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 GIBBONSWe 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.
More Billy Gibbons Quotes
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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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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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Can’t do it, simply cause underneath ’em is too ugly.
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There’s not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
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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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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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It’s a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
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The blues is life itself.
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Turn on, tune up, rock out.
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If you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
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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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The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!
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In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
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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 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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