If Billy Gibbons made a guitar out of a cigar box and strung it with nylon fishing line, I'd listen to him play it. Seriously, he made pinch harmonics a Thing (capital T) before I remember anybody else doing it and could turn a simple blues scale into a hooky, memorable, aural assault. Legend. Top kept its lineup intact for 50 years. RIP, Dusty.
been playin my wolfgang lately but saw this. I love this song and its a great lesson as always brother, now putting away wolfgang and pulling the LP Standard out.
It's great to hear you giggle and chuckle again during a lesson. Great way to remember Dusty! Could it be you had a Genny Cream Ale made from "sparkling" Hemlock Lake water?? Lol and good luck and health J-Squared!!!
Billy Gibbons is an amazing player. His rhythm parts are almost always simpler than you think. Interesting how rarely he plays even 4 strings on a chord, let alone 5 or 6. Even more so on the early records. The king of implied harmony. Check out the two guitar part on "Brown Sugar" off the first album (right after the intro). One of the best duo parts ever. Fits perfectly rhythmically and harmony wise.
Man, everybody went crazy with the digital reverb/compression/noise gates on the drums back then didn't they? In-the-air-tonight-itis. They were trying to get Ludwig snares to sound like Roland 808. The 80's were weird. Oddly, I like some synth sounds, but really only the ones where they very obviously sound like a synth (like that little thing in Best friend's girl by the Cars).
I've seen some killer shirts but nothing compares that Gene Screamers shirt. Awesome. My favorite ZZ TOP song.
Great tribute lesson! RIP Dusty 💔🙏❤️
"Upstroke starting with the G string"....well done sir......even gave yourself a chuckle there :)
I liked his sly laugh after it....😁
My favorite guitar channel!
RIP Dusty. Just started playing with a group of friends. Good song to let folks jam to.
RIP Dusty!!! Thanks for the lesson one of my favorites!!!
Many thanks for this one. RIP Dusty.
That Little Old Band from Texas has lost One Of the Greats. God Bless Dusty .
If Billy Gibbons made a guitar out of a cigar box and strung it with nylon fishing line, I'd listen to him play it. Seriously, he made pinch harmonics a Thing (capital T) before I remember anybody else doing it and could turn a simple blues scale into a hooky, memorable, aural assault. Legend. Top kept its lineup intact for 50 years. RIP, Dusty.
Got to love those Texas blues! RIP Dusty !!
Absolutely love this song. It’s easy but so fun to play.
Thanks for the lesson. Billy G is a genius!!!
This shows how ZZ made fresh material with a simple pentatonic box
It's always nice to hear someone do this, and this is a great example of that. "Less is more".
One of my favs. We used this and Deep Purple Machine Head to get pumped before taking the field in college football in the mid 70s.
Thanks been looking for a good lesson on this song . I am a fan of you're lessons .
Damn good lesson man you ROCK🤘
Almost sounds like the kiss song makin love
I was wondering if you were going to do a ZZ top. Good stuff 👏 😴 N ☮ Dusty. He was my favorite Bass Player 🙏
Rest in peace Dusty Hill😭😭😭.
Cool! I have ZZ Top key chain. Thank you for lesson.
been playin my wolfgang lately but saw this. I love this song and its a great lesson as always brother, now putting away wolfgang and pulling the LP Standard out.
It's great to hear you giggle and chuckle again during a lesson. Great way to remember Dusty! Could it be you had a Genny Cream Ale made from "sparkling" Hemlock Lake water?? Lol and good luck and health J-Squared!!!
great tone, I've been revisiting this one a bit since buying a Les Paul
Billy Gibbons is an amazing player. His rhythm parts are almost always simpler than you think. Interesting how rarely he plays even 4 strings on a chord, let alone 5 or 6. Even more so on the early records. The king of implied harmony. Check out the two guitar part on "Brown Sugar" off the first album (right after the intro). One of the best duo parts ever. Fits perfectly rhythmically and harmony wise.
BRO, I WAS JUST LISTENING TO THIS. HOW DID YOU KNOW??????
All is revealed when you master the upstroke at the G string :)
Great lesson 👌
This was very helpful
Man I drank a lot of Cream Ale 40 odd years ago...have to get that shirt next time I'm in Roch. :)
Thank u sir pretty easy. Intro sounds like the Stroke from Billy squire
Genny Screamers Rule !!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought this was the best song on the album.
You do top proud Thanks
GENESEE!!!!! Green screamers baby!
Awesome. Thank you.
JJ - I know you're officially offline now...but had to comment: This is a GREAT ONE! How'd I miss this last August!?!? I hope all is well. Take care.
Nice, thx. Cream Ale!!!! Oh ya!
"He sticks one of those in there." That is after he says "Cocaine". He does it live too.
Thanks again fella
Excellent.
Genny Cream ale!
Yeah..80's synth/drums & most distortion were ear turdloin.
Man, everybody went crazy with the digital reverb/compression/noise gates on the drums back then didn't they? In-the-air-tonight-itis. They were trying to get Ludwig snares to sound like Roland 808. The 80's were weird.
Oddly, I like some synth sounds, but really only the ones where they very obviously sound like a synth (like that little thing in Best friend's girl by the Cars).
Sweet!
Great example of 'smear'.
I've never seen a genessee t shirt
What amp and pedals are you using?
That's just straight into a Peavey Classic 50.
why couldnt they have had more La Granges?
Because they don't need more la grange