The To Do List

There’s no cussin’ in this squeaky clean episode of The To Do List podcast, where we talk to Leigh Gibson, 1/2 of the bluegrass duo The Gibson Brothers, about songwriting, staying true to yourself, meeting your idols, Jamie’s conversion to being a bluegrass fan, and why this episode took so long to release.

Leigh also treats us to a special version of the song “Want vs. Need” from their new record, Help My Brother.

Family-friendly and scrubbed of profanity! Just in time for your holiday weekend travel!

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2010 IBMA Award Winners, The Gibson Brothers—Eric and Leigh—are widely recognized as the finest brother duet in bluegrass music today.  Whether taking on a gospel standard, re-imagining a Ray Charles classic or weaving a tale of their own, Leigh, Eric and the boys always seem to hit the mark. Their latest album on Compass Records, Help My Brother, has already been hailed by reviewers.

“Help My Brother” is a special recording.  It has wisdom and joy.  It has emotion and humor.  It has heritage and spirituality.  But mostly it is just excellent music from some wonderful, immensely talented folks; Eric and Leigh Gibson, Mike Barber, Clayton Campbell and Joe Walsh.  And just for good measure they’ve brought along Ricky Skaggs, Claire Lynch, Alison Brown and Mike Witcher to add to the joy.  Buy it.  You’ll be awful glad you did.

Do yourself a favor and get it now.

Also, their live show is definitely worth your time and money. Check out their tour schedule.  They’re probably playing near you soon.

Special shout outs to Gibson Brother sponsors D’Addario Strings and Deering Banjos.

As always, we welcome your feedback and comments on the podcast.  If you subscribe to the podcast via iTunes, we would really appreciate it if you could leave us a review over there. – Much love, TDL.