I'd like to start out by thanking everybody for the nice emails and for leaving comments on iTunes. I really appreciate it.

And I promised that I would read some of these on the air if you sent them.

So here goes. This is from someone named Boogie Studio 22, and I'm not sure if that's the name

that his mama gave him. I was made aware of Otis's show last fall, but didn't get around

to listening to it until several months ago. I just finished listening to every episode.

I was immediately hooked on Otis's ability to relate to his musical cohorts and make them feel comfortable,

probably because they're already friends. His guests reflect on their musical history,

sharing wonderful stories and anecdotes, and finally, there's an interesting threat about

regional wrestling in quite a few of the episodes.

Highly recommended.

Thank you.

And keep sending those emails and leaving comments on iTunes.

Thank you. 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, Tennessee, and I'm staring out the window,

and the dog woods are blooming.

Just a beautiful, beautiful spring day.

This is a personal journal.

This is a bit of an experiment.

I like to say right up front that I have at 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.

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