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 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.
More Billy Gibbons Quotes
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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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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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In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
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The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!
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Turn on, tune up, rock out.
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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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If you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
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There’s not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
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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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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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Water doesn’t hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you’re fine.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins taught us, “the rubber on a wheel is faster than the rubber on a heel” and Muddy Waters taught us “you don’t have to be the best one; just be a good ‘un” .. that just about says it all, always strive to be a good ‘un.
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Brian Eno and Robert Fripp’s foray into some artful excursions into some ethereal electric experiments.
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After the band loaded in and the curtain opened, we realized there was exactly one paying customer in the audience.
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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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