There's not a lot to report here in Nashville. It's just a very rainy day.

Sitting around the house, I got my cat Frankie on my left-hand side, my cat baby on my right-hand side as I speak.

Just been enjoying life around the house at a very slow pace.

But things are going to pick up quite a lot.

I've added a lot of dates at Otis Gibbs.com, and hopefully I'll be coming somewhere near you pretty soon,

and maybe we can see each other.

So just stop by and check out those dates at Otisgibs.com.

And hopefully I'll see you at a show.

And... 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 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 the 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 Mike Bub.

Mike is a five-time IBMA bass player of the year.

He's a great all-around musician and just a wonderful guy to hang out with.

You can follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com slash old bubby.

If you haven't heard episode 135 and 136 where Mike talks about Bill Monroe and Jimmy Martin,

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