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SUSAN GIBSON
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Susan Gibson is always happiest on the move.
Even though sheâs settled into a home in the
Texas Hill Country, she still puts upward of
60,000 miles a year on her Freightliner van.
And her latest trip, to satisfy that
travelinâ itch, is Outer Space.
Thatâs the name
of Gibsonâs new recording (slated for
release July 12, 2005), which stretches her
musical boundaries with its roots-rock sound
and is easily the edgiest work sheâs ever
done. The new album also includes a live
version of the Gibson-penned ãWide Open
Spaces,ä which Dixie Chicks propelled into
one of the all-time best-selling country
songs. The
album
Wide Open Spaces has sold 16 million,
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 donât
necessarily know Gibson. |
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ãThe flip side of
that coin is that if my songs are like my children, ÎWide
Open Spacesâ is my professional child who might take care of
me in my old age,ä Gibson says, smiling. ãSome of the other
songs I have written are like the adolescent adult children
who refuse to leave home.ä
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.
ãThe writing is
sincere, and that makes it easy to perform,ä she says.
ãLikewise, the fact that I go out and perform these songs
and have to look people in the eye keeps the writing
sincere. Itâs one of the more beautiful vicious circles that
I know.ä
Gibson, born
in Fridley, Minn., put down shallow roots in Amarillo. She
inherited a love of singing and performing from her mother,
Nancy, who charmed audiences of grade-schoolers as a music
and science teacher. From her father, Walt, a career
railroad man, Gibson got her love of life on the move and a
good firm grip.
With years
of singing in school and church choirs behind her and a new
interest in playing the guitar, Gibson moved to Missoula,
Mont., for a couple of semesters in forestry school. She
found open-mics and song swaps to inspire her passion and
open spaces to inspire her writing. It was the birth of her
nephew in 1992 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.
Gibsonâs
first solo release, Chin Up (July 2002), 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. Sheâs loading her van with new songs
and heading to her next destination, OuterSpace. |
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