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one day our whispers by otis gibbs
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fave it Country Rock | Political
15 tracks | 51 minutes
Released Feb 2006
on otis gibbs
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:04 karluv most lyrics BUY MP3 04:04 karluv most lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:04 karluv most
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 small town saturday night lyrics BUY MP3 03:35 small town saturday night lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:35 small town saturday night
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:41 daughter of a truck drivin man lyrics BUY MP3 02:41 daughter of a truck drivin man lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:41 daughter of a truck drivin man
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:30 get me out of detroit lyrics BUY MP3 04:30 get me out of detroit lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:30 get me out of detroit
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:39 i wanna change it lyrics BUY MP3 03:39 i wanna change it lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:39 i wanna change it
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:08 ours is the time lyrics BUY MP3 03:08 ours is the time lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:08 ours is the time
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:03 the peoples day lyrics BUY MP3 02:03 the peoples day lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:03 the peoples day
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:15 putnam county girl lyrics BUY MP3 05:15 putnam county girl lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:15 putnam county girl
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" In troubadour Otis Gibbs, we may have found America's contemporary Billy Bragg. Not since late A&M period Phil Ochs have we heard such a distinctly American blending of the personal and the political" - Edward Burch, HARP MAGAZINE
Editorial 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., All Music Guide
Bio / Background
" In troubadour Otis Gibbs, we may have found America's contemporary Billy Bragg. Not since late A&M period Phil Ochs have we heard such a distinctly American blending of the personal and the political"
- Edward Burch, HARP MAGAZINE
"It's the perfect mix of wit and grit."
-Rick Cornell, NO DEPRESSION
"Gibbs is a Midwesterner with a long beard, a trucker's hat and and a bag of sharply observed country-rock songs, some far enough to the left side of the political fence to make him a spiritual descendent of Woody Guthrie and brother of Steve Earle. But it's the heart-touching humanity he displays that wins your heart."
-Larry Katz, THE BOSTON HERALD
"Thinking Mans Country comes closest to the sound and wordsmithing of this brilliant singer/songwriter."
-Nan Holda, CHAMPAIGN/URBANA CITY VIEW
"Level-headed yet skewed-view storyteller Otis Gibbs explains it all on this unplugged masterpiece"
-Dave Lindquist, INDIANAPOLIS STAR
"Gibbs is the real deal.
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Not just another folk/roots relelasebad little bunny wrote on December 12, 2008
This is one of those CD's that I keep going back to even though it is over 3 years old. The songs manage to dig in and take hold and grow from there. The music a a nice balance of twang, folk and roots - sometimes sad, sometimes poignant. The vocals are the constant here. The lyrics are always gripping, shifting from story-songs to political warning/commentary. For a real treat, check out the stellar slide guitar work on Putnam County girl - one of the few songs on the CD which features someone other than Otis. A solid disc from start to finish.