Rebe Gosdin
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Rebe Gosdin was an Alabama-born country and bluegrass singer and songwriter whose Bakersfield-era duo with brother Vern Gosdin, billed as Rebe & Rabe, predated Vern’s long solo career and supplied the catalog song “Helen.”
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- Born in 1934 in Woodland, Alabama, the older brother of country singer Vern Gosdin.
- Moved to the Los Angeles area with Vern in 1961 and formed Rebe & Vern.
- Performed with Vern as part of the early-1960s Los Angeles bluegrass and country-rock circle that included Chris Hillman.
- Credited as the author of the bluegrass song “Helen.”
- Continued to work in West Coast country and bluegrass after Vern’s solo breakthrough.
