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The Gibson Brothers – Red Letter Day

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Track Listing:
1. Lonesome Number One - 3:05   2. Walking With Joanna - 3:09   3. One Raindrop - 3:12   4. Red Letter Day - 2:11   5. The Barn Song - 3:39   6. I Got A Woman - 3:15   7. We Won't Dance Again - 4:40   8. Sam Smith - 3:16   9. What A Ways We've Come -  3:49   10. As Long As There’s You - 2:32   11. The Prisoner’s Song - 2:53   12. If I Were You - 2:26   13. One More Try - 3:14   14. Twenty-One Years - 3:59   15. It's All Over Now - 3:59

Personnel:
Leigh Gibson (lead vocals, harmony vocals, guitar) , Eric Gibson (lead vocals, harmony vocals, guitar, banjo) , Mike Barber (upright bass) , Jason Carter (fiddle, baritone vocals) , Ronnie McCoury (mandola, mandolin) , Marc MacGlashan (mandolin) , Josh Williams (mandolin on 12) , Sam Zucchini (percussion) , Andrea Zonn (harmony vocals on 7) , Russ Pahl (steel guitar, dobro) , Clayton Campbell (fiddle on 9,12)

Reviews:

1. AllMusic - Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
The Gibson Brothers are guitarist Leigh and banjoist Eric Gibson with bassist Mike Barber and a couple other players in tow. Together, these bluegrass pickers bring some dozen years of experience to bear on 2006's Red Letter Day. The band's arrangements combine guitar, fiddle, mandolin, and banjo behind Leigh and Eric Gibson's leads and harmony, creating a lively, contemporary bluegrass mix. On occasion, the Gibson Brothers also delve into country music, utilizing Russ Pahl's steel for "We Won't Dance Again." The band has its liveliest moments when they cut loose on Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman." While the addition of R&B and rock into a bluegrass format no longer seems radical (as it did in the early '70s with New Grass Revival), it nonetheless spices up the proceedings. Red Letter Day also includes a number of likable originals including the title cut. Leigh Gibson's "Sam Smith" tells the tale of one Civil War veteran who has determined, after leaving the battlefield in 1863 (it's never clear whether he deserted or has been injured in battle), to remain in hiding near the Canadian boarder. It's fairly easy to interpret the song as anti-war, though the lyrics are never explicit. The Gibson Brothers end with a dynamic take on Bobby and Shirley Jean Womack's "It's All Over Now," another old rock song (it's somewhat ironic that the sexist lyrics in both "I Got a Woman" and "It's All Over Now" fit very well within a more conservative format like bluegrass). With fine picking and singing, and a solid list of songs, contemporary bluegrass fans will find Red Letter Day easy on the ears.

2. Dirty Linen
"Their music moves from hard-driving bluegrass to tender country, with finely crafted harmonies. Their covers and originals are genuine tales of heartache and loneliness..." -