Gypsy Alibi: A Gonzo Memoir

Born in San Antonio and raised in Lubbock, Bob Livingston drank from the same West Texas water that nourished musicians like Terry Allen, Joe Ely, Lloyd
Maines, and others who were surfing the wake of Buddy Holly, Sonny Curtis, and the Crickets. He made his way to Austin and installed himself among the progenitors of the Cosmic Cowboy movement, who played outlaw country music and broke the rules (and the laws) that didn't suit them.Gypsy Alibi is Cosmic Bob's origin story, but it also tells a tale of how music traverses the planet. Traveling since the '80s as a Global Music Ambassador for the US State Department, Livingston has taken
Texas music as far afield as India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Africa,
Vietnam, and the Middle East.Livingston is known as the bass player and singer of the Lost Gonzo Band that toured and recorded with visionary misfits like Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray
Wylie Hubbard, and Michael Martin Murphey. Gypsy Alibi captures the life of a working musician, its flights of (and fights with) creative genius.
Livingston's romping narrative also serves as a gonzo travelogue that traces the spread and reception of uniquely Texan culture across the globe.