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
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.
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.
There's not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
The blues is life itself.
Sooner rather than later, any other form other than digital media will be a thing of the past. It won't vanish, but let's face it, this is seemingly the way of the future.
It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
Most of the reggae awareness is still among music industry people and people who are already into all types of music.
ZZ Top did get a chance to play with Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reed, there's still that one, single song we just can't shake... J.B. Hutto's "Combination Boogie".
When I was around 7 or 8 my Dad took me to a B.B. King recording session, well, that really did it. Huge and lasting impressions. After all that I pretty much knew playing guitar was something I was going to do because I just had to do it. And I did.
I probably owe as much to Jeff Beck as I do to Son House with connections to the blues.
Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.