Hi All
Searching for the music of Gus Gibson, I noticed that he doesn't seem to have an entry here, so I thought of making one.
Not much seems to be known of him, except that his real name was Dolphus Gibson (sometimes mistakenly dubbed "Guss Giberson"), that he was maybe (?) born on January 1st, 1900, and his only recorded songs come from noncommercial recordings associated with the Fort Valley State College Folk Festivals in 1941 and -43.
Here are his three recorded songs; first "Railroad Song":
"Where You Been So Long?" with Sydney Stripling on banjo (and vocals?) (this song is, for some reason, not mentioned on Blues and Gospel Records' 4th edition):
Gus Gibson / Sydney Stripling - Where You Been So Long? (1941)
and finally, "Milk Cow Blues", from 1943. Apparently the Library of Congress field notes claimed that the guitar here is played by a Will Chastian (?), but Gibson denied this):
Here is Stefan's illustrated discography of Gibson, with some photos from 1975 (what a pity he wasn't recorded again; he looks healthy enough, and is holding a guitar). Some information can be found on the record sleeves-
http://www.wirz.de/music/gibsgfrm.htm
Bruce Bastin's writings on Gibson, from his "Red River Blues", can be read on the LoC pages devoted to the Festival:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/ftvrrb3.html
Apparently during the 1951 festival, no recordings were made? Oh well, our loss.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/ftvrrb5.html
To quote Stefan: "Additional information appreciated !!!"
Cheers
Pan
Searching for the music of Gus Gibson, I noticed that he doesn't seem to have an entry here, so I thought of making one.
Not much seems to be known of him, except that his real name was Dolphus Gibson (sometimes mistakenly dubbed "Guss Giberson"), that he was maybe (?) born on January 1st, 1900, and his only recorded songs come from noncommercial recordings associated with the Fort Valley State College Folk Festivals in 1941 and -43.
Here are his three recorded songs; first "Railroad Song":
"Where You Been So Long?" with Sydney Stripling on banjo (and vocals?) (this song is, for some reason, not mentioned on Blues and Gospel Records' 4th edition):
Gus Gibson / Sydney Stripling - Where You Been So Long? (1941)
and finally, "Milk Cow Blues", from 1943. Apparently the Library of Congress field notes claimed that the guitar here is played by a Will Chastian (?), but Gibson denied this):
Here is Stefan's illustrated discography of Gibson, with some photos from 1975 (what a pity he wasn't recorded again; he looks healthy enough, and is holding a guitar). Some information can be found on the record sleeves-
http://www.wirz.de/music/gibsgfrm.htm
Bruce Bastin's writings on Gibson, from his "Red River Blues", can be read on the LoC pages devoted to the Festival:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/ftvrrb3.html
Apparently during the 1951 festival, no recordings were made? Oh well, our loss.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/ftvrrb5.html
To quote Stefan: "Additional information appreciated !!!"
Cheers
Pan