It’s a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
BILLY GIBBONSIt’s a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
BILLY GIBBONSI’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.
BILLY GIBBONSThen, 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.
BILLY GIBBONSThe band is tight enough. Quit practicing!
BILLY GIBBONSIn 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
BILLY GIBBONSAfter the band loaded in and the curtain opened, we realized there was exactly one paying customer in the audience.
BILLY GIBBONSIt 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.
BILLY GIBBONSWhite 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.
BILLY GIBBONSNo, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.
BILLY GIBBONSThey 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.
BILLY GIBBONSIf you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
BILLY GIBBONSWe kind of made the best of it playing through the first set, took a break and bought him a Coke and then went on to perform for the remainder of the night. It wasn’t exactly a catastrophe but it certainly stands as legendary.
BILLY GIBBONSSooner 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.
BILLY GIBBONSWhen 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.
BILLY GIBBONSThe blues is life itself.
BILLY GIBBONSThe 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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