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Steve Gibson
Steve Gibson may seem to have made all the records you’ve ever heard.
This comment describes a tally of all the records featuring country session picker Steve Gibson, but anyone gazing upon this discography would be forgiven for thinking it is actually every record ever made. Putting aside that obvious exaggeration, what remains at hand is the aural residue of activity beginning in the mid-'70s with performers such as BJ Thomas and Dave Loggins and continuing for decade after decade with a total theoretically based on the maximum number of jobs that could be fit into a six-day week, presuming Steve took Sundays off.
A great deal of the material is country & western coming straight out of the Nashville sound. It would be fair to say that the Nashville sound is, indeed, Steve and other players of his of ilk. Whether he is tearing off twangy honky tonk licks on a Johnny Rodriguez side or providing a set of rhythmic stab marks on an acoustic box for Dolly Parton, this performer has proven remarkably adept at keeping up with commercial trends.
Many of rock's most demanding maestros, including at least two Neils, Diamond and Young, have brought Steve in on recording sessions. The most suitable word to describe the guitarist's aesthetic slant seems to be "available." He is there on a provocative early Guy Clark session, he is there for yet another set of England Dan & John Ford Coley singsong,
He runs with Eddie Rabbit wrinkles with George Strait and most likely agrees with the title of a Ray Stevens album that he of course plays on: I Never Made A Record I Didn’t Like.
Steve is also long time musical director of The Grand ‘Ole Opry as well as many Music Awards Shows.
Steve Plays a Timberwolf Guitar
