The album affirms what we already knew about Robbins from Jawbox and later projects like Burning Airlines: He’s one of the rock underground’s most skillful, economical songwriters. “Abandoned Mansions ...

Folk singer-songwriter, actor and club manager Gil Robbins died on Tuesday in Esteban Cantu, Mexico. He was 80. Prostate cancer was the cause of death, Robbins’ wife Mary told the New York Times.

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Gil Robbins, a folk singer, guitarist and member of the early 1960s group The Highwaymen, has died. He was 80. Robbins died Tuesday at his home in Esteban Cantu, Mexico, Tracey Jacobs said Saturday ...