Born in San Antonio and raised inLubbock, Bob Livingston drank from the same West Texas water as musicians likeTerry Allen, Joe Ely, Lloyd Maines, and others who were surfing the wake ofBuddy Holly, Sonny Curtis, and the Crickets. Livingston made his way to Austinand installed himself among the progenitors of the Cosmic Cowboy movement, whoplayed outlaw country music and broke the rules that didn't suit them. Livingstonis best known as the bass player and singer for the Lost Gonzo Band that touredand recorded with visionary mavericks like Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Michael Martin Murphey. Gypsy Alibi captures the life of a workingmusician, its flights of (and fights with) creative genius. Gypsy Alibi is Cosmic Bob'sorigin story, but it also tells a tale of how music traverses the planet. Servingsince 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's rompingnarrative acts as a gonzo travelogue that traces the spread and reception ofuniquely Texan culture across the world.