I love the image of a 14 year old Peter Case walking down the street with a guitar on his back telling people he's "ramblin." It's beautiful and heartwarming. I should also say, this interview was recorded at about 2am in a hotel room in Columbus, Ohio. Peter was in the middle of a tour, he'd driven 5 hours, played a gig and then was nice enough to film this interview. That's above and beyond in my book. Check out Peter's website: petercase.com/

one reason i love your interviews is that you respect your guests, you don't interrupt them, and you let them talk.

I opened for Peter (both of us solo acoustic) in 1993. I was a rock and roll electric guitar player trying the acoustic thing (partially inspired by his career). We talked a lot before the show and I played my little set and he did his. Audience was modestly sized, it was a weekday. When he played his encore he dedicated it to me. Maybe he did this many times; doesn't matter, Peter Case dedicated a song to me, and remembered my name. Thanks Otis for this great interview.

I met Case before he played a gig in a small venue in Lexington Ky. I have always been reluctant to meet the artists I really like because if they are assholes, it can effect how I react to their music in an adverse way. Case was the true exception to this rule. He was a genuinely nice guy and a great story teller. To top it off, he played an amazing set-it was a special evening I will never forget. I believe some people are just touched by the finger of God to be artists and troubadours-Case is one of those people. How the Plimsouls never became huge is an indictment of the idiocy of the music business. Thank God he is still out there making his unique and magical music. 100 years from now some kid will hear a song like Paradise, Etc. or Blue Distance and the way they look at life will never be the same. We are blessed to have artists like Case in our World

I once opened for Peter at "The Gravity Lounge" Charlottesville, Va. He was quite gracious and we chatted briefly. At the end of the night I walked up to have a C/D autographed and he said " Who are you, again?" Priceless.

Absolutely incredible unfiltered conversation.

I dig this guy even more, after this interview… When a person lets down all the walls around them. The mind will always be searching for some truth in the meaning of this life. I love knowing I’m a seeker. At least I’m not stuck in some unrealistic daydream. ❤️✌️and just keeping it😎 Ty Otis. Peter is on cue.👍

Love this guy. Thanks man. I'm a dylan freak and he nailed it

So much wisdom and honesty in a 17 minute video. Wonderful stuff, Otis. Thank you.

My sister was a musician wrangler who worked with everybody. She said that Dylan was the strangest person she ever met. Garcia said something similar in an interview. She said that some big stars acted like they really didn't want her around to take care of them, but Dylan was the only one who acted like he didn't want ANYone around him at all.

Brilliant. I liked Peter Case from back in the Plimsouls and on through. But hearing this I realize now we’re cut from the same cloth. I hear me in the words and stories. Brilliant Otis. Thanks so very much. Bringing it all Back Home. How many lives did that album forge.

I truly appreciate this conversation. Thank you both. I think we didn't get "juicy tidbits" about rock stars backstage and we got Peter Case from the heart and that makes all the difference. Honesty.

I went straight to my Bob D, ‘the times they are a Chang in’ and read it. Powerful. What a storied life Peter Has lived. I had my NewYork moment at 19, and not unlike those that go before, the changes were radical and set me on the path I’m still on today but it unfolded in a completely unique way. Illness, disability to desperation of an unknown affliction and you get by. An old guitar, three notes and a melody has to be enough on many a day that’s been robbed of me being a part of the richer fabric of confusion or certainty. Im doing just fine without the noise and bluster and go back to the well of the well worn simplicity that will make me hum.

Peter Case, love it! What a raconteur and telling it like it is. Thanks Otis for letting him rap!

I love Peter Case! Great songwriter and, as it turns out, quite a raconteur. And I concur completely: Dylan means everything to me and I can't imagine ever wanting to meet him. He owns a coffee shop out in Santa Monica, and I happened in there one time when I was in the area for a meeting. His artwork was all over the walls and his vibes permeated the place. I sheepishly asked the barista "So .... does he ever come in here?" Didn't even have to say his name. "Oh yeah," he said, handing me my coffee, "He usually sits over there.," gesturing toward a corner table. I split immediately, not wanting to even have a chance sighting. Not sure I could even handle the sight of him in the real world. He's larger than life. To have to navigate that mythology, even today, has to be a real drag for him. I will not be a party to it.

Friends of my parents graduated from Hibbing High School with Bob. They said he would get up and play for everything he could at school. With his voice they said the other kids would cringe and grown. But they said, He never stopped. They also said contrary to what's been said, people liked him. Northern Minnesota. Hibbing is a mining town. People did tough work.

Thank you so much for putting these videos out for us. It’s all history to me! This old guy just eats them up dude!

Wow, this one was terrific. Thanks to you both.

I really like Case. He is a definite story teller. That fella tells it how it is. Good day.

"'We sit here stranded/ Though we're all doing our best to deny it.' That's Sartre in one line." Brilliant! Loved this interview, Otis. Peter Case is a great raconteur.

More,more please more by this man!

Peter Case is terribly cool. I totally enjoyed this one.

Truly appreciate all of your interviews, especially anything that scratches some info on Dylan.

This is just so good Otis. I was welded to Peter’s interview.

Thought provoking on so many levels! Thanks again as always Otis.

Great interview. Thanks, Otis and Peter.

Peter Case is brilliant. Hang with this until the end. Otis, man, you are bringing it. I’m revisiting this one. Recent interviews are great, too. Better and better. Much love!

Great stuff Otis, always loved Peter’s music, from The Nerves to his Plimsouls days through his solo career, love his look at life here.

Thank you so much for your work on these interviews. They lift my spirit

I idolized Peter Case as a young kid listening to Man with the Blue...Guitar, he changed how I think about music, songwriting and guitar playing

Thank you so much for all you do, Mr. Gibbs. I truly hope that Mr. Case understands how much the Nerves' "Hanging on the Telephone" means to folks like me.

phenomenal. thanks otis

I so enjoyed this interview! Much obliged to Otis, Peter and my mind...!

Wow, what Peter Case says about Dylan is almost as profound as Dylan himself.

That was awesome...Have Peter on as much as you can!

Great stuff. Thank you, Otis.

Brilliant! Sending me back checking out the Plimsouls. Thanks!

I am an old talent buyer - and I LOVe hearing your stories. Thank you

Great video Otis, I bought a Bob Dylan album in the seventies and found out about Woody in the eighties. I really went off on Dylan after reading Bound For Glory Thanks

I love these, Otis. Thanks to you and Peter.

OTIS, Pete is a one of a kind and full of great stories , he is the real deal song writer and a gypsy of the San Francisco hippies 60s shadow on the whole deal. He reminds me of the song from the Doors "when you're strange" and Leon's song "Stranger in a strange land". A mystic traveler.

Thanks. I enjoy Peter's music, good talent for sure. I agree w/Peter regarding meeting people, what do you say that they haven't heard. Like Peter I prefer the organic meeting and conversation. Thanks again brother, you're appreciated.

Otis, I think you’ve interviewed everybody in music I’ve given a damn about in the last 40 years. I’ve followed Peter since ‘83. Great interview.

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Australia here: love the anecdotes - I knew about Dylan early in his career but Mr Tambourine Man really turned me onto him - today I was jamming Like a Rolling Stone for an upcoming gig - two of my most favourite Dylan numbers .... but there are so many more.

Hey Peter, Dylan has always been a guiding light for me too - and your music has also been very inspirational as well. Good music and musicians can definitely help teach us how to live. Hope to see you back in Toronto again soon.

Brilliant insights,in my opinion. From a guy who has walked the path of a musician/songwriter. You dont have to agree..but anyone should respect his perspective. Thank you,Otis for sharing this.

brilliant and crazy, just like life... thanks Peter and thanks Otis.I owe my whole sense of the world to Dylan and the Beats ...wacky acid heads and visionary musicians . thanx Otis and thanx to Peter ...he is such a great head

Peter is working with as much IQ as anyone, including Dylan. I get it Peter. I came within 30 feet of Cardinal’s hall of famer, Bob Gibson, and just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t let him mess up my image of him. Strange. I sat and talked with Willie Nelson for 10 minutes about Golf and weed. He was like talking to a cousin I hadn’t seen in a while. Otis was too. Best KZfaq channel too!!!!

Great interview. Anyone else get Dennis Hopper/Apocalypse Now vibes from this one? I mean that in the best of ways.

Wow Otis. You do hook up with some interesting people. A lot of it is interesting and some I can’t quite keep up to. Peter is a reservoir of interesting thoughts.

Thank you Peter Case ! You are a great Artist yourself .

That’s a great interview.

All of these are good and you have great friends. It lifts my spirit

It got interesting after the “met Bob Dylan” and got on with to the what Dylan meant to him… he speaks for a generation! We all have our own complex Dylan relationship lol maybe that’s a baby boomer thing.. “he’s suffering a “Dylan complex” lol awesome edition Otis i wasn’t familiar with Mr cases work before, I heard the plimsouls before “million miles away” on my “alternative” play list, but I am now thx! rock on!

Wow. Preach it, Peter! So beautiful.

Peter the Viking! Love Rilke’s Song of the Leper, though. “Look, I am one. Abandoned by all.” Great interview, Otis.

You Rock Otis! 🤘👽👽👽🎸

That was much more than the title revealed!

Bob, Peter, Peter, Bob 😅 great moment. Peter is great and thanks for your thoughts on Dylan. Bullseye 👍

Talking about mind over matter... when I was young they taught me "we don't mind, you don't matter"... ;)

Kinda guy you’d like to sit next to and talk with on a long flight or bus ride. Otis I’d love to see Peter and Kenny Vaughn hang out cracking each other up with their observations of famous musicians and philosophy in general. Great stuff Otis!

Peter was involved (Spearheaded) an Album I love, " Peter Case and friends, A tribute to Mississippi John Hurt", Which I loaned to (?).... I cant find it. I listen to it on the youtubes. Hey everyone, Go to shows and buy merch. What the "platforms" pay musicians aint going to make the rent or keep the lights on.

Love this dude. Real as they come.

Thanks gentlemen. Wow he definitely opened up and stripped it down to the bare wires...enjoyed the Dylan takes.

read blake and rilke is great advice!

really great .....thanks!!!!!

If you played with Michael Jordan it would "up" your game on the court. Just "sharing" experiences you've had with this "mysterious fountain of creativity", enhances the lives of all involved. Who changes their name at that early age unless you are on a special journey that only you know about? As one commenter has said, this kind of "CREATIVITY" can only come from one who has been "touched" wth the mere finger of the Creator! Great job Otis with this raw and unfettered interview!

Dang that was wonderful

This is a brilliant interview....i wouldn't want to meet any more of my heroes but I would like to buy Peter CASE a beer...if he could bring along Geoff MALDAUR that would be the best...

I found this dude in the Library in Fort Wayne on tape 1990...I was struck on the first song... interesting interview view in the now.

keep on keeping on

Is this the same Peter Case that John Prine credits with helping write the song Space Monkey?

ill say it again peter case is the best love his delivery his ethos his sotries thanks brother otis once again ya better'd mty mood - SJOCR

"Take what you have gathered from coincidence " favorite Dylan line...

More Peter Case please !

We must be the same age and no paths are alike but I formed somewhat(without the breakdown) on the same influential music/poetry of those times. Thanks

I’ve seen Peter perform VISIONS OF JOHANNA multiple times flawlessly. Didn’t miss a word, no teleprompter .

Unique, profound and important-wonderful bawl on life…

Peter really opened up on this one, his best interview yet. He rambles a bit, but I like that. I confess I was kind of down on him for awhile. I loved the Plimsouls and was a little put out that he'd gone all Nebraska Springsteen on us and wanted to be Woody Guthrie. I realize now what an unfair take that was. Through these interviews he comes across as about unpretentious as you can be. I like his take on meeting famous people and the story about staying home to take care of his baby instead of hanging out with famous musicians made me feel he's in it for the music and nothing else.

Bob Dylan a real genius musician so creative and what a great human being! Thank you!

I went through that realization of death thing when I was maybe 7. I think all subsequent anxiety attacks stemmed from that.

Incredible. Peter Case indeed has something to say.

the mind stuff had me thinking george harrison would come up great stuff man greta stuff thanks otis and peter

I always loved Peters Flying saucer blues LP

Biocentrism max... great stuff. Cert nailed Dylan. Thanks, Otis.

Love Peter Case and how he tells stories. I’d love to meet Bob Dylan and have a conversation with him. Why? Just to say I did, and that’s not a good enough reason for me or him. I would want it to mean something or be a great experience for both of us. Big chance we both would not walk away with that experience. If you see this, Bob, Love ya’ man.

That’s beautiful!

I like this guy.

Extremely profound ❤

Beautiful...❤

These PC vids are wonderful.

I really like this guy.

What a character

He found Dylan and learned from him and loved him for that, now Dylan doesn't provide him with what he needs but this was never Dylan's problem. Dylan is trying to figure out the world for himself...

Tell us stories about early days working the door at the Patio. You and I changed money and a smile on my first visit in 1991!

This was a classic.

I love. "I'd rather not meet people..."

I don't really like meeting people, either, but thanks to Otis Gibbs I don't have to.

Ha, i was just listening to the Charlatans and Mike Fergusons other band Tongue and groove, with Lynne Hughes.,....great stuff