Gibson Bros.

A crazed psychobilly quartet which later fragmented into <a href="spotify:artist:1y3DaTlCre1CXldXePhwWx">the Workdogs</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3k096PjdvfvvzisSDUkqsX">'68 Comeback</a>, the Gibson Bros. formed in Ohio during the mid-'80s, playing barely competent yet totally energetic bluesy roots rock which later became a staple of indie rock through groups like <a href="spotify:artist:2NOhotupwYbKRNJF7LMDPG">the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0Z7OZE3TcRjKAgmiqk7qas">Mule</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6We37VK6F8nGRS06GoCfga">the Delta 72</a>. Vocalist/guitarists <a href="spotify:artist:3q7VQ8Qo0jP8axnG8cNfur">Don Howland</a> (formerly with Great Plains) and Jeff Evans were the most stable members of the group, though third guitarist Dan Dow and drummer Ellen Hoover also appeared on the Gibson Bros.' first three albums, the obscure 1986 cassette-only Build a Raft plus the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Homestead%22">Homestead</a> releases Big Pine Boogie and Dedicated Fool.

For 1990's Punk Rock Drivin' Song of a Gun, <a href="spotify:artist:3q7VQ8Qo0jP8axnG8cNfur">Howland</a> and Evans were billed with <a href="spotify:artist:1y3DaTlCre1CXldXePhwWx">Workdogs</a>, a rhythm-section-for-hire including bassist Rob Kennedy and drummer Scott Jarvis. The fifth Gibson Bros. LP, 1991's The Man Who Loved Couch Dancing, alternated home recordings and live shots, the latter with indie heavy weights <a href="spotify:artist:5q6Nhg9lGUeSjODDdctHvN">Jon Spencer</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1GiwPOMsLjfM7Uw7xBxelt">Cristina Martinez</a> in tow. <a href="spotify:artist:5q6Nhg9lGUeSjODDdctHvN">Spencer</a> also appeared on the last record with both <a href="spotify:artist:3q7VQ8Qo0jP8axnG8cNfur">Howland</a> and Evans, 1993's Memphis Sol Today!, recorded at Sun Studios. While Evans formed the similarly inspired -- and possibly even more raucous -- <a href="spotify:artist:3k096PjdvfvvzisSDUkqsX">'68 Comeback</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3q7VQ8Qo0jP8axnG8cNfur">Howland</a> worked with <a href="spotify:artist:5NhqzLUYeZfo75kxpKgB83">the Bassholes</a> on albums released in 1992 and 1994. ~ John Bush, Rovi