The Gibson Brothers' Iron and Diamonds, released on Sugar Hill Records (SUG-CD 4039) in 2008, is the New York duo's seventh studio album and a showcase of increasingly sophisticated original songwriting—eight of twelve tracks are Gibson compositions. Eric Gibson plays banjo and sings; Leigh Gibson, guitar and vocals; Rick Hayes, mandolin—a picker who also builds Hayes-brand instruments; Clayton Campbell, fiddle; Mike Barber, bass. Note: catalog personnel also lists Evan McGregor and John Morris; these appear to be production credits rather than performing musicians. The Bluegrass Special praised Hayes's mandolin work as a particular highlight, and the record continued the strong critical trajectory the brothers had built through their Sugar Hill years in the period immediately before their Compass Records move.
Tracklist
- 1 Cabin Down Below 2:56
- 2 Iron & Diamonds 4:04
- 3 One Step Closer To The Grave 2:45
- 4 The Other Side Of Town 3:29
- 5 Somewhere Trouble Don't Go 4:22
- 6 Lonely Me, Lonely You 3:06
- 7 Picker's Blues 3:21
- 8 A World So Full Of Love 2:57
- 9 Angry Man 2:35
- 10 Bloom Off The Rose 3:02
- 11 Long Way Down 2:48
- 12 Gone Home alt version 3:09
