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.
BILLY GIBBONSTurn on, tune up, rock out.
More Billy Gibbons Quotes
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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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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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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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Brian Eno and Robert Fripp’s foray into some artful excursions into some ethereal electric experiments.
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The blues is life itself.
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It’s a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
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Turn on, tune up, rock out.
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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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The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!
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If you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
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Water doesn’t hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you’re fine.
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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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Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.
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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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There’s not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
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