Bob Gibson

by Gibson, Bob; Bender, Carole

• ISBN13: 9781565549081
• ISBN10: 1565549082
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Firebird Pr

Summary

The life story of the father of the folk revival.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Allan Shaw
Introduction	vii
The Contributors	xii
The Day I Began	1	(4)
Mommy Likes People Who Make Music	5	(15)
The Road to Chicago	20	(12)
The Short Happy Life of the Original Gate of Horn	32	(21)
The Magic of Albert Grossman and Gibson & Camp	53	(12)
The Glory Years	65	(7)
Bridge to Doom	72	(17)
``Demons''	89	(13)
Veiled Comeback	102	(20)
The Real Beginning	122	(14)
The Courtship of Carl Sandburg - My Theatrical Experience	136	(14)
Hobson's Choice and the Best of Friends	150	(10)
Uncle Bob	160	(14)
One More Time! Gibson & Camp at the Gate of Horn	174	(6)
The Women In My Life	180	(4)
At Loose Ends	184	(4)
Stops Along the Way	188	(12)
Makin' A Mess	200	(11)
The Illness	211	(12)
Bob Gibson - The Man	223	(15)
Farewell Party	238	(11)
Farewell to Bob	249	(3)
The Contribution of Bob Gibson	252	(19)
The Aspects of Genius	271	(32)
The Songwriter	271	(15)
Bob Gibson
The Musician	286	(7)
Bob Gibson
The Entertainer	293	(10)
Bob Gibson
Epilogue	303	(104)
Peter Yarrow
Appendices
1 - Notes from Pete Seeger's How to Play the Banjo	307	(1)
2 - The Peekskill Riots	308	(4)
3 - Discography	312	(26)
4 - Songwriting Manual	338	(21)
5 - The Courtship of Carl Sandburg	359	(31)
6 - The Chicago Club Scene	390	(17)
Index	407