8/11/08 - Arthur Wood

Arthur Wood - Bob Gibson feature in Folkwax

A five part feature on Bob Gibson is appearing in the free, weekly, online folk publication, FolkWax, starting in late July and running through August 2008.

The feature can be found in the Archive, in the Backstage area, on the FolkWax site.

You can subscribe to FolkWax at www.folkwax.com.

5/29/08 - Mike Regenstreif

Shel Silverstein/Bob Gibson - Folk Roots/Folk Branches feature

Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif is now a 30-minute feature, frequently heard at about 10:00 am during Folk Directions with Gerry Goodfriend on Thursday mornings (9-11:00 eastern) on CKUT, 90.3 FM in Montreal, or at www.ckutfolk.com.

This feature is available as a podcast (for two months) by clicking on:

secure.ckut.ca/64/20080529.10.03-10.31.mp3

4/25/08 - Chris Spector

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BOB GIBSON LEGACY
GIBSON & CAMP/Homemade Music: Did you know that Gibson and Camp didn't know each other until Gibson came home one day and found Camp sitting in his living room? Albert Grossman wanted his own power folk trio and saw Gibson, Camp and Jo Mapes being his version of Kingston Trio. He was savvy enough to see the magic between Gibson and Camp before they even played together and that's why their 1961 duo set is still such a landmark today. When Grossman couldn't make these three tow the mark, he threw up his hands and invented Peter, Paul and Mary instead. They might have been unruly, but the magic in the music couldn't de denied. 17 years later, Gibson & Camp reformed the group that never really was, made a genre busting set in an old folkie's basement and gave it a valiant go in the face of disco. This set wasn't folk, singer/songwriter or anything that could fit under any easy label other than good. Originally released on an out of the way folk label in the face of disco and an immanent industry collapse, it fueled a PBS special that needs to be dug out of moth balls as well. A hold over from an era that gave us other duos that should have been like Martin & Neil, this is set that any folk fan needs to complete their collection of the era and to enjoy in real time. A delightful, one of a kind set that's great to have back in print.
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CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher
©2008 Midwest Record

April 11, 2008 - Chris Spector - Midwest Record

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BOB GIBSON LEGACY
BOB GIBSON/Funky in the Country: With the entire folk music era being reduced to either what you can take away from "A Mighty Wind" or PBS specials with old, fat, bald guys talking about Eisenhower and McCarthy, it can be a challenge to put Bob Gibson in perspective. He was one of the prime movers of the folk era but hounded by his own demons, you don't think of him in the same thought as Kingston Trio, Peter Paul & Mary and several others unless you were incredibly precocious or are well into your retirement years. Gibson gave us Judy Collins and Joan Baez, wrote most of the songs on the best Chad Mitchell Trio album, had the nascent Eagles back him up on his last major label release for quite a while and was in on a string of woulda/coulda/shouldas that hinges on unbelievable if it wasn't really so. When this DIY album was released in 1974, Chicago was the last bastion of folk music. It would take disco to kill it off in ways that even the British Invasion couldn't. But disco was a few years off and SoCal singer/singerwriters picked up the folk/acoustic music mantle and were trudging forward. Into all that, Gibson hit us between the eyes with "Living Legend" on this record. If you were a snotty college kid, you knew it was a great song and performance but you didn't realize it hit you so hard because the lyrics were painfully truthful and autobiographical. You knew him as an amiable folkie that had a cup of coffee in the show, not as someone that almost ran the show. Just like he had 20 years before, Gibson picked up his 12 string, sang his heart out and gave you what you came for. Reprising his hit, kicking it on some Shel Silverstein co-writes and serving up something that was not only right for the times but stands the test of time, this is one of the lost gems of the 70s. You had to have missed this first time around and this is a great time to catch up on what you missed. This is one cat that always had it.
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BOB GIBSON/The Living Legend Years: A best of collection culled from the 4 albums Gibson did in the 70s and 80s with some added tracks from the vaults. Eventually, all the albums represented here will be individually released but until they are, this is contemporary folkie delight.
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April 10, 2008 - Mike Regenstreif - The Montreal Gazette

BOB GIBSON, The Living Legend Years (Bob Gibson Legacy) This fine compilation of solo tracks, and duets with Hamilton Camp and Tom Paxton, includes three previously-unreleased gems, and another 10 songs drawn from four LPs the late folk legend recorded between 1974 and �84. ****

MIKE REGENSTREIF