Otis Gibbs

greetings from louisville, kentucky
...i played a hank sr. tribute
at the exit inn last night in nashville....it was a show
put on by billy block...billy is one cool ass mofo....he
really knows how to throw a party and make
everyone there feel like they are the most important
part of the evening...he's also a damn fine drummer
and i was lucky enough to play a couple of songs with
him...it was a nice way to start a hectic week

i had a fellow walk up to me last night...he asked if i
remembered him and i had a hard time placing his
face...he said his name was mark miller and i
immediately remembered him....he was in a band
called the ex husbands back in the nineties...i met
him in 94 or 95 at a party in austin, texas...we
chatted on the phone off and on trying to work out
the logistics of playin a show together but it never
happened....mark is now doing his own thing in
nashville...he must have one hell of a memory
and he's an awful swell guy to hang with

we stayed out way too late chatting at a bar next
to the exit inn....i don't remember what the place
was called but it was nice and quiet...it was a good
place to sit and chat with friends...billy block and
andy moore seem to know more about
indianapolis' jazz heritage than most hoosiers...for
shame

i got up at six am this morning and headed to
louisville...i had to be on air at wfpk at 11am...mike
kenney was cool enough to drive me up here on his
way back to Indy (mike met nick Lowe last night so
his head was in the stars)...I made it with only a
couple of minutes left to spare and the on air
thing went well...My buddy Charles spoof came by
and picked me up and took me over to his place so
that I could chill out for a while...He's the fellow that
set everything up today...Yah gotta love charles he's
good people and he gets stuff done...i'm doing an in
store at a cool indie record store called ear-extacy
at 6pm and then i have to head over to air devils at
9pm and do a show...too much stuff for one day?...no
way...gotta take your swings when ya can

i just found out that the silos are in town tonight but
i'm doubtful that i'll be able to make it...i dig me
some silos

i'll be heading back to nashville in the morning...looks
like a busy weekend for me