I was doing a little brainstorming, and I thought maybe it'd be a good idea if I shared with you guys the comments that people are leaving on social media, sending to me in emails or leaving on iTunes.

I thought maybe it'd be a good way to make people a part of the show.

And the first one comes from someone, it's an anonymous user, I'm guessing they live in Asia.

It goes like this. Discovering these podcasts was like opening a handmade gift. The interview choices

Otis's made are insightful and offer a rare chance to listen to

gentle inside stories of creatives discussing moments in their musical lives. Truly interesting.

I live in Asia far away from slide guitar, Lightning Hopkins, biker rallies, or porches, but today I was

transported. Thank you to whoever sent that. I think it was beautiful,

and I think it describes what I'm hoping to do,

and I'm probably falling a little bit short of.

But if you keep sending in comments like that,

I'll do my best to read them on the air.

I'll do my best to read them on the air. I don't know. Oh, and so. Oh. Oh. And you know,

and Hi friends, this is Otis Gibbs, and you're listening to Thanks for Giving a

damn. I'm sitting here in my living room in East Nashville, Tennessee as I record this.

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 Bob Olson. Bob has had a really long,

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