Steve Gibbons – Ein Musiker, den man kennen sollte
On the next stage, Steve Gibbons' musical career crosses with that of the Birmingham-based group The Move. The Move: A constant in the Brumbeat scene However, this is not so easy, to describe The Move and it`s music as it covered a whole range of styles. The website Brumbeat puts it this way: The Move... Continue Reading →
With the appearance as support act of The Who at the Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg and the one at the "Musikladen Extra" the Steve Gibbons Band had reached the temporary peak of their career in West Germany. After that most music fans in Germany didn't hear anything from the band for a long time. In... Continue Reading →
A widespread misunderstanding The history of rock music is full of half-truths, gaps, misunderstandings and misinterpretations. This includes the widespread opinion that the GDR only opened up to white Western rock musicians shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, at the end of the 1980s, in order to present itself to dissatisfied young people... Continue Reading →
Image above: Replica of an advertisement of the record company for the album "Down In The Bunker". (More about this ad in the text) After "Tulane" a lot changed - also the appearance of the band With the chart placement of "Tulane", the Steve Gibbons Band finally had a pound to grow with - one... Continue Reading →
The Album Because of the live qualities of the Steve Gibbons Band it was logical that the third LP was not a studio album but a live recording. Recorded in the same line-up as the two albums before (bass, vocals - Trevor Burton, drums - Bob Lamb, lead guitar, keyboards, vocals - Bob Wilson, lead... Continue Reading →
New songs, old team The second album entitled "Rollin` On" was released in 1976 with the same line-up as the first. Also the producer (Kenny Laguna) and the record company (MCA) remained the same. Unlike the first album, it does not only consist of original compositions of the band leader. Two song were written by... Continue Reading →
The somewhat different "50 years of Woodstock" concerts On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival many concerts took place, where songs from that time were played as original as possible. The concerts of the British Rock & Blues Explosion, which took place in November under the motto "Woodstock meets Bavaria", were... Continue Reading →
(You may find an English version of this article here) Steve Gibbons und die Beatles Am 10. April 1970 erklärte Paul McCartney, dass er kein Mitglied der Beatles mehr sei. Für manche Fans war dies die Urkatastrophe der Rockmusik, und der wahre Tag, an dem die Musik starb. Für uns ist dieser Tag Anlass,... Continue Reading →
Zwei Alben mit Deutschlandbezug An der Wende vom 1980er zum 1990er Jahrzehnt erschienen, jeweils auf einem deutschen Label, zwei Neuerscheinungen (als LP und CD) der Steve Gibbons Band: „Maintaining Radio Silence“, die erste Studio-LP seit acht Jahren, die 1988 eingespielt wurde, erschien bei Episode mit Sitz in Frankfurt am Main. Das zweite 1990er Live-Album mit... Continue Reading →
Quelle des Beitragsbildes: Wikipedia ( Frontcover des Heart Beat 86 Charity Konzertprogramms) „Tried`n`tested“, eine Kassette in Eigenproduktion Nach dem top aufgemachten Album „Saints & Sinners“ folgte vier Jahre erst mal kein neuer Tonträger der Steve Gibbons Band. Im Jahr 1985 erschien dann „Tried`n`tested“, eine in Eigenproduktion in den Rich Bitch Studios, Selly Oak, Birmingham aufgenommene... Continue Reading →
Die-Steve-Gibbons-Story 