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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:08 am 
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Favourite son of Wanamaker, Indiana, USA, Otis Gibbs returns to WagonWheel Presents… at The Greystones on Wednesday July 11th. Writer of songs, teller of tales, populist agitator, social dissident, planter of 7000 trees, photographer, musician, iconoclast. A man trying to live decently in an indecent world. Otis comes to Sheffield as part of an extensive UK tour to promote his brand new record ‘Harder Than Hammered Hell’. Support comes from Mark Wynn. Advance tickets priced at £8 are available from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/153483 and over the bar at The Greystones. Entry on the night will be £10. Doors open 7.30pm for an 8pm start.


***OTIS GIBBS***

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Otis Gibbs is a man in search of an honest experience. Gibbs is often
referred to as a folk artist, but that is a simplistic way to describe
a man who has planted over 7,000 trees, slept in hobo jungles, walked
with nomadic shepherds in Romania, was a fifth grade yo-yo champion
and once wrestled a bear (and lost). Otis has played countless,
theaters, festivals, bars and house concerts and has managed to carve
out a living, while remaining happily independent. Much of his work
concentrates on the world ignored by pop culture. Sometimes forgotten,
obsolete, or simply marginalized, it is a world that doesn’t fit into
a twenty-second sound bite, or talking point. Otis has spent the last
fifteen years traveling across America and abroad documenting this
world, and has a story to share about each stop along the way.

Harder Than Hammered Hell, is Otis Gibbs’ sixth album. It’s also the
fourth release by Wanamaker Recording Company, the East Nashville
based independent label he started in 2008 with long time partner Amy
Lashley. The album title was inspired by experiences Otis had when
he worked as a tree-planter in Indiana. Much of what he learned came
from a seventy-year-old friend/co-worker. The man would
describe ground that is too hard to dig as, “harder than hammered
hell.” He would also use the phrase when referring to a difficult job,
or a particularly tough person. Otis found it a fitting metaphor for
the difficulties of leading a creative life

The album features performances by Thomm Jutz on guitar, Mark Fain on
bass, Paul Griffith on drums and Amy Lashley on vocals. When asked
about his approach to making records Otis replied, “I’m silly enough
to believe that I’m the world’s foremost authority on what an Otis
Gibbs record should sound like. I tend to enjoy stripped down
arrangements that highlight the song and the vocal.” Jutz’ tasteful
playing style blends perfectly in this setting. Gibbs produced the
record, with Jutz engineering, making this their third collaboration.

There is a feeling of strength and perseverance that resonates throughout
this record. Otis’ work often speaks of accepting the harsh realities
of life without giving into them. Songs like Never Enough, Made To
Break and Broke And Restless are a reflection of that spirit.

Don’t Worry Kid recalls childhood feelings of not fitting in. “I wish
that more people would be honest with kids and let them know that
there’s nothing wrong with feeling different. Any sane person would
feel out of place in a society that idolizes celebrities and trash
culture while catering to short attention spans. The good news is
they’re not alone and it does get better.”

Big Whiskers was inspired by a childhood memory. In1966, the World
Record Flathead Catfish (79lb 8oz) was caught out of White River near
Gibbs’ childhood home. Otis fished that same river countless times and
heard many stories of huge catfish spotted there. Otis asked his
friend, Adam Carroll to help him finish a song based on some of these
tall tales. Gibbs and Carroll met up at a rundown hotel outside of
Austin, Texas and finished the song in an afternoon.

Otis currently resides in East Nashville with his partner Amy Lashley.

It’s the perfect mix of wit and gritNo Depression

Gibbs is a Midwesterner with a long beard, a trucker’s hat and and a bag of sharply observed country-rock songs, some far enough to the left side of the political fence to make him a spiritual descendent of Woody Guthrie and brother of Steve Earle.” The Boston Herald

With a proper growl, a lefty sensibility and a well picked acoustic guitar, Otis Gibbs is the Steve Earle of his generation, albeit without the drug history or the divorces.” Americana-uk.com

http://www.otisgibbs.com/


***MARK WYNN***

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A veteran of numerous York bands, Mark Wynn released his self titled debut solo EP of blues edged country folk in 2009. Steeped in the influence of the likes of Townes Van Zandt and Steve Earle, several full length releases have followed as well as hundreds of gigs all over the country.

http://markwynn.bandcamp.com/


Facebook Event page:

http://www.facebook.com/events/443616152316990

Last.fm Event page:

http://www.last.fm/event/3302538

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:37 am 
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Seeing Otis tonight in Whelans, believe me people of Sheffield you need to check this dude out.

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Mustang horses, champagne glasses
Anything frail anything wild
It's the price of living motion, what's beautiful is broken
And grace is just the measure of a fall.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:28 pm 
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Eoin wrote:
Seeing Otis tonight in Whelans, believe me people of Sheffield you need to check this dude out.


I'll be checking him out five times in October - he's supporting Ian Hunter - I tried to get Colorama the slot but hey...


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:57 pm 
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I saw Otis Gibbs at Tingewick (Buckingham) a couple of years ago. Thought he was really good.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:49 am 
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just back from seeing him here in Dublin, kinda awesome as expected. A really good guy too, get your asses down people of Sheffield.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:44 am 
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He's never been anything less than thoroughly entertaining on his previous visits to town and has an ever growing audience that you can still be part of with a couple of clicks here: http://www.wegottickets.com/wagonwheelpresents

Also on sale in The Greystones or it'll cost you a tenner on the door. It's a week on Wednesday and you get the fabulous Mark Wynn too.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:13 am 
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This is tonight. More on it here from the Telegraph: http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/lif ... -1-4723076

Live music kicks off from 8pm.

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