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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.

Billy Gibbons

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.
BILLY GIBBONS

Break Catastrophe Music Perform Playing Took
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
Turn on, tune up, rock out.
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Out Rocks Roll Tunes
Brian Eno and Robert Fripp’s foray into some artful excursions into some ethereal electric experiments.
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Amsterdam Country Experiments Way
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.
BILLY GIBBONS

Limitless Long Potential Rivers Sea
After the band loaded in and the curtain opened, we realized there was exactly one paying customer in the audience.
BILLY GIBBONS

Audience Curtain Customer Open Playing Realized
Water doesn’t hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you’re fine.
BILLY GIBBONS

Hurt Records Water
In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
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Bigger Radio Tabletop
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
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
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.
BILLY GIBBONS

Blues Country Embracing English Great
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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Ahead Miles No Plugged Plugging
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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Dad Guitar Kings
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.
BILLY GIBBONS

Home People Prepare Restaurants
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?
BILLY GIBBONS

Games Play Water
It’s a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
BILLY GIBBONS

Challenges Real White

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