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It’s a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.

Billy Gibbons

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
It’s a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
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Challenges Real White
It’s important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.
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Character Important Unusual
If you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
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Helping Particular Take Time
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
Can’t do it, simply cause underneath ’em is too ugly.
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Causes Ems Ugly
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
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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Limitless Long Potential Rivers Sea
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
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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Art Believe Coffee
After the band loaded in and the curtain opened, we realized there was exactly one paying customer in the audience.
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Audience Curtain Customer Open Playing Realized
Water doesn’t hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you’re fine.
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Hurt Records Water
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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Mean Mp3 Player
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 band is tight enough. Quit practicing!
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Band Enough Quitting
The blues is life itself.
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Blue Itself Life

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