Otis Gibbs

Otis Gibbs is a songwriter, storyteller, painter, photographer, and planter of 7,176 trees.He once wrestled a bear and lost. Hes been called the best unknown songwriter inmusic today, but if you ask him, hell just say hes a folksinger.The Trust Of Crows, his tenth studio album, was recorded at the iconic Columbia StudioA in Nashville, where Bob Dylan made Blonde on Blonde and Nashville Skyline. Itsbeen closed to the public for decades, but Otis was given permission to record there.Gibbs storytelling extends beyond music to his YouTube channel, where more than100,000 subscribers listen to tales and folklore passed down by legendary musicians. Inan effort to preserve these personal stories before theyre lost to history, he singlehandedly built a living archive in the spirit of The Lomax Family, Studs Terkel or evenCharles Kuralt. This deeply personal project reflects Otis reverence for history, livedexperience, and the characters who shaped American roots music from the ground up.Otis embraced a DIY ethic early on, sometimes by choice and sometimes out ofnecessity. Whether its starting his own record label, podcast, YouTube channel, orwhatever else needed to be done, hes created his own ecosystem in the artsall whilewearing the same work shirt and old felt hat that he wore planting trees 25 years ago.He continues to shine a light on the forgotten people, places, and the unvarnished beauty of everyday life.Otis and his partner, Amy Lashley have spent the last 20 years in their tiny home on top of a hill in East Nashville surrounded by artists, weirdos, radicals and as many animals as possible.