Red Letter Day

Gibson Brothers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sugarhill
• ASIN: B000CEWWSC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,310 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #56 in Music > Country > Bluegrass > Traditional

Editorial Reviews

Having topped the bluegrass charts with their original songwriting, The Gibson Brothers apply their inimitable brother harmonies to personal favorites from a broad array of genres that inform their distinctive brand of bluegrass! Red Letter Day includes songs by Ray Charles, Kieran Kane, Chris Knight, Bruce Robison, and more . and boasts 5 new Gibson Brothers originals! Sugar Hill. 2006.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superlative and authoritative statement of their explosive sound, February 12, 2006

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J. Ross "a-music_fan" (Roseburg, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Letter Day (Audio CD)

Playing Time - 49:56 -- Bassist Mike Barber's involvement with Eric and Leigh Gibson as co-producers of this project might have led to the somewhat heavy bass in this album's mix. Because the Gibsons walk on both bluegrass and acoustic country roads, it was probably mixed this way to simulate a more country-like sound full of the low-end audio spectrum. Eric plays banjo and guitar; Leigh plays guitar. In keeping with their signature sound, vocals emphasize brother duet arrangements. Andrea Zonn guests as the harmony singer with Eric on his self-penned "We Won't Dance Again."

The 15 songs on "Red Letter Day" include five originals and ten others from Kieran Kane, Chris Knight, Bruce Robison, Ray Charles, Mark Howard & Kay Susan Taylor and others. Besides Zonn, other guests include Ronnie McCoury (mandolin, mandola), Jason Carter (fiddle), Marc MacGlashan (mandolin), Sam Zucchini (percussion), Russ Pahl (steel guitar, Wah guitar, dobro), Josh Williams (mandolin) and Clayton Campbell (fiddle). When songs include both mandolin and percussion, I listen carefully to ascertain if there are any conflicts. On "The Barn Song," "As Long As There's You," and "One More Try," we find that MacGlashan and Zucchini complement each other nicely, largely as a result of MacGlashan's use of tremolos and fills. The former and latter were both written by Leigh Gibson.

In their earlier days, the Gibsons believed that "less is more," and sparse arrangements weren't including fiddle or mandolin. After their first album on the Big Elm label in 1994, they signed with the Hay Holler label. Winning the 1998 IBMA Emerging Artist Award, the brothers contracted with Ceili Records. In 2003, we were treated to their first Sugar Hill Records release (Bona Fide - SUG-CD-3965) that offered 9 songs written or co-written by one or both of the Gibsons. Now, the brothers who were raised on a dairy farm in upstate New York have another great release under their belts. There's a little less of their own original material on their second Sugar Hill release, and I wish their little sis might've been invited to sing harmony again. However, their repertoire continues to characterized by very strong material, many songs that have hard-hitting stories to tell or paint vivid portraits of people. The Gibson Brothers fuller and more abdominal brand of bluegrass might be a bit heavy on the low-end, but that gives it both full body and mental capacity. "Red Letter Day" is a superlative and authoritative statement of their explosive sound. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These guys are the best., February 24, 2006

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R. Barnett (Ohio, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Letter Day (Audio CD)

This latest CD by the Gibson Brothers is just as good as their previous CD's . It has precise intrumentals combined with great song writing. The words of their songs tell real stories. Plus, they have the best brother singing sound I've ever heard. Their voice blending and harmonies are awesome.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid Bluegrass Sound!, September 16, 2007

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C. Evans "Amazon Freak" (West Viriginia) - See all my reviews
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If you love Bluegrass you won't be disappointed. This group is tops in my book!