Bob Gibson

Bob Gibson

Bob Gibson

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Albums

  • Live at Cornell 1957

    Aug 2019 • 36 songs

  • Bob Gibson & Bob Camp At The Gate Of Horn
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    May 2005 • 11 songs

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Bob Gibson

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While Bob Gibson's recordings may sound like run-of-the-mill folk to modern listeners, he played an important role in popularizing folk music to American audiences in the 1950s at the very beginning of the folk boom. His 12-string guitar style influenced performers like Gordon Lightfoot and Harry Chapin; he was a mainstay at one of the first established folk clubs in the U.S., the Gate of Horn in Chicago; and he wrote songs with Shel Silverstein and Phil Ochs, as well as performing in a duo with Hamilton Camp. Most of all, he was one of the first folkies on the scene -- when h...
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