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  1. Bob Gibson (musician) Samuel Robert Gibson (November 16, 1931 – September 28, 1996) was an American folk singer and a key figure in the folk music revival in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His principal instruments were banjo and 12-string guitar . He introduced a then-unknown Joan Baez at the Newport Folk Festival of 1959.

  2. Bob Gibson's charismatic shows, ringing voice, definitive 12-string guitar and banjo playing launched a 40- year musical odyssey and indelibly altered American music.

  3. The roots of American folk music has been described as a trinity in which Pete Seeger is the father, Bob Dylan, the son, and my father, Bob Gibson is the Holy Ghost of Folk. Bob Gibson was a devilishly charismatic choirboy in the midst of the fray as folk music was wrestled from the historical purists and redeemed as a popular art form.

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  4. Pete stepped inside the house, took this long necked banjo off the log wall and played Leather Wing Bat and some other songs. By the time the evening was over, I knew I was going to get a banjo ...

  5. Bob Gibson Follow Artist + 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…

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  7. Jul 5, 2008 · “Where I’m Bound,” written by Bob Gibson and Pax Thompson, is the title tune from Bob's 1964 "Where I'm Bound" album, as well as the re-issued CD, which is c...

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  8. From 1957 to 1963, at the time, when music was most heavily influenced by “the folk sound,” and The Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul & Mary were constantly in the Top Ten, most singers used Bob Gibson arrangements when they played folk ballads. His name was on marquees of clubs from coast to coast; he headlined countless music festivals…

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