{"id":6969,"date":"1996-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1996-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"1996-09-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1996-09-01T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6969","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Bob Gibson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Bobby.gif\" height=\"173\" width=\"185\" alt=\"Bobby.gif\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Bobby.mp3\">Tribute to Bob Gibson<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about\">I got a letter from Bob Gibson the other day:<\/p>\n<p>&#039;From the Computer of &#8230; Bob Gibson<\/p>\n<p> August 15, 1996<\/p>\n<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>As my health has declined, I have found that I may miss<br \/>\nmusic more than anything else. I miss making music,<br \/>\nlistening to music and being around others who have<br \/>\nmusic in their blood. So, I&#039;m going to have a party and<br \/>\ninvite everyone to bring their voices, instruments and<br \/>\nsongs!<\/p>\n<p>Please join me, just north of Chicago, at the Sheraton<br \/>\nNorth Shore on Friday, September 20, 1996 to visit and jam!<br \/>\nI&#039;ve arranged for a small sound system, a no host bar,<br \/>\nlight refreshments, and a view of the Chicago skyline. I<br \/>\nwould like to see you, hear you and just say hello.<\/p>\n<p>This may be the last chance I have to see many of you. I<br \/>\nam finding it increasingly difficult to do the simplest<br \/>\nthings and traveling is really a challenge. I won&#039;t be<br \/>\nable to play and sing with you, but I&#039;m really looking<br \/>\nforward to being an audience of one! Please RSVP to my<br \/>\ndaughter Susan by September 15, 1996.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to see you there.<\/p>\n<p>Bob<\/p>\n<p>John Brown and Spanky McFarlane wrote a new<br \/>\nversion of &#039;Sweet Betsy From Pike&#039; for this<br \/>\noccasion.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#039;t be able to attend, but I wanted to sing<br \/>\ntheir song, here in the Folk Den for Bob.<\/p>\n<p>The capo is on the third fret.<\/p>\n<p>&#039;Bobby From Chi&#039;<\/p>\n<p>To the tune of &#039;Sweet Betsy From Pike&#039;<br \/>\nLyrics by: John Brown &amp; Elane McFarlane<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nC               Em            F         C<\/p>\n<p>Oh don&#039;t you remember sweet Bobby from Chi?<\/p>\n<p>C               Am          Dm       G <\/p>\n<p>He sang in a cellar, a folk-singin&#039; guy<\/p>\n<p>     F <\/p>\n<p>He picked on the banjo and 12-string guitar<\/p>\n<p>C               Em            F           C  Em  Am  G<\/p>\n<p>At the old Gate of Horn, what a wonderful bar!<\/p>\n<p>And down in that cellar, all smoky and damp<\/p>\n<p>He sang of Old Blue with young Bobby Camp<\/p>\n<p>The crowd was ecstatic, my gosh what a scene<\/p>\n<p>With liner notes written by Shel Silverstein<\/p>\n<p>They gave the old folk  songs a twist that was new<\/p>\n<p>Camp hollered &#039;I&#039;m sorry your mother turned blue&#039;<\/p>\n<p>In three-button suits they were polished and lean<\/p>\n<p>They kept off the weight with that pure methadrene<\/p>\n<p>Now all us young folkies thought Bob was the rage<\/p>\n<p>We&#039;d sneak in the &#039;Gate&#039; and we&#039;d sit near the stage<\/p>\n<p>But we didn&#039;t go there just lookin&#039; for kicks<\/p>\n<p>We&#039;d check out his changes and copy his licks<\/p>\n<p>Oh don&#039;t you remember sweet Bobby my friend?<\/p>\n<p>We&#039;ll be playing your music from now &#039;til the end<\/p>\n<p>Now here&#039;s to you Bobby, a toast from the heart<\/p>\n<p>Make Saint Peter smile with that 12-string guitar\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Tribute to Bob Gibson I got a letter from Bob Gibson the other day: &#039;From the Computer of &#8230; Bob Gibson August 15, 1996 Dear Friends, As my health has declined, I have found that I may miss music more than anything else. I miss making music, listening &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6969\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tribute to Bob Gibson&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8414,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions\/8414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}