| Gibson Bros. / Build A Raft |
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| Album: | Build A Raft | Collection: | General 12" | |
| Artist: | Gibson Bros. | Added: | Mar 2011 | |
| Label: | Columbus Discount Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-11-27 | Pull Date: | 2012-01-15 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 8 | Jan 1 | Dec 25 | Dec 11 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 09, 2014: | The Songsmith Show Big Pine Boogie | 4. | Sep 28, 2012: | The Songsmith Show Big Pine Boogie | |
| 2. | May 01, 2013: | Minding The Gap - May Day edition 16 Tons | 5. | May 04, 2012: | The Songsmith Show My Bucket's Got A Hole In It | |
| 3. | Jan 18, 2013: | The Songsmith Show Highway 61 | 6. | Jan 05, 2012: | The Songsmith Show My Bucket's Got A Hole In It |
| Album Review |
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| MC Dizzy Jackson Reviewed 2011-11-19 | ||
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Not to be mistaken for The Gibson Brothers (the bluegrass duo), the Gibson Bros. were a seminal Columbus OH band and a precursor to the sound Jon Spencer (who was in the band for a spell) would later take with him to Blues Explosion. Down and dirty garage, trance blues, bent-up-and-beat-all-to-hell country, psychobilly, punk - whatever it is you want it to be - kick ass. The studio side is pretty polished, the live stuff not so much, very lo-fi as it should rightly be. Instrumentation of guitars, bass, drums, and a hambone! Recorded in 1985-86. Great stuff all the way through! Play it all!! FCC #16. *My Favorites*: 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 22. Side 1 (Studio) 1. *Mid / Fast. Driving as all get-out. Screamed vocals. Crunchy guitar. Killer. 2. Mid. Big country sound with mandolin. Plodding beat, easy going. 3. Mid. Trippy guitar sound inside a country number. Even-keel rhythm. 4. *Mid. Charley Patton classic. Quite different from Charley’s with high pitched guitar, tuff rhythm guitar, knee-slaps. Ominous trance and cool. 5. Mid / Fast. Quick intro song. 6. *Mid / Fast. Quick-paced vocal delivery and frenetic beat. Catchy and cool. 7. *Mid. Just like Jon Spencer would later play with the band, heavy distorted trance blues. Kick ass. 8. Slow / Mid. Classic ‘Walkin’ Boss’ done by many including Jerry Garcia / David Grisman. Mandolin, plodding beat. Nice version. 9. Mid. Quick INSTRUMENTAL. Echoey guitars, minimal drumbeat. Side 2 (Live) 10. *Introduction by Elementary School principal. A ‘cultural activity’. Should be played with next song. 11. *Mid. Cool ‘woo-hoo’ hollers. Upbeat, driving, great slide guitar, plodding beat. Yeah. 12. *Mid / Fast. Punk-ish, bluesy, driving with screamed vocal. 13. *Mid. Trance, country, blues, punk. Tuff stuff. Mean and gruff. 14. Slow / Mid. Walkin’ sparse trance blues. 15. *Slow / Mid. Porter Wagoner classic. Ominous with echoey vocals eliciting the title ‘Rubber Room’. Really spacey and psychedelic. 16. Mid. FCC. Charley Patton classic / poem. Drenched in trance done over the voices of the party crowd. Side 3 (Studio Outtakes) 17. Mid. Second version of song #12. Heavy drunken vocal, trancey. 18. Slow / Mid. Second version of song #15, Wagoner song. Vocal sounds like previous song, but more like he’s disturbed and drunk. Ominous as all get-out. 19. Mid. INSTRUMENTAL. Dark electric guitar soloing, very trancey, almost to a drone. Side 4 (Studio Outtake & ‘Keepers’ 7”) 20. *Slow / Mid. Another drunken vocal, the whole thing sounding like it’s playing at 33 1/3 when it should be at 78. Dark, heavy and killer. 21. Mid. Marching drumbeat, cool guitar, cool story song. 22. *Mid. Mose Allison classic ‘Parchman Farm’ like you’ve never heard it. Rubbery drunk vocal. Includes guitar, bass, drums and hambone! Killer. | ||
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