Billy Gibbons
Billy Gibbons
William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor, best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist of the American rock band ZZ Top. He began his career in the Moving Sidewalks, who recorded Flashand opened four dates for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top's First Album in 1971. The albums that followed, Rio Grande Mudand Tres Hombres, along with extensive touring, solidified the group's reputation as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth16 December 1949
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.
Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up
... a blown-out tube ripped some of the grind from the amplifier, throwing us into a momentary tizzy. The unusual sound led me to play unusually, and the recorded take turned out to be a keeper. Insriration can come from the most unlikely places ... keep your head on and your ears open...
... I too once belived in the heavier gauge string as a superior tone source. However, thanks to the graciousness of B.B. King I learned that a lighter-gauge string offers superior playing comfort ... try it, you may like it ...
... Lightnin' Hopkins taught us, "the rubber on a wheel is faster than the rubber on a heel" and Muddy Waters taught us "you don't have to be the best one; just be a good 'un" .. that just about says it all, always strive to be a good 'un...
Same three guys, right here. Same three chords right here. And we've been doing this for 35 years.
We came to have a good time tonight. Thanks for letting us come out and be with you. We've been doing this a long time. So let's turn the hands back ---- way, way back.
We've been coming out with you for a long time, ... And it's the same three guys playing the same three chords right here.
In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
Our skin colours may vary, but what's upstairs - there's certain things we've all got in common.
Ever since I was a little kid and first heard Jimmy Reed's 'Honey, Don't Let Me Go,' the blues has been in my blood.
They prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film... a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation.
It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.
Water doesn't hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you're fine.