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For enjoying it in utmost fidelity, we recommend a monaural sassaphras X2371-Y speaker in coordinate linkage with a bi-trennial mixless moraphan (model 17-B) and a hot buttered rum.īob Gibson, who pleads guilty to writing and recording all of the SKI SONGS, has been a favorite of folk music buffs since he began singing professionally in 1953. (“For his skis are the things that give him his wings and make him an eagle on high.”) Even love finds its way here as a young man sings of My Highlands Lassie whom he met on the hill…on skis, of course…a switch that might even startle the solons of Tin Pan Alley.Īll in all, this LP must delight any skier…beginner, intermediate, advanced or advanced-fireside-sitter. In This White World is a beautiful lyrical and melodic paean to that special ecstasy that only a skier knows. Not all of the SKI SONGS are in the prevaricative vein. (“Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die.”) Another fellow, the Celebrated Skier, “could ski the Cliffs Of Dover with nary a bloody hitch, and haven’t I often proved it in the barroom.” Set to music.įor example, there’s the saga of Super Skier whose “Jumpin’ form was fine, till he ran into a pine, and two one-legged skiers left from there.” And a whopper about Super Skier’s Last Race, to the tune of Battle Hymn Of The Republic, yet. That is to say, they are outright and outrageous lies. Many of them are akin to the stories oft told by hearthlight in the lodges from Squaw Valley to Aspen to Stowe. The songs herein are certain to pluck the heartstrings of any true devotee. All for the thrill of barreling downhill at 70 miles an hour, balanced precariously on a pair of wooden slats fixed firmly (it is hoped) to the feet.Īnd so to YOU-intrepid, impetuous, damnfool skier-this album is dedicated. What’s more, he’s desperately eager to trek hundreds of miles to a favorite run, to suffer the agonies of frostbite while patiently awaiting the arrival of a recalcitrant ski tow and to spend his last sou on a piece of esoteric equipment. The skier, however-unthinkingly, unabashedly, with head held high in traction-is. Fishermen, croquet players and golfers have been known to develop some nasty, though clinically interesting, obsessions.īut few addicts to other sporting vices are deliberately willing to risk life, limb, body and soul to satisfy their caprices. There may be, somewhere on this improbable planet, sports enthusiasts who are more fanatical than skiers.

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“Super Skier” borrows from “The MTA Song” (which, itself was borrowed from “The Ship That Never Returned”) and “Super Skier’s Last Race” borrows from “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” While many of Gibson’s albums have were anthologized and reissued over the years, this one remained elusive until this welcome reissue. He interweaves skiing lingo the way Brian Wilson and Roger Christian did with hot rod talk, offering up a wry introduction to winter sport with the talking blues “Talking Skier,” and showing affection for snow-covered landscapes in “In This White World.” Several of the tunes are familiar, as Gibson practices the folk tradition of repurposing melodies from well-known songs. The result is a surprisingly clever, joyous and fulfilling album, with Gibson telling the imagined conquests of insufferable ski braggarts, the gory demise of a hot dogger, the ennui brought by Spring and the rebirth furnished by Winter. His banjo is backed by Russell Savkas’ acoustic bass, Joe Puma’s guitar (which offers a swinging solo on “Ski Patrol”), with Eric Weissberg filling out the arrangements on all three. Signed to the roots powerhouse Elektra, Gibson was living in Aspen, and turned his love of skiing into an album of song. And while the subjects may seem trivial in comparison to those of Gibson’s better-known originals, neither the songs nor performances were tossed off lightly. Bob Gibson – Ski Songs (Elektra/Collectors’ Choice, 1959/2005) This 1959 album has the hallmarks of a cash-in: a famous folk singer, a comical cover, and a seemingly lightweight theme.














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