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.
BILLY GIBBONSIt’s important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.
More Billy Gibbons Quotes
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There’s not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
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Maybe browse online, yet that tactile feel of flipping through a stack of vinyl remains one of life’s simple pleasures.
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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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The blues is life itself.
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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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Can’t do it, simply cause underneath ’em is too ugly.
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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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The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential.
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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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Water doesn’t hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you’re fine.
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Turn on, tune up, rock out.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins was something of a fixture on the Houston coffee house scene so we were witness to eccentric blues brilliance close up.
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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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Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.
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Every once in awhile I’ll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?
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