My sincere thanks to those of you have been spreading the word about this show.

This is typically the slowest part of the year, but for some reason, over the last three months, the audience

has almost doubled. And this is without any press, and the only thing I can attribute it to

is word of mouth, is you guys telling your friends about it. And I just wanted to say up front

that I really appreciate it, and please continue spreading the word, and to those of you

who are new, welcome aboard. Hi, friends, this is Otis Gibbs, and you're listening to Thanks for Giving a Dam.

I'm sitting here in my living room in East Nashville.

This is a personal journal.

This is a bit of an experiment.

I like to say right up front that I haven't the slightest idea of what I'm doing but I decided to do it anyway.

This show was founded with the idea that there are only two people in art that matter.

There's a creative individual and the person experiencing it.

And everything else is an artificial filter.

This is a way for me to share things with you guys without any filters whatsoever.

My guess this week is Jim White.

Jim is a singer and a songwriter who lives in Athens, Georgia. You can find out

everything you need to know about Jim at Jimwhite.net. I first met Jim when our friend Caroline

Herring put together some gigs and got us all three to play together, which is a very, very good

time. And I instantly took to Jim.

I really like him. He's a wonderful person. He's a beautiful man. Very smart, creative, and very

strange in all the best ways. You might have seen the movie searching for wrong-eyed Jesus.

If you haven't, I strongly recommend that you look it up. It's an interesting look

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