The REMARKABLE Story Of BILLY GIBBONS And JIMI HENDRIX
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Billy Gibbons and Jimi Hendrix toured together! What happened after the shows is truly amazing.
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I just met Billy when I was in Vegas at a Guitar Center. It was near closing time and it was empty. He was walking by while I was playing an Acoustasonic and lingered a bit. I started playing "Fool for your stockings" having noticed him. I went to return the guitar to get my ID from the staff when Billy came up to me and started asking me about the guitar. He said he heard me playing and that it sounded "pretty darn good". I told him I started playing one of his songs when he was walking by and said "no wonder it sounded so good". We talked for a bit and I took a pic with him. Great guy and one of my favorite guitar players.
Super cute interaction!
Best story EVER.
I believe all you said was true. But if I was gonna make up a story about nonchalantly running into a blues god in some random guitar shop in Vegas, this was it🎸
I would take one Billy G over all the shredders ever. That’s not even accounting for how cool the guy is.
Straight truth
A high school buddy’s big brother was a promoter, and brought ZZ to Mobile Al back in the late 60’s. Billy met them both in the hotel, but limited it to two folks. I would have been three if he allowed it! Oh well. They said he was really nice, sober and told them a few guitar and boot stories. So close…
The only shredder who can play rhythm like Billy G is the later day EVH (not the eruption version, but the 5150 version EVH).
@@gokhanersan8561 Steve Lukather too
@@gokhanersan8561 lol Brian esbach would take him to school. So would mark okubo. What if I told you boomers that good guitar players exist after the year 1985. This is why you guys never get past pentatonic scales. You hate shred cause you can't shred
The things about Billy Gibbons that stand out for me:
1. Impeccable tone, right for the context
2. Note choices, and knows what chord tones to target moving through changes - as above
3. Never overplays
4. Has an encyclopedic knowledge of music
5. Has been around a lot longer than most late era ZZ Top fans realise
6. Is cool AF
he makes notes so expensive, especially as a younger musician. He was throwing so many crazy sounding things in his solos
His tone was the first thing I noticed upon first hearing him. It is pure tube overdrive and has a crunchy bite to it. He is smooth as good Kentucky bourbon. He has great timing and taste. He is like Joe Walsh as far as tasty phrasing goes. When you hear that guitar, you know it is Billy F. Gibbons. One of my favorite players. He is in my top Five guys.
There's only one thing wrong about Billy Gibbons. He should have been born in Scotland.
number 1 was all Bill Ham. He created their tone and stuck with it despite the bands input. number 3 is mostly trial and error but he cant fill what you dont know. He will tell you he is limited much to everyones suprise. He does play a very shortend version of what some might call the blues. It is the lack of knowledge that makes that happen not his range. He is fairly cool but only recently once he got old that he is able to talk to people. He almost never did that back in the day and I have crossed paths with him since the mid 70s. He has stopped being half racist and no longer thinks he is a guitar God. Yeah he is cooler now but it is best to be that way late in life cause the end is near
@@BlindMellowJelly never heard him being charged as racist - but being born and raised in Houston TX, that’s easy to say. Once would have to go way against cultural norms to be totally clear and unambiguous. Hell, there was still an open office of the KKK in Pasadena on Red Bluff Rd into the late ‘70’s. His version of the blues is very Texas based, but his musical knowledge goes beyond just the blues.
As for Bill Ham, that’s a story that really depends on who is telling it. I have heard many different stories from different people. I can’t tell you what’s true cause I was not there. If you were there, I would be interested in hearing many more details. I did go places like the 5th ward to hear Light’n Hopkins as a teenager as well as many other bands, blues and otherwise, like early Thunderbirds. Many in places I had no business being (only time I was ever arrested was for being white in a black neighborhood by a cracker cop). So would be interested in hearing what you know about Texas players.
Great video, Tim! I am 54 yrs old, been playing since 1980, and I would still give a kidney to sit in the studio with you for an hour
6:50 "some of the simplest things on guitar are the most effective things"
That's what many aspiring guitarists miss. They get caught up in shredding or speed running or crazy noodling and lose sight of the heart stopping sounds that are perfectly simple but are the true reasons guitar is such a powerful instrument. I'm not even a blues guy but the versatility of moving between easygoing to raging furor has always drawn me in. The rhythmic punch and hook is more powerful than perpetual shredding.
Interesting opinion but there has never been a real market for what you speak of. Simple things is all some know as they are just now understanding the slave scale. Ask Eddie Van Halens brother how their father would punish Eddie for playing with that scale. That scale created rock as you know it and also bluegrass as we know it today. Arnold Shultz gifted that to BillMonroe long ago......lol. white folks love to ignore us but we wont let you😅
I was born in 57 and when I was 12 my rock and roll experience began and being from Texas I was immediately attracted to ZZ Top and of course Jimi , Jeff , Zappa , Nitzinger , the Winters and all of the others and ZZ still gets my blood pumping as well as Jeff and Jimi .You are a fantastic guitarist and I love your videos . Thank you for what you do.
he came to Mobile in the mid-80s I'm from Pensacola born in 59 such a big influence and he was incredible
Buddy Whittington and Bugs Henderson!
I love Nitzinger, great band. Point Blank was another rockin group that never got the promotion their talent rated.
Linda Waring played in my band as a sub drummer a couple of times...
The pure joy with which you play is one of the most enjoyable parts of your videos.
My thought exactly👍
I love watching Billy going from kinda jamming along and then entering the zone. It is so noticeable and so rewarding to hear it happen.
Billy Gibbons is the smoothest most effortless player you'll ever see. If you've seen him live you know!
Rio Grande mud has got to be the most underrated rock album of all time ! I saw that 72 tour as well and I had never heard of them at the time !They were opening for Deep Purple and I thought they just blew them away . Went out the next day and found Rio Grande mud and just wore it out ! His playing is understated yet dramatic at the same time . Sure got cold after the rain fell would be would be a great song to feature ! Thanks Tim
first ZZ Top show was in 1973 , Kellogg Auditorium in Battle Creek , Michigan ... some of my best concert memories were found at that show .
I bought the "ZZ Top's first album" when it was released, in 1971, and had no
idea what to expect. And then.... The "Brown Sugar" intro came out of the speakers. To this day it's the best guitar tone I've ever heard.
👍You’re probably not the only one that thought that!!👍
@@shipsahoy1793
I really hope so.
Pearly Gates in all its glory.
That's a killer tone. the way you can hear Billy's amped sound and at the same time hear him hitting the strings is epic.
Squank is such a badazz funky tune w/ the pinched harmonics
The admiration and love I hear in your voice is how I feel about his playing, too. Thanks for a great review!
you play along with records better than anybody I've ever seen. you dial in the tuning & the tone so well along with playing great. really impressive.
I did a pretty decent job playing along to Alice in Chains' Nutshell if you want to see it .. 😅
"Rio Grande Mud" was the second album I ever bought with my own kid money. I went to buy "Tres Hombres" but it wasn't in store yet. I was mind boggled. I remember losing control to "Chevrolet". I was emotionally overwhelmed. First time music had ever invaded my space in that way. I can remember the anticipation of waiting to hear Tres Hombres. Great video, Mr Pierce.
You are having far too much fun doing this video Tim 🤣 Thank you so much
I'm gonna need the ability to thumbs-up this at least twice.. Once on principle just based on the title.. and the other when I get done watching it!
Hey thanks so much I really appreciate it!
I saw ZZ in a coliseum right after Tres Hombres was released - and it was, without a doubt, the wildest show I ever saw. Back then, Billy only had a itty bitty, little beard and they played EXCRUCIATINGLY loud - just some sloppy, greasy, distorted, Texas blues. There was, of course, a huge cumulus cloud of pot over the crowd. And when Billy played lead riffs, at such extreme decibels, it felt as if they were piercing your body cavity! I went down and stood in front of the stacks. Then, a couple of genius started shooting bottle rockets at the stage from the the top seats of the coliseum. This is no lie - my ears rang for about two weeks after that concert, and I don't think they were ever the same afterward!
BG is one of my favorite all time guitarist. Matter of fact he’s the 2nd best I’ve ever seen live (Eliminator tour) so freaking awesome! FYI #1 was EVH Fair Warning tour. Grew up in the 80’s saw so many awesome guitarist live but BG will always be one of my all time favorite’s.
Most novice guitar players of that era went through a ZZ Top phase, where you listened in awe, and just kinda absorbed - by osmosis, maybe, as well as listening - the basics of a VERY important part of playing - FEEL. It's made a lot easier when you're younger, when you can use beer or weed to help you to "tune in" - especially in those days(the early 1970s), it was a lot more socially acceptable. It's just SO cool that you mention them now, because listening to the classic hits of ZZ Top can be an education all by itself.
Playing along with those blues-based songs, with the awesome power in the resolution of those simple, great-sounding song structures, gives any player the confidence and familiarity of playing along with songs, so that eventually they'll be able to step out and play their own stuff - along with others - and sound like they know what they're doing. And best of all, the ZZ Top albums are NOT instructional material; they just sound great - they succeed because of the time-honored "KISS Principle(Keep It Simple, Senor). So it's always cool to listen to their stuff.
1. Those early ZZTop albums are amazing.
2. I LOVE that gnarly Strat of yours.
I was in tenth grade when ELIMINATOR came out, and a friend’s older brother handed over his ZZ Top vinyl, so when we went to see them in concert in Edmonton, Alberta, we went wild over all the old stuff, which many of our peers had never heard of. Such a different world from now, when you can find it all in mere seconds online, WITH video. Many fun hours listening to and playing all this stuff. Great video.😎
Anything Billy-style is what brung me. You are a treasure. ✊😔❤️
It’s pure joy to hear your stories
Billy is still my favorite guitarist. I got to see ZZ TOP back in the pre-beard days. Great days indeed.
Billy has really influenced my guitar style. I grew up listening to my dad playing zz top and Dire straits in his 1956 pick up. How times have changed.
I honestly thought Beato’s channel was the best guitar channel but my oh my Tim Pierce when it comes to straight gear nerdom you’re the cat!! Love you too Rick!
Good one Tim. Billy has always been a walking lesson for up and coming rock and rollers. His "licks" are mini compositions with great tone. He is a great straight-into-the-amp player which, these days, is almost non-existent.
Billy is so cool now i know he hung with Jimmy how cool can on guy get . Zack w knows who get riffs from its like a blues thing respect for the master likeStevie and Albert video .Mad respect.
Tim Pierce, Jimi Hendrix, BFG...legendary guitarists!!!
Great photos. When you can see his face. Thank you Tim.
Beautiful playing Tim. I always thought of Billy Gibbons as more of a Novelty player until I saw him Row 4 on the Antenna tour. I was completely transfixed and blown away. Funny how seeing someone live can completely change everything!
Thanks Tim! Love it when you get in the time capsule and remind folks where our greatest Southern Rock & Blues came from. I like watching Beato but he don't include enough Southern rock & blues in his lists in my opinion.
Thanks Tim. You make it all look so easy. Love your channel and your music.
My all-time favorite ZZ Top song is Blue Jean Blues! I WILL LEARN THIS SONG!
Right now I've just spent the last few weeks learning intro and solo to Hotel California.
Tim, for some reason, “Down Brownie” off the Rio Grande Mud album always gives me chills👍
I own every ZZ Top studio release, all on CD, and the older ones on vinyl first, too. Guys like Jimi and Billy are my favorite electric Blues men, with Jeff, and some others. Martin Barre on that list too!
Great stuff..
I LOVE Down Brownie, that intro riff - you can hear the amp just breaking up into naturally overdriven bliss!! Rio Grande Mud is such a hidden gem. That and Tres Hombres are my favorite ZZ albums.
@@megalodon8473 yep it’s guitar tone like that exemplifies that the amplification system is such a significant part of the instrument. Right up there with touch and feel..
It is so wonderful to hear you and Bukovac pay homage to ZZ top. My musical universe was ZZ, Allman brothers, and Skynyrd and the only group I ever liked from across the pond, Dire Straits. I saw ZZ top in the pre beard era. They could have been promoting their first album or it could have been Tres Hombres. Either way it was extraordinary. After their show they went to the Night Owl a small club in Pensacola and hung out.
Saw them twice pre beard - 0ne was Fandango "gottamelladown" tour; and once in Foxwoods Casino era - needless to say pre beard Stetson, faded tight jeans "pearly gates" Les Paul was the real deal BEST imo followed by Nudie suit Fandango era. 🎸
You sir have an exquisite taste in music.
Anybody doubts Billy wasn't an ace studio headphone candy guitar player should strap up and put on Tejas LP. Man..his subtle pick articulation tricks are exquisite - take the outtro to Arrested For Driving While Blind for example or Asleep In The Desert....boy was nasty, but cooler than the other side of the pillow. 🎸
Going to my in-laws this Friday with my boys for a jam session and I am sooooo going to call him an "Ace studio headphone candy ass guitar player."
He won't know if it's a compliment or diss...
@@vlada wait, NO! It's "headphone candy" !!!!! Do you see an "ass" up there???? LOL Have a good jam!! Make it hurt !! 🎸
Great video Tim! I'm a bit older than you and I saw ZZ Top at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago pre-beard days. We also covered a bunch of their tunes in my early bands. He is a total master of tone and groove. Nothing else matters! Keep up the good work Tim!
A great story of two amazing players!! Great job as always Tim!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Ben :)
Two absolute legendary players 🤩
I have a Bad Monkey, it's a nice pedal, specially for what it sold for. Imagine Tim saying he's not as sharp as he used to be. LOL Tim, news flash: On your crappiest day, you're still in a keague of very few, world class player, and an even better human being, like Buko.
Those albums bring back such fond memories, Rio grand mud, Tres Hambres, Fandango. Nothing today comes close.
Always an inspiration listening to your first & second hand experiences. Thx for sharing.
I appreciate that!
As Usual you just genuinely give us listening some great insight & killer playing , and the fact that in this one you just happen to be showcasing some of the “ Reverend Billy ‘s “ licks just put the icing on the cake , so to speak. Thanks Tim!!👍👍. I was born only 2 years after you in ‘60 myself and got older ( I never grew up😆) listening to all that great era of music , and ZZ TOP was definitely one of my favorites, along with Jimi, and Cream , and Iron Butterfly , etc. Those were the days. I play guitar myself and have amassed a collection of amps & pedals & 13 guitars now , that I keep in my “ music room “ like yours , ( but not quite as Elaborate 😉) and enjoy playing whenever I too can squeeze in some free time between work & kids & grandkids, etc. Retirement for me from working the daily grind is right around the corner & I’ve already told my beloved wife of almost 40 years to prepare for me taking more time to play daily once that occurs. Thanks for sharing what you do with us today, and Always. C-ya 😊
Steven, when you retire, everyone seems to need your help. I am retired, and my wife, kids, and grandkids always need me to do some work on their homes. I like it though. Great times with family, but I have taken a lot of time off to play my guitar now. Played in many bands in the old days, but now I play with my family band, and we have a great time. I walked into a friends house when we were in Jr. High, and he was playing the NEW Rio Grand Mud album. It immediately blew my mind. I have played that music to death. I have seen ZZ about 15 - 20 times live. Always one of my favorite albums.
@@qcc5 I hear that a lot from other friends who have retired before me , that their lives are as busy or busier afterwards.😏. I’m willing to take that trip . 44 years of “ The daily grind “ is almost coming to a close & I cannot wait to see what comes next.😎👍. Hoping I’ll be able to start a “ Family band “ of my own as my oldest Daughter just got bitten by the “ guitar bug “ as did my oldest of 3 grandsons she has given us when I visited last October. She only last month found a very nice Ibanez 6 string electric & amp for $75 , and the two of them are looking at various Internet forums for inspiration and advice . As we all know ( unless extremely gifted at birth ) it will be a long steady progression to learn & become competent at it . I’m hoping for a long and happy guitar love to follow … 🤞
Our band opened for him when he was with The Moving Sidewalks in Houston!
EVEN THEN he had that Wall of Sound! We opened with a good set ands they BLEW US AWAY! Lol SO DAMN GOOD!
Awesome Tim. I used to have a poster of the boys with matching Tele bass and guitar and Billy spread his feet out to match them in height. I read he was into art and I finally got it that he molding all the imaging for the group, so cool.. 10:42 10:42
Just missed Jimi at my local club in the UK called the Celler club in South Shields, this was the early years of his career folk lore had it he put his guitar headstock through a low ceiling tile and they never changed it out for a new one. to this day I do not know how I missed him
I’m sure some players are technically better than BFG, but nobody sounds better. Billy is the guy that always puts a smile on my face!
Great work on these live shows Tim! Cheers!!
One of my favorites from you Tim, especially the Billy, Jimi info, makes perfect sense for a visionary like Jimi to do that.
Pura vida, Love from Costa Rica from a HUGE Billy Gibbons fan....
"guys I have a confession..." tim cracks me up.😂
One of your best videos!!, I've been watching your channel since 1958, or thereabouts, and this one was a real Gem! Thanks.
Billy's dad was a well known musician in Houston, Tx. Billy's sister is or was a well thought of Museum curator in Atlanta.
Amazing family.
I was at Dusty Hill's last gig before he died, in Louisville. They played one more gig with Billy's tech on Bass then Dusty passed. Dusty was sitting down but they still sounded so good. Stacks upon Stacks of Magnatones
That was fantastic!!!! The beginning. Wow. Love it!!!!!!
Played it the gig last nite...forever Reverand Billy
I was seven years old in Pasadena, TX, when my roomie (my 17 year old big brother) brought home ZZ Top's First Album.
He'd play all the best rock albums. What a great life!!!
Saw them in 72 also and there was an sfter party Dusty Hill took off his hat to my surprise his hair was leaving like mine so the hair hanging down was attached to the hat after that I Never worried about my hair loss ever again next day bought the first 2 zz top albums since I've seen them 11 times
Great work and playing.
i got in sorta late with Fandango but all in. Nasty Dogs was a fave to jam with. 16 then.
Took awhile but saw them for Tejas, Cow Palace. Great !
RIP, Dusty,,,,the loudest yet clearest bass i ever heard at a concert.
Same. I was 13
Nasty dogs..oh what a way to open the studio side of the album!
🥳👨🏻
Edit: I was 17,
and I still ❤️that stuff !!
@@shipsahoy1793 Thanx for the reply, Got a Sq Fat Tele out now. Overdue :)
@@jtbkilmartin9110 Great times !!
@@glenkepic3208 Shit, I’ve had a Heritage Cherry Gibson SG and a Black Fender Strat, with a laminated white pick guard, the standard looks, lol, for years. Never got around to getting a Les Paul or a Tele, or even a semi or hollowbody electric, and I “always”wanted them. BUT..finally about five years ago I picked up a couple Teles. The classic dual single coil and a dual humbucker. Tele’s are definitely a fine time, too.
🥳 Rock On !!
Thanks for this vid, I watch alot of guitar/ music channels . Hardly any other channels highlight, Billy Gibbons.
Great guy Billy and love this song! ❤️
Thanks a million Tim! Could never figure out that magical double stop!!! And thanks for giving The Reverend Willie G his due! God Bless Texas!
My first ZZ Top concert was a free concert on the banks of the Charles River sponsored by the local radio station WBCN. That was back in 74. Seems like 50 years ago. ;)
Great video Tim. Billy is such a legend. Love Uncle Larry, incredible player.
Grew up in Houston, frequented the restaurant where the album centerfold was taken! My buddy's older brother was in Moving Sidewalks. Saw Billy and Richard Gere walk into a jam night at a bar in the Heights while waiting my turn to jam. Great music town.
Wow great story! thanks for the comment
Excellent work Tim as always!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@timpierceguitar Have played guitar since the late 60's and still have a 66 Fender that was a studio mod back then with a hum bucking rear pickup, along with the strat pickup as well. One hell of a combination and sound back in those days. The reason for keeping that particular guitar all these years is I grew up in the same town as the famous Don Van Vliet. We both went to the music store there in Lancaster to look at guitars, as I was going to but a new one. He said the prices were to high back then, and that he had a better one he would let me have for less than half the price. After playing it I knew it was worth more than any guitar in that store back in those days.
At the time Don was also doing tours in Europe with his band, and told me to play the guitar until he got back from a tour, to make sure I still wanted it. He wouldn't take the money then. When he got back same thing, he wouldn't take the money then either. So I gave him this silver tone acoustic guitar, and he said he knew the perfect person for that guitar who was wanting to learn how to play. And that's how music was back in those days with Don. Not everything was just about the money.
Yes, exactly. That double note G is what I heard and it is one of my favorite.
Tres Hombres woke me up a few years back. It’s well known among us classic rock guys but, it should be known as one of the greatest rock albums, to everyone
amazing sound from those lollars... I think what stuck out to me the most was the shape of the headstock. It seems wonderful.
I love Tim's face when he's playing. Pure Joy. Which is what it should always be 😄
Another awesome video. Thanks so much for sharing.Thanks for all that you do.
Tim - I was also born in 1958, and started on guitar at age 12! Hendrix was my main influence to start playing. I’m still getting hired to play at churches, which I’ve done for over 35 years.
I grew up playing Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
I'm 63 and my first concert was ZZ Top at Anaheim Stadium during the Texas tour with the Texas shaped stage, a buffalo and other animals on stage. What a show- Blue Oyster Cult, Johnny and Edgar Winter and Point Blank. Have all of their records and still listen a lot today (cranked up!). ZZ Top is an all time great band for sure. And Billy is up there with Hendrix, Clapton, Page and Beck as one of the the true great rock guitarists. God Bless Dusty!
Tim, Every post you make is a gem! Always interesting stories and inspiring playing!
I appreciate that!
Yes yes yes and more yes you never go wrong with Billy Gibbons
Boy!!!
That rings a bell.
14 at a ZZ Top show!!!
I was 14 in 1976 when I bought my ZZ tickets in Houston where I still reside, for my first ever concert.
Turned 15 three weeks before the show.
Buddy and I snuck in between the matinee and evening shows for absolutely no good reason, seeing as we had tickets.
Roamed around the mostly empty Summit telling security we were checking tee shirt stands for "Bob" upstairs while we waited for the evening show to begin.... must've been an upstairs and a "Bob" cause it worked repeatedly.
Made our way to front of stage floor just before the crowd was let in.
Absolutely awesome show!!!
Rory Gallagher opened and killed it.
Tried to sneak into the after party at the hotel next door after the show... No luck.
Crossed the freeway around 3 am and got a booth at Denny's.
Sat there for a few minutes until noticing a completely trashed Rory Gallagher eating at the counter.
Introduced ourselves and talked with him for a short bit.
Somehow made it back home to our neighborhood and crashed in some bushes until it was light.
Got up, went home and told my Mom how we listened albums at my buddy's house all night... (He and I had pulled the double sleepover BS move.)
Made for a memorable first concert, gotta say!!!
So many Billy Gibbons stories and escapades floating around back then.
How "Master of Sparks" came to be etc.
Thanks for this video... Brought back a lot of memories!!!
For this session legend to give kudos to Tom is surely one of the best and most heart felt things Buk could possibly hear! Wow!
‘When I heard it, I never recovered…’.
I can relate, and for so many moments through 57 years.
I love to be able to play simply like Tim Pierce. LOL
Tim Pierce loves that song as much as I do. His enthusiasm is catching! Keep up the good work Tim. And......'ahh take me with you Jesus'!
Thanks a lot for these stories!!! I admire your style and your suggestions. Ciao from Roma IT
I'm from Houston and that Tex Mex food picture was from a restaurant called Leo's Mexican Restaurant and I was honored enough to eat there once with Billy. There were pics of ZZ Top all over the restaurant.
Always been my favorite too
I've been using the same Dunlop Tortex pick for about three months now as I'm a pick swapper too. I use either the Dunlop, a nylon Herco Flex 75 (the Jimmy Page pick) or a Flex 50 (gold) and on occasion a Fender 351 medium. "Waitin' for the Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago" are probably my favorite ZZ Top tracks, I'm a big fan of their earlier material as it's what I heard on the radio growing up.
1st video of yours I’ve seen, Tim.
Fantastic! You have gained one more subscriber, thank you!
My earliest memory of hearing ZZ Top was pre show at an ELO concert in '74. I probably heard them earlier, because when "Tush" came on over the P.A., I do think I'd heard it before. But sitting there, waiting for ELO, playing a ZZ Top boogie doesn't seem to make sense, but you could tell that the crowd dug it. That song was probably the first time I heard pinch harmonics, and that sounded cool as hell to me at the time! It's amazing how they changed up their image from the 'cowboys on the plains' image in the 70's to the Big Beard guys when they had all their 80's hits! Good for them. Great band, and a cool video, Tim! Thanks!
I got hooked when I heard the live medley on Fandango, huge sound and passionate live vibes!❤
Priceless!
that's hysterical. i bought my copy of tres hombres in 1978 as a 14 year old and did the same thing... hung the opened sleeve on my wall (although i did not leave the record in it, lol)
Tres Hombres (hand over heart and a nod of the head) is one of the greatest albums of all time. Thanks for the post.
Awesome! After working on this song for 2 days now, I can finally tell from your video that he’s tuned the A string down to G. That’s why I can’t get those killer open G licks he’s doing on the record! So glad I clicked on this video! I didn’t even come here for a lesson and yet end up learning more about Jesus left Chicago from the opening than from the 2 videos I’ve watched about it. No one has said anything about retuning. Killer!
I came across zztop when they were promoting Deguello here in the UK, I was 19/20 ,Christ knows, but that man had as big an effect on this punk rock fan as BB King, Jeff Beck and Stanley Clarke, all within a month or so, then I was introduced to the people who influenced them! I struggled to keep up, but jeez! It was fun
I worked at Charley's Guitar Shop for 6 years. When I started there, one of the 4X12 "Rio Grande" cabs was there. Thank you for posting this!!!!
That Stratocaster suits your playing, would be good to hear it more, it sounds like a 65 Fender Strat. I have to use 10s to get close to that sound. I have used almost every od /fuzz/distortion that I could find and only 3 worked1, Pro-co RAT 2, Dunlop fuzz(Hendrix silicone) 3 a cheapo fuzz by a company I dont remember except that is was made if Red plastic. I still use the Dunlop cos it runs from 9v battery and is built like a tank(it can be adjusted for tone and gain inside the metal case). Great viddys , need to hear that strat more.
Billy gibbons playing exquisitely on the streets of Helsinki. people walking by not even looking at him.
I'm right with you. I saw them in the late seventies and I saw them in the early 80s. In the eighties they played like a big gymnasium in Atlantic City. It was awesome, and we stayed in the same hotel.
I still have a framed poster of Jimi Hendrix; I love Jimi the GOAT.
His style is so recognisable.
great stuff....you really nail that vibe Tim....and of course we all love those "stories" from back in the day...when real music was played....and we all were mesmerised by it then....and some of us became guitarists.....Haa.....love it....and yes...the "simple" stuff is the most powerful...always is....cheers Tim..
Thanks for listening, really appreciate the comment
There are some great audio bootlegs from the early 70`s here on RUclips. The tone is incredible.