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Occupation (s) Singer, songwriter. Instrument (s) Guitar, banjo. Labels. Riverside, Elektra. Website. bobgibsonlegacy .com. 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.
Bob Gibson's Career. Traveled the North Atlantic Seaboard and the Ohio Valley, collecting folk songs and developing his own arrangements; performed regularly at the Gate of Horn Club in Chicago, IL, and on television shows, including the "Arthur Godfrey Show" and "Hootenanny," during the 1950s and early 1960s; appeared at First Newport Folk Festival, 1959, and began recording his music on ...
Sep 28, 1996 · 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. Quick Facts Background information, Birth name ...
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Bob Gibson. Samuel Robert Gibson 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...
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Artist / Musician. Bob Gibson became one of the pillars of the national folk music scene as well as the Chicago scene starting in the late 1950s. His appearances on TV shows such as Hootenanny gave folk music a wide audience and he was partially responsible for the folk music boom of the early 1960s.
Oct 13, 1996 · Oct. 13, 1996 12 AM PT. Bob Gibson, 64, a folk musician who co-wrote the hit song “Abilene.” Gibson was a fixture on the folk scene in New York’s Greenwich Village and in Chicago before...
