OTIS GIBBS COMPETITION With his recently released album ‘Grandpa Walked A Picketline’ gaining increasing acclaim and currently riding high in the Americana Music Association charts, Otis Gibbs has announced his largest UK tour to date. Touring through May with a return leg in June and July for additional dates as well as some summer festival appearances, Otis will also be playing Ireland’s prestigious Kilkenny Rhythms & Roots festival in May, with club dates to follow in Ireland in June. See him at The Musician, Leicester on the 7th May with Gurf Morlix. Tickets £7 www.themusicianpub.co.uk / 0116 251 0080 0 The press have been kind: “Fans of stark hard-bitten rural folk will be much taken with Otis Gibbs’ Grandpa Walked A Picketline” - Uncut 4/5 “As a kid, Gibbs sang in saloons to pay his uncle’s car tab. That history, and his gravel-edged voice, lends an authentic air to his third album of troubadour country championing the downtrodden and forgotten.” - Q 4/5 “…honest straight from the heart bruising fare” - Maverick 4/5 “…everything here are potent arguments for a much wider awareness of his work.” - NetRhythms To win a copy of his excellent new album ‘Grandpa Walked A Picket Line” answer the following question: What was Gibbs’ 2004 Christmas album called? Send your answer (and your name and address) to leicesterbangs (at) hotmail.co.uk. The last date for entry is 31-5-09. The winner will be the first winning name out of the hat. Some boring bits: Strictly one entry per person. Entrants must be UK residents. The editor’s word is final and he wont be getting into any correspondence. The winner will be notified in the week after 31-5-09 by e-mail. Good Luck!