专辑名称：Iron & Diamonds
歌手姓名：The Gibson Brothers
唱片公司：Sugar Hill Records
发行日期：2008年04月08日
专辑流派：Country
Bluegrass bands and songwriters must find a balance between finding their own voice and respecting the tradition of the genre. The Gibson Brothers meet this challenge on their latest. The instrumentation provided by Mike Barber, Rick Hayes, Clayton Campbell and Junior Barber is good throughout. However, the effort is really centered on the brothers' singing.
While following in a long line of bluegrass duos, the Gibsons owe as much to Buck Owens and Don Rich as to the Monroe or Stanley Brothers. Anchored by close harmonies, they assimilate material from a variety of sources without any hint of an identity crisis. Their renditions of Tom Petty's "Cabin Down Below" and Steve Earle's "The Other Side of Town" are among the more memorable tracks.
The songwriting is nearly as distinctive as their singing. While they tap into time tested themes, as in the superb "Lonely Me, Lonely You," they are not limited by them. The title track tells the story of a mining community, which unites for a weekly baseball game. With so many in bluegrass vying for attention through instrumental flash, it's refreshing to see a band broadening its subject matter.
01. Cabin Down Below
02. Iron & Diamonds
03. One Step Closer to the Grave
04. The Other Side of Town
05. Somewhere Trouble Don't Go
06. Lonely Me, Lonely You
07. Picker's Blues
08. A World So Full of Love
09. Angry Man
10. Bloom Off the Rose
11. Long Way Down
12. Gone Home
