. I first heard him way back when he was getting started. The humor is a bit racist and there are parts of it that could upset those who are not used to Southern Comedy. It was in the days before sensitivity training turned us into persons so sensitive that we could no longer enjoy plain old fashioned humor. Not politically correct - but funny.

I gave it 3 stars overall, because the quality of the sound was very poor...I had to turn it way up to hear him, then scrambled to turn it down, when the laughter/applause exploded through the speakers....The material was good, not excellent..... I have every one of Jerry Clower's recordings, but think I'll stop at this one of Brother Dave.... We use comedy recordings on road trips, and it was kind of a hassle having to constantly monkey around with the volume. The most interesting thing was his references to "current events" of 25+ years ago, but the subject matter was still relevant today, only the names of the "players" have changed......

The quality of the audio is good; however the CD does not have tracks so listening to it is very annoying because you can't go to the different titles listed on the cover.....I wish they would have said this on the description before I purchased from this publisher.

The Very Best of Brother Dave has to be the best you've ever heard. I was very fortunate to get to meet with him backstage after a performance in Columbus, Georgia. It was during Viet Nam and he came for us soldiers. The U. S. Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning was nearby. Before going into the Army I had purchased every record he had put on the market and listened to them so often that I could say each word on each album, word for word, just a split second before Dave would say them on the recording. My first opportunity to see him live was in my hometime of Jacksonville, Florida. He was unbelievable! But, when I saw him perform in Columbus and then was able to speak with him afterwards backstage made that night unbelievable. He was very warm and gracious. Not knowing it would be the last time I would see him alive, made it even a more special time in my life. His humor had a lot of current event material in it and his language was always clean. There will never be another Brother Dave Gardner!!

I purchased this as a gift for my husband; his parents listened to Brother Dave years ago and my husband remembered the comedy routines from back then. My husband has thoroughly enjoyed listening to this over and over. It has brought back happy memories of the comedy routines and of his parents.

Brother Dave was going strong many years ago when I was a teenager. I recently happened to think of the LP's my friends and I used to listen to in those days so I checked with Amazon to see if they were available on CD. I know that his recordings are very politically incorrect these days but I ordered anyway. I don't mean any disrespect to anybody but I need a good laugh when I can find one.