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Otis Gibbs has a gritty vocal style that seems to automatically give his music an air of authenticity. Like Steve Earle or Tom Waits, this gives the impression of a man who carved his songs from hard-lived experience. The folk-country arrangements, from twangy steel guitars to backwoods mandolins, deepen these impressions on One Day Our Whispers. But Gibbs, like Earle, isn't just a good old boy, and has a thing or two to say about the world we all live in. "I Wanna Change It" gives a good impression -- at first glance -- of some rootsy, good-time love song with the refrain "I wanna change it with you." But the "you" of the song is the listener, and Gibbs' song finally ends up as a rustic, post-millennium version of "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing." "The Peoples Day" makes this connection even more obvious with allusions to Big Bill Hayward, Mother Jones, and Sacco & Vanzetti, leading one to realize that Gibbs' real roots lie with Woody Guthrie, early Bob Dylan, and Nebraska-era Springsteen. Like Guthrie, though, Gibbs isn't just a pamphleteer, and he's perfectly capable of writing catchy throwaways like "Daughter of a Truck Drivin Man" and fine story-songs like "Get Me Out of Detroit." With a deep roots sound, One Day Our Whispers may end up in the country section of the local record store, but that's just because there's no category called socially conscious folk.
© Ronnie D. Lankford Jr. /TiVo
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Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
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Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Otis Gibbs, Composer, MainArtist
2004 otis gibbs 2004 otis gibbs
Album review
Otis Gibbs has a gritty vocal style that seems to automatically give his music an air of authenticity. Like Steve Earle or Tom Waits, this gives the impression of a man who carved his songs from hard-lived experience. The folk-country arrangements, from twangy steel guitars to backwoods mandolins, deepen these impressions on One Day Our Whispers. But Gibbs, like Earle, isn't just a good old boy, and has a thing or two to say about the world we all live in. "I Wanna Change It" gives a good impression -- at first glance -- of some rootsy, good-time love song with the refrain "I wanna change it with you." But the "you" of the song is the listener, and Gibbs' song finally ends up as a rustic, post-millennium version of "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing." "The Peoples Day" makes this connection even more obvious with allusions to Big Bill Hayward, Mother Jones, and Sacco & Vanzetti, leading one to realize that Gibbs' real roots lie with Woody Guthrie, early Bob Dylan, and Nebraska-era Springsteen. Like Guthrie, though, Gibbs isn't just a pamphleteer, and he's perfectly capable of writing catchy throwaways like "Daughter of a Truck Drivin Man" and fine story-songs like "Get Me Out of Detroit." With a deep roots sound, One Day Our Whispers may end up in the country section of the local record store, but that's just because there's no category called socially conscious folk.
© Ronnie D. Lankford Jr. /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:01
- Main artists: Otis Gibbs
- Composer: Otis Gibbs
- Label: otis gibbs
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
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