Over the past 18 years I’ve had the privilege of performing roughly 2,500 times in 35 states, usually just me and my guitar. This is the first of my records to reflect the sound I’ve adopted in my solo shows. I wrote all the songs but I feel like they came, one at a time, from several different sources: many came out of “western tours” which took place from 2010 through ’13, and hopefully will continue; a few were included on previous albums complete with a backing band and are rearranged here; three were co-writes; three were the product of writing songs for the theater; a couple were recorded by other artists, but never by me; and the majority have never been released in any form. Thanks to family, friends, listeners, the venues I play, supporters in press, radio and elsewhere, the muses and you. -- Philip Gibbs Produced by Philip Gibbs Recorded by James Stevens at EAR (East Austin Recording) Studio in one session October 15, 2012 All music written and performed by Philip Gibbs © 2014, BMI, except “Venetian Blinds” written with Cuauhtémoc Sanchez and Daniel Roark; “Texas Pecan” written with Daniel Roark; and “She’s Gonna Go,” written with Charlie Faye. All rights reserved. Front cover art and mountain photo by Philip Gibbs Photo of Philip Gibbs on back cover by Vanessa Perez Front cover art digitally photographed by Brian Smith