Bobby
Gibson, has played music since childhood. There were several
musicians in the family, on both sides. His mother and father
both played the guitar. So, there was a guitar around since
day one. He played his first job for money at the age of
11, for three dollars. The old barn is still standing to
this day. His uncle George on his mothers side played the
banjo, and the mandolin. His uncles, on his fathers side,
played guitar, and grandpa Gibson played the banjo. So it
was inevitable. Bobby played in many local bands in The
Portland, Oregon area, including playing casual gigs with
Willie Nelson while he was a DJ on KVAN radio in Vancouver
Washington. In the early sixties, Bobby then moved on to
the Los Angeles area for about a year, appearing on shows
such as Town Hall Party, the Cousin Herb Henson show in
Bakersfield. At that time Merle Haggard was at the Blackboard.
it was then that he ran into a life long hero, Roy Nichols.
They use to trade licks, as most guitar players will do
when they have idle time. From California, Bobby moved on
to Springfield, Mo., spending about a year
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playing on KWTO radio with Slim Wilson and the gang doing
the morning radio show, selling Martha White Flour, and giving
the price of farm goods. During that stay, Bobby appeared
on the Ozark Jubilee, Starring Red Foley, as did many of the
up and coming artist of the future. Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee,
Leroy VanDyke, Jim Reeves, and many others. It was at that
time he played guitar for Bobby Lord, opening for Johnny Cash.
Jim Reeves had asked Bobby and his then wife, Carla Rowe,
to move to Nashville to work in his band. He turned Jim down
over fifty dollars a week. So, instead of moving to Nashville
he eventually moved back to Vancouver Washington, and built
Ripcord Recording Studios. Ripcord became one of the Premier
studios in the area It still operates today under a different
name. Bobby is still active today, demonstrating guitars for
many companies. He has just released his new CD, ‘NOW
APPEARING’, available at bobbygibson.com or Funky Junk
com. Bobby appears regularly in Nashville, at the Chet Atkins
Appreciation Society, in July, and the NAMM shows in Anaheim,
Calif., In January and Nashville in July. Bobby is available
for shows, guitar clubs etc.
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