Souvenirs Of A Misspent Youth

Gibbs’ songs feature stories about every day life. He has been compared to Woody Guthrie, Tom T. Hall, Kris Kristofferson, and Townes Van Zandt. Gibbs is also noted as “a storyteller’s storyteller” who “symbolizes the true essence of the independent spirit thriving in the East Nashville neighbuorhood he calls home.”

His most recent album, “Souvenirs of a Misspent Youth” has been described as “his most pleasing, direct and artful work in 12 years of pleasing, direct and artful recording” by the Tennessean. In addition, songs like “‘The Darker Side of Me’ have received much acclaim… Alan Harrison of ‘No Depression’ comments that ‘If Johnny Cash was still alive today, I’m sure he would be the first in line to record ‘The Darker Side of Me’”

Billy Bragg included Gibbs’ song “The Peoples Day” in a list of “Top Five Songs with Something to Say”, published in the Wall Street Journal. Andy Gill of the The Independent wrote that there is a “authenticity and dedication in Gibbs’ delivery which is somehow cleansing in its purity”.