Bob Gibson & Bob Camp at the Gate of Horn [Live]

Bob Gibson & Bob Camp at the Gate of Horn [Live]

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Bob Gibson & Bob (Hamilton) Camp's 'At The Gate Of Horn' was recorded over three April 1961 sets at the duo's hometown of Chicago haunt The Gate Of Horn. This Collectors' Choice reissue includes both Shel Silverstein's original liner notes and Richie Unterberger's new notes that include quotes from Hamilton Camp.

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Joy Joy!: The Young And Wonderful Bob Gibson
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postfolkie

Every once in a while,

THE FORGOTTEN MAN OF THE FOLK REVIVAL IS MOST ASSUREDLY

Joy Joy!: The Young And Wonderful Bob Gibson
Bob Gibson
Manufacturer: Riverside
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ASIN: B000000ZG8
Release Date: 1996-12-03

Tracks:

Joy Joy
Whoa Buck
This Train
Abilene
John Henry
Pastures Of Plenty
Easy Rider
This Little Light
Money Is King
Ol' Bill
Titanic
The Virgin Mary Had One Son
A Wayfaring Stranger
Take This Hammer
Red Iron Ore
Brandy
Lula Gal
The Rejected Lover
Block Island Reel
Lost Jimmie Whalen
Drill Ye Tarriers
I Come For To Sing
There's A Meetin' Here Tonight
Alberta
The Erie Canal
John Riley
Mighty Day

Customer Reviews:

postfolkie.......2006-11-04

This is essential for any commercial folk music collection. Bob set the stage for was to come from this genre. Buy and enjoy, every track a classic!

Every once in a while,.......2000-02-23

the great "they" out there, gets it right. This time, the good folks at Riverside, are the "they" and "right" is hardly, the word. This CD is perfect. It's one important, glorious, presentation of what will always remain young and wonderful and joyous. A celebration of a man who's music and passion was built upon by generations of future troubadors, while always remaining, singularly, unique. This one gem of a CD, in the treasure that is Bob Gibson's legacy, captures the soul as well as the genius of a man who cared only about finding, then singing, and most of all, sharing, America's tunes. His enormous, "Little Light" shines bright on "Wayfaring Stranger" - dazzles "Take this Hammer" and shatters the rock of "John Henry" and the "Red Iron Ore." Then it filters back softly when "Alberta" lets her hair hang down, becomming achingly, plaintive - pure to the point of pain, on the rarely heard jewel, that is "Brandy." And if there's ever been a better, sing-along-in- the-car-till-you're-horse-song, than "This Train" I haven't heard it. Thank you Ken Goldstein. Thank you, Riverside! As folklorists, you define the term. I'll just add, that Bobby used to get the biggest kick out of telling people that I knew his music better than he... And he was probably, right... Know it, love it, have it all - the published and the never heard, the 'diddles' the rehearsals, the duets, solos - the vocals and instrumentals of forty years alike. That being said, "Joy, joy! The young and wonderful Bob Gibson", is simply, unsurpassed. Perhaps, there's one more thing, and I have it on the highest, authority... Bobby would have absolutely,loved it.

THE FORGOTTEN MAN OF THE FOLK REVIVAL IS MOST ASSUREDLY.......1999-10-26

Bob Gibson. Before Dylan, before Paxton, before Hardin, there was Bob Gibson. He even preceded the Kingston Trio by several years, working the folk clubs of New York and Chcago in the mid-fifties. Much like Cisco Houston before him, perhaps Gibson never received the acclaim he well deserved because his voice was "too good" for folk music. The 27 renditions offered in this long-overdue emission were originally recorded from 1956 to 1959 and offer the listener an opportunity to hear the music played and sung the way its writers intended. Indeed Hudie Ledbetter, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and the other great folk song authors would not deny the purity of the songs offered here. From the title tune "Joy, Joy" and through such tracks as "Whoa Buck," "This Train," "Pastures Of Plenty," "Ol' Bill," "Take This Hammer," and all the rest Bob Gibson's lovely tenor, accompanied by his outstanding banjo and 12-string guitar work reveal an artist who should be hailed as one of the greatest folk singers of the last forty years. If you're into honest representations of traditional folk songs, this CD is a must!

Makin' a Mess: Bob Gibson Sings Shel Silverstein

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Oh Gosh, this is gonna' be fun...
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!

Makin' a Mess: Bob Gibson Sings Shel Silverstein
Bob Gibson
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Stops Along the Way
The Perfect High
Joy Joy!: The Young And Wonderful Bob Gibson
The Great Conch Train Robbery
Songs & Stories

ASIN: B000002HGB
Release Date: 1995-01-24

Tracks:

Stop Along The Way
I Hear America Singing
Whistlers And Jugglers
Nothin's Real Anymore
Killed By A Coconut
The Man Who Turns The Damn Thing Off And On
Take Me
Still Gonna Die
Fancy Ladies
Never Be This Young Again
The Golden Kiss
The Leavin' Came Hard
Makin' A Mess Of Commercial Success

Customer Reviews:

Oh Gosh, this is gonna' be fun..........2000-01-21

First of all, the remark about Shel's voice? That Wasn't Shel...Shel never thought he could sing, so he hired Dennis, who sounds just like Shel. But Shel only sang on the tapes he and Bobby mailed back and forth, [and sometimes not even then] during the nearly forty years of their unique, collaboration. Got it? Everyone makes that mistake, everyone's supposed to... And that's what it was like for twenty-six, grit eating, Krispy-Kreme, song filled days in Joey Bogen's Nashville studio, cutting this, for the aptly named, Asylum. While those two we call Gib-Stein, hung-out, re-writing and then recording, this goofy and wonderful look back at life. Everyone in town came by, Waylon, Johnny Hartford, Chet Atkins, Dolly, and everybody left laughing. Something unusual was clearly happening there in Country/Gospel country... It sure was. from the 50's 'Modernaires' sound backing up "Nothing's Real..." to the stunningly, georgous, "Whistlers and Jugglers" their most personal, intimate song. One that wasn't originally supposed to be on the album, and was recorded after the rest, in one perfect take they called their best, and it was... This album's filled with funny, kodak moments gone berserk. It's a kick in the pants you can hum... Enjoy it - God knows, they did! Perhaps, the best thing about this CD, is that even after he knew his medical outcome, Bobby still wanted to call it, "Still Gonna Die" the album's original title... Only relenting to "Makin' a Mess" as 'nearly as accurate, and a whole lot more fun!'...

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!.......1999-12-03

There is so little of Bob Gibson available that after buying "Joy! Joy! The Young And Wonderful Bob Gibson," I ordered this title just because it was there. What a pleasant surprise! An earlier reviewer only gave this CD 4 stars, because he/she felt Shel Silverstein was a better singer. Baloney! Gibson probably had the best natural voice of any male folksinger of our generation with the possible exception of Cisco Houston or Peter Yarrow.

That said, besides "You're Still Gonna Die," several other tracks contained on this collection deserve high marks. "The Man Who Turns The Damn Thing Off And On," "The Golden Kiss," and "Makin' A Mess Of Commercial Success" are incredibly delightful and display the genius of Silverstein at his finest.

While Bob Gibson gained fame through his adaptations of folk "standards," the songs on MAKIN' A MESS will not only tickle your funny bone, but several will certainly become folk music legend standards in their own right.

Tracks:

Koyaanisqatsi
Vessels
Cloudscape
Pruit Igoe
The Grid
Prophecies

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The striking time-lapse imagery of Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisquatsi was really an accompaniment to Philip Glass's music, rather than the other way around. Think of it this way: You can listen to the music without the film, but you'd never watch the film without the music. OK, maybe you didn't leave the theater humming the tunes (although I do remember going around chanting that thrillingly deep-throated "Koyaanisqatsi" for a while); this is some of Glass's most dramatic and powerful music-- essential for anybody interested in modern film music, or just modern music in general. --Jim Emerson

Album Details

Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance - Music by Phillip Glass.

Customer Reviews:

You have to see it live!!!.......2005-10-29

This CD was my introduction to Philip Glass since then it has been a long down hill slide to poverty by feeding my addiction for more Glass.

If you think the VHS and DVD are good you need to see it live. I first saw Koyaanisqatsi live at Santa Monica College on the outdoor field, the second time was at Royce hall at UCLA then in 2001 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle each time seemed better than the previous. Now that all three films are done I am hoping to see them each live in a three day marathon.

The Grid was better in this recording.......2005-03-12

The Koyaanisqatsi music is simply fantastic.

Both the original soundtrack recording, and the newer re-recording, are very good, but they are different, each with its own strengths and relative weaknesses compared to the other.

I think The Grid was much more exciting and intense, in this original version. Especially the bass; I miss the driving throbbing power of the basslines in this version, when I listen to the re-recording, where the bass is laid back in the background, in comparison.

Leaves out one of the best pieces.......2005-02-20

This is powerful music if you like Philip Glass, but this compilation lacks what I consider the most moving track. It's about 8 minutes long and I think of it as the "Desert sequence." It starts with a slow string progression over aerial views of orange canyons and Monument Valley. It's immediately followed by "Cloudscape" after the scene with the caves and steam vents. I can listen to it over and over and the power doesn't fade. It lacks the frantic harshness of some Glass material.

They re-issued the soundtrack in 1998 and may have included this track (I haven't heard it) but reviews say it's not the original stuff and sounds watered-down. I extracted and converted the Desert sequence from my DVD, so I'm happy, but they could have easily fit it on the CD since the other tracks consume just 46 minutes. I don't know why they left so much off unless they did it as an LP first and were too lazy to re-make it. CDs were introduced to the market shortly after Koyaanisqatsi was released.

A teaser at best..........2002-10-31

I've had the VHS for a number of years and watched it several times through a low end audio/video setup. It was satisfactory. This CD gave me the highlights I missed on the low end VHS tape.

I bought the DVD but haven't watched it yet because I was saving it to see the movie on the big screen. This past weekend I got to see the movie on the big screen but, to my surprise and profound glory, I got to see it not only on the big screen but I got to see it live with Philip Glass and company performing the soundtrack in person. Oh my what I've been missing.

I have since recorded the DVD onto tape and never realized just how much I missed and how profound the recording is. Of course I may be biased having seen it live and the images of the movie emblazened into my brain when I hear the score but I absolutely love this composition.

The reason it only gets four stars is that you must get the DVD; you must have the entire score. Anything less is to your loss. It's as if I never heard it before.

My recommendation is to see it with the film but the soundtrack stands on its own as an amazing piece of music. The score for Powaqqatsi is also brilliant but perhaps because, as noted on the 'extras' on the DVD, no one was waiting for this movie, this stands out as an inspired piece, moreso than Powaqqatsi (which is also brilliant but in a different way).

Invest in the DVD and don't tease yourself with this album alone. As an independent piece of music or as accompaniment to a brilliant piece of filmmaking, it's awesome.

Get the Re-Recording!!!!.......2002-01-26

Although any album by Philip Glass is worth the money, honestly, if you are craving the music from the movie "Koyaanisqatsi", then the 1998 re-Recording will please you a hundred-fold more than this one. The new one is longer and not merely a "soundtrack", it IS the movie, sans images. But you make up your own images, if you like.

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big fran's baby
Great song

A Perfect World
Bob Willis and His Texas Playboys , Don Gibson , and Johnny Cash
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002MOP
Release Date: 1993-11-23

Tracks:

Ida Red - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Blue Blue Day - Don Gibson
Guess Things Happen That Way - Johnny Cash
Sea of Heartbreak - Don Gibson
Don't Worry - Marty Robbins
Abilene - George Hamilton IV
Please Help Me, I'm Falling - Hank Locklin
Dark Moon - Chris Isaak
Catch a Falling Star - Perry Como
Little White Cloud That Cried - Chris Isaak
Night Life - Rusty Draper
Big Fran's Baby - Lennie Niehaus
End Credits Medley: Big Fran's Baby/Butch's Theme/Phillip's Theme - Lennie Niehaus

Customer Reviews:

big fran's baby.......2005-07-01

this is not a review but a query. does anyone know the name of the cajun waltz (and the artist(s)) that is played in the movie? everyone so far keeps telling me that it is "big fran's baby" but that song wasn't even written when the cajun waltz was recorded. any help is appreciated. btw - the song i am talking about is played when kevin costner is dancing with lotty, cleveland's grandmother and mack's wife.

Great song.......2003-06-04

This album has one very unigue sounding song. Big fran's baby is great if you like bagpipes.

Bob Gibson & Bob Camp at the Gate of Horn

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Great, but not the original
They are the best!
I'm Satisfied
Not as great as expecting
Folk Revival at its Best

Bob Gibson & Bob Camp at the Gate of Horn
Bob Gibson & Bob Camp
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Where I'm Bound
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ASIN: B00005REP3
Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

Skillet Good And Greasy
Old Blue
St. Claire Defeat
I'm Gonna Tell God
Two In The Middle
Civil War Trilogy: First Batallion/Yes I See/Two Brothers
Daddy Roll 'Em
The Thinking Man
Wayfaring Stranger
Chicago Cops
Betty And Dupree

Product Description

1. Skillet Good And Greasy
2. Old Blue
3. St. Claire's Defeat
4. I'm Gonna Tell God
5. Two In The Middle
6. Civil War Trilogy: First Battalion giYes I See giTwo Brothers
7. Daddy Roll 'Em
8. Thinking Man, The
9. Wayfaring Stranger
10. Chicago Cops
11. Betty And Dupree

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Great, but not the original.......2007-06-27

Camp and Gibson are all that the other reviewers say, BUT it not the original LP recording. I was at the original recording and the difference is the bass player Ray Brown. The originals tapes were lost/destroyed. The CD is a re-performance with the same..complete with same jokes. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to have the same energy level either. Still a good CD but lot's of luck to you die hards in finding the original LP recording. I still prefer listening to it..even with the scratches.

They are the best!.......2006-12-10

Along with "The Weaver's Carnegie Concert" and "The Kington Trio" (first album), this album is arguably one of the three most influencial albums of the 50's/60's. I was lucky enough to have heard these guys at the Gate in 1961, and it probably is the album I have listened to the most in all the years since. Gibson has a magical aura...just a banjo or 12 string...no pyrotechnics or any of that crap...just pure talent and enthusiasm. Camp, at odds with him personally was the ultimate complement and together they just made the best, hippest music on the north side or anywhere for way too short a time. I miss them both.

I'm Satisfied.......2006-08-16

You have to give credit, these days, to any business that does exactly what it says. My order arrived at the price and well within the timeframe promised.

Not as great as expecting.......2006-02-24

Unfortunately this disk suffers from anticipation. Just like when your friends tell you how great a movie is, your expectations are set way high and you can only be disappointed when you experience the movie yourself.

I had heard about this recording for years and the influence of the duo (especially Gibson) on McGuinn, Judy Collins, etc.

At its best, the CD is excellent (Two in the Middle, Daddy Roll `Em). But too often it is just ok. And I could have done without the attempts at vaudeville humor. [The Smothers Brothers went full-time down that road and were much better at it.]

As an historical relic, it is a necessary artifact. As a listenable CD, it is in the middle of the stack.

Folk Revival at its Best.......2005-07-22

A watershed album of the late-50's, early-60's folk revival, "Gate of Horn" catches lightning in a bottle. The combination of creative rearrangements of folk standards (and originals that might as well be standards), the effortless twelve-string guitar cascades, and most of all the tight but wildly improvised harmonies capture a level of authenticity and excitment that has seldom been duplicated in acoustic music. Casual listeners outside of Chicago may never have heard of Gibson and Camp, but musicians and scholars know well the lines of influence inspired by this album. A true classic.

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COULD WE HERE A LITTLE MORE OF JO MAPES
The nearly perfect album...

The Perfect High
Bob Gibson
Manufacturer: Drive Archive
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006FAP
Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

Just A Thing I Do (Kathy O'Grady's Song)
Yes Mr. Rogers
Leaving For The Last Time
Army Of Children
Rock Me Sweet Jesus
Heavenly Choir
Mendocino Desperados
Cuckoo Again
Middle Aged Groupies
Box Of Candy (And A Piece Of Fruit)
The Perfect High (Baba Fats)

Customer Reviews:

COULD WE HERE A LITTLE MORE OF JO MAPES.......2000-07-03

On one of the tracks, Bob sings a duet with Jo Mapes. She sounded beautiful. Unfortunately, I can't find anything she has recorded.

I enjoyed the CD but I wish I could have heard some more of Jo Mapes.

The nearly perfect album..........2000-02-23

I've been moving the mouse between four and five for at least that many minutes, believing as I do, that any Bob Gibson, is a grand event. It's just that this one has never been my favorite. Bobby and I used to talk about why, since I love every note that ever fell out of the man's mouth, and we decided it wasthe way the whole thing hung together. It's more surface, more casual, light, with few exceptions, and when they come, as in "Army of Children" they seem a little harsh, a little out of place in the mix. Not that 'light's a bad thing... No matter what CD I've put in, each time I drive south from our Mendocino home, I do so humming, " Bobby! Don't forget your boots..." from "...Desperado" the story of Gibson and Wild Jack on one of their legendary, excursions... The voice is solid - clear, inviting and wonderful. The twelve-string and banjo, are strong, and the material is catchy - "Rock me Sweet Jesus" is just dandy! It's rousing, he soars, and more, it's the evidence of the nimble, duality Bobby brings to each song of "Issue". "Box of Candy..." with Tom Paxton, is deft and clever, [also true] and contains the single funniest tag line since Danny Thomas's first spit take... "Heavenly Choir" is all the more haunting, because he is now up there leading it. And "BaBa Fats"... Well, any album containing that particular bit of "Gib-Stein" wisdom, at their most amused, most, tounge- in-cheek best, deserves the "High..." that is nearly...almost...perfect. The last few years of his life, Bobby grew to love the "house concerts" people begged for, state to state, region to region. He saw them as personal "thank-you's" to all the "Middleaged Groupies" he loved and who loved him. As his strength began to wain, he'd compensate, pulling from a bag of performance skills that left him a fine and spellbinding, story teller. He always closed those concerts with the mystical BaBa, and he always left them, wanting more. Pick your number, four or five...This nearly, perfect offering is no different...

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A folk pioneer's definitive statement
ONE OF THE BEST FOLK ALBUMS SELDOM HEARD

Where I'm Bound
Bob Gibson
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
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ASIN: B00005REP4
Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

Where I'm Bound
The Waves Roll Out
12-String Guitar Rag
Wastin' Your Time
The New 'Frankie And Johnnie' Song
Fog Horn
Baby, I'm Gone Again
Farewell My Honey, Cindy Jane
Some Old Woman (There Is A Woman)
Stella's Got A New Dress
The Town Crier's Song (Ten O'Clock All Is Well)
What You Gonna Do?
Betsy From Pike
Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)

Album Description

Though he'd been a fixture on the folk scene for almost a decade, Bob Gibson's 'Where I'm Bound'- his last release for Elektra and the last record he would release during the '60s -marked the first time he had recorded an album of largely his own material. Never before had Gibson's 12-string playing been so forceful or his singing so clear. Reissued with new liner notes from Collectors' Choice Music!

Customer Reviews:

A folk pioneer's definitive statement.......2005-06-29

Gibson's last LP of the '60s (released in 1964) is something of a closing punctuation mark on the folk revival. Having pioneered the popular exposition of folk music as early as the mid-50s, Gibson stayed true to his simple presentations even as Folk became a counterculture phenomenon. By 1964 the folk revival was winding down, and about to be sunk under the keel of the British Invasion, which adds to the irony of this being Gibson's most polished and full statement of his musical vision.

The songbook for this album was unusually rich in original compositions, Gibson having apparently tired of treading the tradition. Many of these tunes were penned with the legendary Shel Silverstein, and a pair with one-time singing partner, Hamilton Camp. Gibson's 12-string provides rich accompaniment for his boyish voice, and the bass of Art Davis adds terrific rhythm. Ironically, as Gibson turned from the traditional songbook, his recordings returned to the simplified form that had eluded him on earlier Elektra releases. This is a fine cap to the early-60s acoustic folk revival, and points the way that would be charted by the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, Phil Ochs and Roger McGuinn.

ONE OF THE BEST FOLK ALBUMS SELDOM HEARD.......2003-01-06

I DISCOVERED BOB GIBSON PREFORMING ON A TV SHOW IN 1959, AND BECAME A MAJOR FAN. AS ANY ARTIST, HE HAD A FEW CLINKERS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART ALL HIS OFFERINGS WERE GREAT. I SAW HIM LIVE IN 1963 ABOUT THE TIME THIS LP WAS RELEASED, AND HEARD HIM DO ALL THE SELECTIONS "UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL" I AM TRULY GLAD THESE ARE NOW ON CD.
TO NEW LISTENERS, DO THIS ONE, THEN THE GATE OF HORN...GREAT WAY TO BE INTRODUCED TO MR GIBSON.

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Long Overdue

Best of Friends
Tom Paxton , Anne Hills , and Bob Gibson
Manufacturer: Appleseed Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Tracks:

Sing for the Song
spoken introduction (Best of Friends)
Did You Hear John Hurt?
Home to Me (is Anywhere You Are)
spoken introduction (Political Writing)
The Death of Stephen Biko
spoken introduction (Bob and Toms collaboration)
And Loving You
While You Sleep
She Sits on the Table
Let the Band Play Dixie
Pilgrim Song
spoken introduction (Texas)
Panhandle Wind
spoken introduction (Reagan ecology)
Somethings Wrong with the Rain
Ramblin Boy
spoken introduction (Lawyers)
One Million Lawyers
Bottle of Wine

Album Description

In 1984, two generations of master folksinger-songwriters - Tom Paxton and Bob Gibson - teamed up with relative newcomer Anne Hills, soon to gain recognition as their peer, to perform for 18 months as Best of Friends. The trio toured the US, UK, and Canada but made no formal recordings, which left Best of Friends a missing and much sought after link in the chain of recorded folk history - until now! A live February 1985 concert taped at Holstein's, then one of Chicago's finest folk clubs, and broadcast on a local radio station, recently resurfaced and is now presented as the only available recording by this three-fold supergroup.

The trio's senior member, Bob Gibson was a unique folk-pop stylist who popularized the 12-string guitar and inspired many of the major country-rock stars of the '60s and '70s, including The Byrds and The Eagles. On "Best of Friends," he contributes three original compositions, including the inspirational "Pilgrim Song," which addresses the 12-step recovery program for substance abusers. Gibson's strengths as an instrumental and vocal arranger are much in evidence, with his trademark 12-string, banjo and voice deftly underpinning Paxton (vocals, acoustic guitar), whose songs dominate the set, and Anne Hills (vocals, acoustic guitar), whose warm soprano provides the rich, lovely bond linking the three singers. The group also performs Anne's song, "While You Sleep."

The CD's material and the intimate mood of the performance are models of original folk music. Paxton, a GRAMMY nominee for 2002's "Looking for the Moon" CD on Appleseed, presents the Tom Lehreresque nightmare "One Million Lawyers," tributes to political martyrs and musical heroes, atmospheric Americana, environmental and sociological concerns, romantic ballads, good-time anthem "Bottle of Wine," and his signature "Ramblin' Boy." Gibson's "Let the Band Play Dixie" calls for social unity, and its quote from Abraham Lincoln could be the motto of this CD: "We are gathered not in anger but in celebration."

Customer Reviews:

Long Overdue.......2005-06-16

I have checked Amazon several times over the last fifteen years hoping for this album to come out on CD. I had heard most, if not all, of the cuts on Dick Cerri's Music Americana when I lived in Washington DC, and I loved what I heard.

Bob Gibson, while perhaps one of the least well-known of the great singers of the folk revival, was my favorite folksinger while I was growing up. It has been said that his voice was "too good" for folk music. He had a wonderful warm baritone, and a great sense of humor. He demonstrated with this group as well as on his glorious recordings with Bob (or has he sometimes called himself- Hamilton) Camp that he could also blend beautifully in harmony.

Tom Paxton, of course, has a great knack for writing clever words and melodies with sly social commentary. He is perhaps the weakest pure singer of the three.

Anne Hills has a beautiful, pure, almost operatic soprano. I have listened to Anne Hills recordings where she sings on her own, and I have generally no liked them. Mostly because she tends to traditional old English folk material that doesn't resonate for me.

Combine the three of them and you have a great trio, reminiscent in some ways of Peter, Paul and Mary but more interesting.

Every song on this album is enjoyable. I particularly liked "Sing for the Song", "And Loving You", and "Let the Band Play Dixie". I liked every song on the album, but my favorites are those where there is significant harmonizing and I haven't heard the song ten thousand times as I have with most Tom Paxton songs.

The quality of sound on the CD is good, no complaints with the transfer. Much of this was recorded live, so the possibility of sound compression was very real, but I am very happy with this CD.

This is one of the greatest folk music CDs ever made. If you like folk music buy it.

Gibson & Camp at the Gate of Horn...Revisited!!

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Gibson & Camp -- Not At Their Best
Revisited? With pleasure!
It's about time!!!!!
Truely original! Brings us all back to the 60's.

Gibson & Camp at the Gate of Horn...Revisited!!
Bob Gibson & Bob Camp
Manufacturer: Folk Era Records
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You Can Tell The World
Well Well Well
Skillet, Good And Greasy
Old Blue
St. Claire's Defeat
I'm Gonna Tell God
Two In The Middle
Civil War Trilogy
Daddy Roll 'Em
Chicago Cops
John Henry, The Thinking Man
Wayfaring Stranger
Betty And Dupree
For Lovin' Me

Customer Reviews:

Gibson & Camp -- Not At Their Best.......2001-10-24

This is not a great recording -- but if you should ever hear the original "Gibson & Camp At The Gate of Horn" (c., 1961 on Elektra Records), you will discover an absolute treasure. "Revisited" tries to capture Gibson & Camp in that historic '60's performance, (virtually every song is contained on the original release), and falls flat on its face. The original Elecktra recording is due to be re-issued soon. Save your money for the real thing and catch these two folk artists at their absolute best.

Revisited? With pleasure!.......2000-01-21

What if they threw a party and everybody came? Twice? Well, they did and now you can too. I was lucky enough to have been there for both, in between, and for the rest of the time Bobby had left. So I got to really listen as the tenor became a honey-warm baritone, as the chords progressed and then fused, and as they both grew into the promise they recorded so long ago, in that shoebox on North Dearborn. Notably missing, is the fabulous Shel Silverstein, who's original liner notes were as legendary as the album itself. His J-card presence, is all the more snubbed by its replacement. Mawkish, dour words from an instant,"old friend" who missed the entire point of both the man and his music as clearly as Shel captured and preserved it, over and over again. (we used to call them GibStein) Perhaps that's just the stuff of purists... The good news, is that the party's going on inside. And the gathering celebrates all the humor, harmony and musicianship of these two masters of their game who, some forty years earlier, exploded a movement of such joy, such possibility, that it lingers still today... Reminding us always, of the very best part of ourselves.

P.s. Again, for the purists only, "For loving me" is the other added, but not so indicated, song.

It's about time!!!!!.......1999-09-22

I remember the original album-"At the Gate of Horn", and I recall the first time I heard these people. My reaction was- "WOW"! At last- real musicians in the folk idiom! At the time when folk musicians were struggling with the basics, Gibson and Camp were carving melodic and harmonic lines that were superior to all others. Innovative harmony, cutting edge chords, and overall excellence were their trademarks. O.K.-so they are older. Still, this CD is not to be missed! Bravo!!!!

Truely original! Brings us all back to the 60's........1999-05-13

Although the voices of Gibson and Camp are a little weathered. We can still here the youthful voices that ushered in the folk era of the 1960's. Gibson's fingering on the 12 string is still nothing short of magnificent. Hearing this duo again brings real memories to me and my family.