I'd like to start out this episode by reading a quote about Slade Cleaves from the great writer Stephen King.

I'm glad I found Slade Cleaves because my life would have been poorer without him.

You'll feel the same, I think, when you listen to this beautifully crafted album.

Listen, go to one of Slade's shows, take a friend, and pass on the news.

Not all the good guys wear hats.

Again, that's Stephen King talking about Slade Cleaves.

Music 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.

And 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 Slade Cleves.

Slade is a singer and a songwriter who lives in Wimberley, Texas.

And you can find out everything you need to know about Slade at sladeclieves.com.

If you know me very well, you know I'm a big fan of Slade Cleaves.

I think there's nobody better than him out there. There are people with big hype machines behind them and a lot of money thrown behind their records,

but there's nobody making better music than Slade.

Slade was on back in episode 11.

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