The Hook<\/a><\/strong> transpired in Austin on Sunday, May 10th at Sagebrush, and it was a doozy. The full episode can now be seen below. <\/p>Special guest performer and panelist Susan Gibson started the show off by regaling the audience and songwriters with her rendition of the award-winning song \u201cWide Open Spaces.\u201d The song was made into a Double Platinum hit, and a CMA Single of the Year by the [Dixie] Chicks as part of their 1998 album of the same name. <\/p>
Gibson not only performed the song, but revealed the third verse that was taken out to optimize the song for radio play, and used the song to talk to songwriters about how they already have a great song in them, and to never be so uncompromising that you allow a great song to go unheard. Gibson then stuck around for the rest of the show, giving advice to the songwriters who signed up to perform with Hook co-host Caitlin Cannon. <\/p>
Local Austin songwriter Jake Busby had the unenviable task of following up Susan Gibson, but rose to the occasion with his song \u201cDear Tornado\u201d\u2014a superbly-written track about sometimes wanting to float away from reality, delivered with a some really devastating lines. <\/p>
Austin-based songwriter and producer Dave Endlessly impressed with a bossa nova-styled song called \u201cTonight You\u2019re Gonna Lose Her,\u201d which is one of the songs on his new album Good Morning Aureliano<\/em> released on May 1st. <\/p>Tyler Richards made his second appearance on The Hook, impressing with the soaring chorus of the song \u201cWhat If I\u2019m Wrong.\u201d He will be releasing his Unwind<\/em> EP on May 28th, and will also be playing an EP release show at The Saxon Pub on June 2nd. Richards is definitely someone who deserves more national attention. Along with his Hook performances, check out his latest single \u201cEight Dollar Drinks.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n