Nashville (February 3, 2009)
Compass Records signs The Gibson Brothers
New album due out spring 2009
Brothers Eric and Leigh Gibson bring "fancy picking" (The Washington Post) and "the toughest and tightest harmonies this side of hillbilly heaven" (Dave Higgs, Bluegrass Breakdown) to Compass Records' bluegrass roster along with a yet-to-be-titled album, due for release in the spring of 2009.
Produced by the two brothers plus bassist Mike Barber, the new album features six originals (including a co-write with Bob DiPiero) and new songs by Shawn Camp/Paul Kennerly, Chet O'Keefe, Joe Newberry, and Marshall Warwick, and a relatively obscure Tom Petty song, "Angel Dream." Recorded at the Compass Sound Studio, the players on the upcoming album include The Gibson Brothers' road band: Mike Barber (bass), Clayton Campbell (fiddle), and Joe Walsh (mandolin), and guest resonator guitarist Mike Witcher (Missy Raines & The New Hip). "I was proud to look at ol' Waylon on the wall, knowing that he did his songs his own way with his own band in the very space we were recording", says Eric Gibson.
Staying true to their upstate New York farm boy roots, The Gibson Brothers recorded two agricultural-themed songs for this record, one written by Leigh ("Bottomland") and one by Eric ("Farm Of Yesterday"). "Bottomland", originally recorded for an unreleased Skaggs record, is given an old-timey treatment here and touches on the lives of sharecroppers. "Farm of Yesterday" was written as a tribute to their parents and the family dairy farm that belonged to the Gibson family from 1865-2000. Eric showed the song to Leigh who was moved but said, "it might be too personal to put on the record." Eric replied, "Laying it out there could be the difference between a good record and a great record." "Farm Of Yesterday" is Leigh's favorite song on the album.
The Gibson Brothers have upcoming appearances at the Argyle Bluegrass Festival, the Old Settler's Music Festival, the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival and the Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival.
Compass Records signs The Gibson Brothers
New album due out spring 2009
Brothers Eric and Leigh Gibson bring "fancy picking" (The Washington Post) and "the toughest and tightest harmonies this side of hillbilly heaven" (Dave Higgs, Bluegrass Breakdown) to Compass Records' bluegrass roster along with a yet-to-be-titled album, due for release in the spring of 2009.
Produced by the two brothers plus bassist Mike Barber, the new album features six originals (including a co-write with Bob DiPiero) and new songs by Shawn Camp/Paul Kennerly, Chet O'Keefe, Joe Newberry, and Marshall Warwick, and a relatively obscure Tom Petty song, "Angel Dream." Recorded at the Compass Sound Studio, the players on the upcoming album include The Gibson Brothers' road band: Mike Barber (bass), Clayton Campbell (fiddle), and Joe Walsh (mandolin), and guest resonator guitarist Mike Witcher (Missy Raines & The New Hip). "I was proud to look at ol' Waylon on the wall, knowing that he did his songs his own way with his own band in the very space we were recording", says Eric Gibson.
Staying true to their upstate New York farm boy roots, The Gibson Brothers recorded two agricultural-themed songs for this record, one written by Leigh ("Bottomland") and one by Eric ("Farm Of Yesterday"). "Bottomland", originally recorded for an unreleased Skaggs record, is given an old-timey treatment here and touches on the lives of sharecroppers. "Farm of Yesterday" was written as a tribute to their parents and the family dairy farm that belonged to the Gibson family from 1865-2000. Eric showed the song to Leigh who was moved but said, "it might be too personal to put on the record." Eric replied, "Laying it out there could be the difference between a good record and a great record." "Farm Of Yesterday" is Leigh's favorite song on the album.
The Gibson Brothers have upcoming appearances at the Argyle Bluegrass Festival, the Old Settler's Music Festival, the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival and the Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival.
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