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After the band loaded in and the curtain opened, we realized there was exactly one paying customer in the audience.

Billy Gibbons

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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Home People Prepare Restaurants
The blues is life itself.
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Blue Itself Life
Turn on, tune up, rock out.
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Out Rocks Roll Tunes
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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Country Night Promoted Spring Well
Can’t do it, simply cause underneath ’em is too ugly.
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Causes Ems Ugly
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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Media Past Seemingly Way
We 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.
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Break Catastrophe Music Perform Playing Took
It’s a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
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Challenges Real White
In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
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Bigger Radio Tabletop
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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Lying People White
It’s important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.
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Character Important Unusual
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.
BILLY GIBBONS

Film Matter Mirrors
Water doesn’t hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you’re fine.
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Hurt Records Water
Lightnin’ Hopkins was something of a fixture on the Houston coffee house scene so we were witness to eccentric blues brilliance close up.
BILLY GIBBONS

Art Believe Coffee
Every once in awhile I’ll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?
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Chords Country Found Guitar People
If you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
BILLY GIBBONS

Helping Particular Take Time

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