"It's the perfect mix of wit and grit."
-Rick Cornell, NO DEPRESSION

"This is bib-overall music with an anarchist's bent."
-Bill Glahn BIG O MAGAZINE (Singapore)

"Thinking Mans Country comes closest to the sound and wordsmithing of this brilliant singer/songwriter."
-Nan Holda, CHAMPAIGN/URBANA CITY VIEW

"Level-headed yet skewed-view storyteller Otis Gibbs explains it all on this unplugged masterpiece"
-Dave Lindquist, INDIANAPOLIS STAR

"great songs and a sly sense of humor"
-THE DAILY CAMERA (Boulder)

"Gibbs' lyrical perspective is close to the ground, evocative and intelligent without being self-consciously intellectual."
-Scott Hall, JOHNSON COUNTY DAILY JOURNAL

"The music, in fact, is as unpretentious and authentic as the overalls and ball caps Gibbs often wears. It’s as graceful and full of political statement as a horse-drawn Amish carriage in rural Indiana."
-Steve Hammer, NUVO

"His strong lyrics are one of the album's many selling points, creating some vivid imagery with simple words."
-Jason MacNeil, All Music Guide

"stark, melancholic, wrenched-from-the-gut, sad songs from the heartland"
-READ MAGAZINE (Chicago)

"Otis was definitely Americana before Americana was cool"
-Steve Hayes, INDIANAPOLISMUSIC.NET

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