Brian Eno and Robert Fripp’s foray into some artful excursions into some ethereal electric experiments.
BILLY GIBBONSOne springs to mind: one of our very first gigs in a small East Texas town was not well promoted. At least, that was our conclusion.
More Billy Gibbons Quotes
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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?
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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.
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In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
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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.
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One springs to mind: one of our very first gigs in a small East Texas town was not well promoted. At least, that was our conclusion.
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Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.
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The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people’s radar, and for good reason.
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I’ve been touted for my guacamole. I’ll stand by my method. People have asked me to come to their home and prepare it. Restaurants have asked me about it.
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White people get nervous and speed things up. You don’t have to be in a hurry because you ain’t got nothing to gain and you ain’t got nothin’ to lose. And that’s where the groove lies.
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The blues is life itself.
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It’s important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.
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Turn on, tune up, rock out.
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Water doesn’t hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you’re fine.
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It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go ’round and ’round.
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Then, believe it or not, along came the wave of the English cats like John Mayall, Eric Clapton and the Stones embracing the great American art form – the blues.
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