the of mirror eye

* The Gibson Brothers: Memphis Chicken (3.5 mb) | Casey Jones (3.0 mb) | You Walked In The Room (3.0 mb) | I’m Driftin’ (3.5 mb) | The Man Who Loved Couch Dancing (3.5 mb)
From Live At Bogart’s : Aug 16, 1991 : Long Beach, CA

This right here is The Gibson Brothers. Kings of all that are deranged, rockin’ and out of control.

The Gibson Bros came howling out of Columbus, Ohio with a reckless, feckless brand of semi-competent minimalist American roots revisionism, twisting blues, hillbilly and gospel gems — as well as their own already bent tunes — dementedly passionate, loosely played music that never stooped to gimmicks or camp. The quartet, which included rock-critic-turned-drummer-turned-guitarist-and- singer Don Howland (ex-Great Plains), did their level best to put their town on the map. Although often compared to the Cramps (also from Ohio, as it happens), the Gibsons cast a wider musical net, digging their wildly reverbed guitars, super-simple drumming and Jeff Evans’ frantic vocals into obscure blues and hillbilly tunes, gospel classics and derivative originals (where the lyrics can get pretty bizarre), all with equal fervor. Not always focused — or tuned up — enough to be enjoyable, the willfully hapless Gibson Bros were still capable of deep wit and high excitement.

(from Trouser Press)

By 1991, when this concert was recorded, the group had split, with Jeff Evans and Don Howland continuing on with guests on various other instruments. I’m not too sure who else is playing in this concert. So turn up that stereo and be prepared to bow down to the Kings.

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If you want more of The Gibson Brothers lovin’, Something I Learned Today has more history and some tracks right here. Be sure to check out the rest of the dude’s mp3 blog for more punk-y, garage-y goodness.

Also, I posted some tracks from The Bassholes awhile back, you can read (unfortunately, no music) the post here.