In the past 75 years we've seen some extraordinary song writers: Hank Williams, Bob Dylan and Don Gibson. Unlike Williams and Dylan, Gibson was unable to transpose his talent into a super star singer/song writer.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
47pp
Genre:
Biography
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
Everyone
Copyright Details:
Register with WGAwest
Synopsis/Details
This is a one man play about the life and talent of Don Gibson. As a song writer he was among the very few that could put feelings in to words. The songs were about him and his life and several of his songs are among best country music songs ever recorded. His was a troubled childhood and adolescence. He was, for lack of better words, extremely shy and suffered from stage fright and was never able to project a stage persona that would have vaulted him into super stardom as a singer/songwriter. I have taken from my research of his life and interjected my interpretation of what may have happened. (Best wat to enjoy this story is to listen to the songs as they appear in play)
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Submitted: 2021-Aug-29
Last Updated: 2021-Aug-30
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The Writer: Larkin Thompson

Borrn and a young boy before there was television in every house. Seen a lot of changes in the past 75 years, Some good, some bad. My parents were migrant produce workers and I was raised on the road as they traveled from here to there where ever there was a crop to harvest. Home was a small travel trailer pulled behind our old Ford sedan. Other people on the road lived in tents or rented cabins. My folks got paid for piece work: a penny or two per pound for picking cotton, peaches were three cents a lug, berries a penny a pint, etc. They were both quick with their hands and did pretty good as far as that goes. It was truly Equal Opportinityin it's purest form, the faster you worked the… Go to bio
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