Billy Gibbons Quotes
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In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
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Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and play louder? No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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Water doesn't hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you're fine.
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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.
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My mom took my sister and me to see Elvis [Presley] in concert when was, maybe 5 or 6, and I liked everything about it.
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Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.
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Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up...
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I probably owe as much to Jeff Beck as I do to Son House with connections to the blues.
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If you're really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
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It doesn't take much to be good, but it takes a lot to be real good.
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Well, everybody faces the fact there really aren't many records stores around to just go and browse. Maybe browse online, yet that tactile feel of flipping through a stack of vinyl remains one of life's simple pleasures.