Wednesday November 9, 2005

Susan Gibson

http://www.susangibson.com/


Show starts at 8pm

Tickets are $10.00

Alex Whitmore Opens


MacHenry's
7618 Camp Bowie West Blvd.
Fort Worth, TX 76116
817-377-0202

www.machenrys.com


MacHenry's is located two blocks east of Cherry Lane which is exit
7A of I 30 West.

Tickets remain at www.machenrys.com

Susan Gibson is always happiest on the move. Even though she's
settled into a home in the Texas Hill Country, she still puts
upwards of 60,000 miles a year on her customized Freightliner van.
And her latest trip, to satisfy that travelin' itch, is Outer Space.

That's the name of Gibson's new recording (slated for release on
July 12, 2005), which stretches her musical boundaries with its
roots-rock sound and is easily the edgiest work she's ever done. The
new album also includes a live version of the Gibson-penned "Wide
Open Spaces," which Dixie Chicks propelled into one of the all-time
best-selling country songs. The album Wide Open Spaces has sold 16
million copies and Gibson sports a tiny chicken foot tattoo to mark
its success.

The song is a helpful introduction that immediately sticks with
people who know the song but don't necessarily know Gibson.

"The flip side of that coin is that if my songs are like my
children, `Wide Open Spaces' is my professional child who might take
care of me in my old age," Gibson says, smiling. "Some of the other
songs I have written are like the adolescent adult children who
refuse to leave home."

Balancing writing and performing is easy for Gibson, whose live
shows draw a steady stream of fans including some who travel miles
to see show after show.

"The writing is sincere, and that makes it easy to perform," she
says. "Likewise, the fact that I go out and perform these songs and
have to look people in the eye keeps the writing sincere. It's one
of the more beautiful vicious circles that I know."

Gibson, born in Fridley, Minn., grew up in Amarillo, Texas. She sang
in church and school choirs for 15 years until she performed Suzanne
Vega's "Gypsy" in the Amarillo High School talent show. Hooked on
the response, she learned Vegas' entire catalog and those of the
Indigo Girls, Tracy Chapman and Shawn Colvin and began writing her
own songs.

Moving to Missoula, Mont., for a stint in forest ranger school,
Gibson discovered open-mic nights and song swaps to inspire her
passion and open spaces to inspire her writing. It was the birth of
her nephew that called Gibson back to Amarillo, where she started a
solo career and then joined Amarillo-based pop-rock band The
Groobees. They performed and released four albums over five years
until May 2001.

Gibson's first solo release, 2002's Chin Up, took her from the East
coast to the West, from Boquillas, Mexico to New Foundland, Canada
and from the United Kingdom back to the Republic of Texas. She's
loading her van with new songs and heading to her next destination,
Outer Space.







We also have a brand new batch of shows booked and up on our box
office at:
www.machenrys.com
Just follow the box office link.

Have a look at
who's coming:

11/10/2005 Thursday – NATHAN HAMILTON & STEPHEN CLARE $10
11/12/2005 Saturday - CHRIS COLLINS $10
11/19/2005 Friday - JIM LAUDERDALE $15

Thanks
Craig Scotland
Smith Scotland Productions
Smithscotland@...