MIND BLOWING Tricks I LEARNED From YOUNG Billy Gibbons

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[@texocalistation6049]

R.I.P Dusty Hill a sad day for Top Fans, and there would be no ZZ top without his bass work. A monster player and a legend of rock.

[@peterpedersen1641]

First time I saw ZZ Top was at a Manfred Man and his Earth Band show in Bethlehem, PA. When they finished their 30-minute show the ovation was so loud they came back for an encore. Dressed like cowboys w cowboy hats and jeans. I believe it was 1972. The crowd yelled, ZZ Top, ZZ Top until they came back on stage. Manfred Mann never played that day... It was amazing.

[@anthonydavella8350]

Too bad, Manfred Mann was awesome back then

[@ryanfulldark2775]

Epic!

[@Twobarpsi]

What venue?

[@Toddy9cent]

The show of MMEB was COMPLETELY canceled? It's hard to believe, these musicians were world class at the moment. Or did we misunderstand you?

[@marysittler789]

Peter are you a Bethlehem Pa native? That's my hometown. Anyhow didn't see my first concert till 1976 and got into ZZ around 77 or 78.

[@elenbrandt290]

The "spaces" are tasty because they give the ears that extra moment to savor what they heard...just sayin'...

[@Scottocaster6668]

Or prepare the ears for what's coming next!

[@crabbtrixexp]

yep, although yngwie says "more is more", more is only more if you know what less is, and i don't think he does.

[@gokhanersan8561]

Well said.

[@petermensing5502]

It may be just my opinion, but I believe that you will go down in history as being one of the most melodically tasty guitarists known. Tim, theoretically speaking it’s the modes and alternates and modulations that you choose that bring a melody into uniqueness nearly every time you ad lib. a solo. The way you put together your blend of influence is irreplaceable. You are sort of like another Allan Holdsworth of another breed. You are the quiet blend of so many greats that I believe you could be on everyone’s album and none of us would even know it. That is what makes you arguably the greatest session musician ever known. To walk in, sit on a cold chair and create an output signal that sounds like it has been developed over dozens of meetings across many months to fit into the music perfectly. When it comes to a performance, there is a balance. It’s not just the mechanics or the theoretics or the melodics. It’s the overall fruit. The finished product. That’s where you are somehow able to put it all together perfectly balanced; perhaps not always on the first take, but always within a reasonable amount of time.

[@SpaTZz9]

I found ZZ Top in 1973 with theTres Hombres album. "Jesus just left Chicago" got me hooked. I love the first 2 albums as well.

[@douglasncarter]

My favorite song of their's has been Brown Sugar off the first album.

[@randyroberts4239]

That tone!

[@Millerman57]

Yea man that's a good one

[@supercrackhead100]

That and “Just Got Back From Babies”

[@buddylobos5277]

Always thought that the Brown Sugar tone was the perfect Les Paul--Marshall sound.

[@randyroberts4239]

@@buddylobos5277 Like molten lava!

[@EasyHeat]

Billy's new album "Hardware" is amazing. Subconsciously? He's always had a major influence on my soloing attempts. Basically, K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid). I love the dirt he gives to basic chords with simple finger picking. Great video Tim!

[@califtom]

There should be a KZbinr musician tour. I'd definitely pay to see Tim, Rick Beato and a few others perform live.

[@TheDerider]

Add Warren Huart to that band I reckon 😎

[@davidbakerscuba]

And Rhett Shull

[@davidgordon7673]

Add Paul Stafford Cook and Tico the singing bird to the bill, throw in an exploding-amoeba light show, and I am so there.

[@williamdarico2369]

And pee wee Herman too

[@brianrossiter2547]

A-YEON on drums

[@BurnyTone]

It's all about that First Album! It's a chest full of gold for anyone wanting to learn some hot blues!

[@bobjenkins1757]

The tone on the intro licks for Brown Sugar are incredible.

[@Marcus_C51]

@@bobjenkins1757 That's the truth! Insane!

[@Marcus_C51]

Yes, love Gibbons' playing all over that-so badass!

[@ericschwartz9982]

I had the pleasure, at age 14, of seeing the Moving Sidewalks in person when they toured with Hendrix. The Rev. Billy G had his mojo on then too. Thanks for the great video!

[@Marcus_C51]

Oh wow-so jealous but that must've been a religious experience to see Jimi and the Rev. Billy G way back when! Probably changed your DNA seeing that show. Man...

[@sirfultonbishop]

The first 2 albums absolutely! First saw them in ‘72. Was blown away!

[@charliehill5853]

So nice hearing your appreciation for Billy G. As a fellow Texan we know how he doesn’t get enough credit for being so damn good. Thanks for the video.

[@jamessholtz6016]

Well, this 66 year old guy from Detroit knows he's great.

[@Toddy9cent]

WHO please had any DOUBTS? Someone who has LIVED on stage for Fifty years, MUST be "good" - NO, he has to be EXTRAORDINARY good. I saw him first in the beginning of the 80's, in Hamburg - GerMoney. Location: wrong choice (Congress hall) Sound: lousy (first, can't hear the guitar, then "over tuned". Despite the top mixer, including graphics analyzer. We considered "nudging" him to take over sound control.) ;-) but: I WAS THERE I prefer small locations, Daryl's house, for example.

[@johncunningham4820]

I'm not sure about that . He is VERY well regarded around the Industry . A Sound all his own , and can play along with Anyone .

[@carlbaumeister3439]

This Chicagoan LOVES his playing! And Tim’s pretty damn good, too.

[@arvik2735]

yes! Billy Gibbons still an underrated master - so simple but deep and classy - Tres Hombres still my favourite too

[@markalan1501]

Brown Sugar still leaves me in awe at how great that guitar work is. Decades later and it still makes me grin like a boy with candy. I gigged for many many many years, and a ZZ tune always got the people to the dance floor.

[@qcc5]

I am 69, and have been playing since I was 11. Still, every time I pick up my guitar, I play Brown Sugar. It is permanently stuck in my head. Yes! Living in Texas, I have seen ZZ live 20-30 times. I still love the early stuff the most. Texas Blues....

[@charlesstiebing9231]

he's not fast but he's great at playing the blues with a big grin on his face!

[@CianRourke]

Pinch harmonics are still cool. #BringBackTheSqueal

[@GuyNarnarian]

Especially with some whammy bar action included

[@RUHDD4HVN]

Believe it or not, Aldo Nova's 1st album belongs in the pinch harmonic hall of fame.

[@rickmartin7674]

@@RUHDD4HVN there's a name I haven't seen in a long while. I might look them up.

[@RUHDD4HVN]

@@rickmartin7674 There's a recent interview here on KZbin with Aldo that was very cool. look up this title right here....... Aldo Nova talks working with Bon Jovi, recording Fantasy and Eddie Gage | Jeremy White Podcast

[@christianstevens9804]

Tres Hombres is a masterclass unto itself.

[@smacker360]

I wore out my 8 Track of ZZ Tops first album. I saw them in Jacksonville in the early 70's, 72 I think and they opened for Deep Purple. What a concert!!!!!

[@thomasvannatter6361]

Tim makes it look so easy and effortless.. can watch him all day

[@danielweeks3723]

There you go again Tim, reminding me that I should practice. Maybe later. I'm just 65. I got time right?

[@Toddy9cent]

It's never too late, if you have fun while playing. And the neighbors don't call the police...I am 57, and if i hear Tim playing -i am bad, bad, bad...but: i have a dream...

[@sparklerdynamo9187]

There is a lot of Billy's playing in Eddie's vocabulary, people just don't realize it.

[@davidrpriest]

Listen to LaGrange and then Listen To Hot for Teacher and tell me EVH was not hugely influenced by Gibbons.

[@Superstacco]

And the juicyness in the Brown Sound to me has also got a lot to do with Billy's tone. They both have something lacking in many shredders: deep, deep pocket.

[@if6turnedouttobe9]

Best Comment Award...

[@Wildkat-1]

Buddy covers ZZ Top ...He's from Hurst TX. ...we started liking BG long ago ...Buddy Whittington Neighbor Neighbor/Down Brownie - KZbin

[@wolfieziggy19]

Beer drinkers and hell raisers with that feedback is classic!

[@stevesolo16]

I'm just climbing into the sack at 2am. I never should have clipped on KZbin. Mr. Pierce, I need to go to bed! I need to put my Les Paul down...and stop playing BG! You are an evil instigator my friend.

[@Kipperbob]

You started at 12 and you think that was late! I was 19, I'll be 52 this year and still playing, went to college in my early 40s to study music performance, I've discovered you're never too old if you put in the necessary time and effort and have fun playing.

[@ahnpi939]

Nice sentiments, and way to go...keep grindin

[@brucecall1595]

Hey tim how do you exit your cubicle? Dont you session guys ever play standing? Do you pee sitting? Joking. Love your channel.

[@Magnetron33]

Thanks for clearing up the Rio Grand amp thing. Saw them in 1974 on the Tres Hombres tour and after the show I asked a roady what was up with the relabled Marshalls. He swore up and down they were Rio Grand amps. Love your channel!

[@thebreathalyzer]

Blue Jean Blues is one of my favorite early jams, think that was Fandango. Had that one on vinyl thanks to Columbia House record club, lol. Remember them?!? love your channel always, saw you with Rick Springfield back in the day. 1984-1985.

[@carlboswell986]

Yes. Some of my music collection is thanks to Columbia House as well.

[@paulyguitary7651]

Columbia House, worth every penny.

[@chipsterb4946]

Haha I was in Spain for almost a year in the mid ‘70s. Didn’t bring any music with me but did find a cassette of Fandango. Pretty much wore it out.

[@chickenlittlewny1523]

The first 2 are the best but I give them credit for remaining commercially viable.

[@christophercooksey7016]

Can't agree with you more, wasn't surprised when an article came out late 90's in one of the guitar magazines stating that Billy Gibbons was by far the favorite guitarist of guitarist, not only rock but blues & country players were Gaga for him And his style, like the late BB King,Gibbons could get a Ton of feeling from the fewest amount of notes. He is a master of dynamics, quiet to loud,soft to hard & slow to fast. A simple notion, but so many struggle to get it just right, Billy Gibbons not only Gets it right but actually embodies it🎸👍🎸, SOME MY FAVORITE ⏩ FANDANGO,TRES HOMBRES & DEGUALO❤️‍🔥🌶️🌹🔥🎸🎸🎸

[@stephencox4509]

You are such an excellent player. I hate to tell you, though, I never make it through a full video. I hear you playing and I gotta grab a guitar and get playing myself. Inspiring stuff.

[@tsot9837]

I saw ZZ Top as an opening act for Uriah Heep in 1973. The next act was Earth Wind and Fire. What a great show. It was my second concert. I was 16 years old and my first concert was Jethro Tull. We were so excited when we left the Tull concert, we just had to see another. So we bought tickets to the next concert without really knowing who any of these people were. It was as mentioned before, Uriah Heep, Earth Wind and Fire and ZZ Top. What a great show! ZZ Top rocked the house. Earth Wind and Fire Also rocked the house. Uriah Heep were in their HeyDay and we left in awe. I bought Tres Hombres the next day. The sad part looking back is we paid $4.50 for the Tull tickets and $5.00 for the Uriah Heep tickets. Back then that was 2 hours of work. Fair enough, it was worth it. $200 a ticket now? There is no one I would pay that much now to see. People are busting their asses just to put food on the table. I saw ZZ Top a couple of years ago at the New York State Fair for free and they were Awesome! RIP Dusty Hill!

[@joesankey2005]

Holy shit, dude...

[@sholland42]

You couldn’t hold back the notes when it changed keys. Nice.

[@atlantaguitar9689]

Back then promoters would mix acts stylistically so you would in fact see EWF at a rock show. They were awesome and had monster chops and probably were a lot of young people's first exposure to R&B and world music. Even within the rock genre they would mix unlikely bands - I mean shortly after the "Frampton's Camel" album, Peter Frampton toured by opening for Black Sabbath. not exactly a match but no one cared. It was seen as a feature.

[@jlgiii4749]

I loved Rio Grand Mud. The whole album was great. I was also a fan from the beginning. Aging myself..... And I still have the Vinyl in the cover. It's hanging on the wall in one of those "Album Picture Frames" next to the unopened Afterburner Album. And next to those is my Beatles Yesterday and Today Album. Original Mono Second stage.

[@badbruise]

Billy’s new album is pretty damn good

[@acardiac5983]

He’s morphing into Robin Williams!

[@ericwarrington6650]

Thanks Tim happy 4th of July... appreciate all the content...it's well curated and u are always after something interesting...great work..

[@jdram58]

I likke a mixture of single coil n humbuckers myself just nice to experiment n not have to spend a ton of money as a Hobbyest n om, getting into more country lately.

[@shipsahoy1793]

Still sounds like Tim tone when doing Billy licks! 🤣🥳

[@BK-zq5oq]

It is great that you give Rev Billy all that cred that he and his ZZ-companeros deserve. My own favourite is Blue Jean. I live in Sweden and have been on all conserts here the last 35 years. From the Eliminator tour and forward. It is a pity they not so often play " them good old tunes" though from the early records. And Dusty is missed even if the new base Boy is doin his job great. Keep up the good work all You ZZTOP- and Billyfans out there. Wish U all a Merry Christmas!

[@steeveeB]

Tim-You are by far now one of my favorite guitarists all time. Your legacy of work speaks for itself. I will be buying your Master class!!

[@northernthrifter8817]

You should check out Dave Simpson from the UK he has a channel, amazing player.

[@eyalmagen663]

Man you are awesome 🤘 Love your channel .from Israel Hapy 4th of July 🥳🥳

[@277southtombob]

Jimi Hendrix had said that the “young Billy Gibbons” was the best guitar player he’d ever heard so that’s enough of a endorsement to make me pay attention to his playing.

[@CorbCorbin]

But all the fans of Chicago Transit Authority say he said that about Terry Kath. When I was first learning, I must’ve read 10 books on Hendrix, and the quote about Billy Gibbons was in most of them. There’s no interview I’ve ever found in which Hendrix says it, but more than one source that he thought Billy was the best young guitarist he’d seen. I think Hendrix endorsed many other players because he really hated being called the greatest, as he’d been around a lot of guys who didn’t get any credit, when playing the chitlin circuit.

[@shipsahoy1793]

@@TheAxe4Ever now you’re getting into style preference.. musicians should know the difference between styles they like versus what they respect from a musical perspective. Does everything you admire always get incorporated into your playing? Hardly..

[@davidlobue8304]

Tim, I wanna play like that when I'm all growed up.

[@sykemol]

@@CorbCorbin Phil Keaggy is also often mentioned.

[@chopper4484]

He also said that of Rory Gallagher, so as well as Jimi being modest he had great taste in guitarists!

[@willdenham]

Sounded like Billy crossed with Joe Satriani.

[@midi1529]

A happy 4th to Tim, all the work this man does for us wanna be badasses is so amazing...keep playing, keep listening, and thank Tim!

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

I got my Boss Tone Bender today. Anyone want to congratulate me? LOL! (in all seriousness that thing is absolutely ridiculously awesome)

[@kengevers8738]

Congratulations indeed. Enjoy!

[@BillChristen3]

Congratulations! More tools to play with! Play it loud, play it proud!

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

Oh man Mexican Blackbird is my early ZZ TOP jam

[@LostMyMojo100]

You'll never hear that one on the radio nowadays.... One of my favs!

[@dangolguitartech]

That is my favorite song by ZZ Top… Much to my wife’s dismay. You can imagine that I get yelled at a lot.🤠

[@Craig_Fussell]

Couldn’t agree more man! Billy Gibbons is a master of cool hooks and tasteful phrasing! ✌🏻🎸🎶

[@gokhanersan8561]

I used to liken ZZ Top to AC-DC. But that’s very surface. Angus is straightforwardly awesome, but Billy has that unpredictable fluidity to his musicality. There is something much deeper than blues rock there, something ethereal.

[@williambrotherton9388]

In 1974, my band was playing on the main concourse at the Spokane Worlds Fair. In one afternoon, ZZ Top was was playing in what can be described as an oversized beer garden without beer. Out side, on the main stage was Elvis Presley. Older folks with purple hair were watching him. Most were crowded in watching ZZ Top.

[@brimars2172]

and ZZ probably wanted to get over there and hang out with Elvis :)

[@omnipop4936]

7:09 Agreed. "Notes are expensive - spend them wisely." - BB King

[@uknowme1811]

Yep and the magic is in the space between the notes!

[@ScottHz]

love that line at :40 !

[@Smudgie]

Such a sad day.

[@jackherlong1051]

Saw them on probably the same tour. '72 ish Rio Grande amps. Mirrors behind the back line. $6 ticket at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, AL Four or five encores in blue jeans and flannel shirts. Awesome show!!!

[@goebelchx]

I saw them when they were The Moving Sidewalks, at the Cellar in Houston 1968.

[@thomasmartin8202]

How were they?

[@davidkadlec3518]

Less is More. 🎶 Sound advice 🎶 . however a Train gains momentum the heavier it gets. Thanks Tim .

[@brrblack497]

Your playing always sounds like you never hit a bum note , always just as sweet as can be !

[@princeofpcos9804]

Billy is one of the few people alive who has jammed with both Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. BG has EVH as the #1 guitarist ever, btw.

[@chrischristi1818]

I thought I read somewhere that Billy had a guitar that Hendrix actually gave him.

[@stephenfinch2120]

Saw 'em on The Fandango tour. They killed it.😎

[@joe-e-geo]

I have always loved loved loved Just Got Paid.

[@guitarman1inwd]

My buddyguitarists are shocked when i tell em i use 8s on almost all my guitars even my 12 string acoustic,then tell em bg uses 7 s ,love your playing and your knowledge Tim.....rock on......

[@57stratkat]

I'd add the third album as well. I was in high school when Tres Hombres was released and i wore the grooves off that vinyl. Every song on that record is top shelf. I had the fortune of meeting them one night on Sixth Street in Austin - walked past a little cafe/bar and was shocked to see all three sitting at a table just inside the door. Poked my head in and thanked them for such great music. They were so friendly and cool about it - zero ego. Saw Billy's perfectomundo solo tour on his birthday (Seattle). The Kind of Cool will be out playing till the day he passes.

[@jerryfraker377]

I would grow your Beard Long Tim.😉

[@charlesbranch4120]

At a weekend music ministry conference, one of the music panel leaders said that if you listen, guitarists may play more notes in the studio, but on stage live, drop to half as many notes. From eighths to quarters, quarters to halves... Reminds me of Billy Gibbons' story of being told by B.B. King that he was working too hard on stage, and should drop to lighter strings. He then learned he could be just as powerful with 7s and not work as hard with the heavier strings he'd thought he needed. Thanks for helping to fill in on Rhett's channel!

[@peterpedersen1641]

Exactly... I saw that interview with Rev Willie and ordered his 7s right up. Now keep a few sets laying around. and 7s 8s and 9s of Rev Willie strings.

[@williamsporing1500]

When I write a solo for a song, the engineer and I will sit down and take about half of it out lol

[@Toddy9cent]

LESS is MORE, in most of the cases, my teacher says. The measure is AUTHENTICITY:

[@philipharris2273]

Chevrolet is one of my all-time favourites by ZZ. So cool and laid back. Utterly belies the skills at work! Sheik (Tres Hombres) being a close another.

[@paulcowart3174]

Nationwide has always been one of my favorites because of the 2 different guitar's used on the lead breaks Strat/LP back and forth Good stuff 👍

[@c.e.anderson558]

" Blue Jean blues" off Fandango is best blues song EVER. Wish it was longer.... But yes, first album is gold. I'm from a town SW of Houston and hear references to local things. Highway 6!! More about Billy please.

[@johnwilliams1223]

Tube Snake Boogie still gives me chills. His approach of the phrasing on that one are out of this world.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

I LOVE Billy Gibbons and the thing I take the most from him is one of the most important elements in all of guitar in my opinion and that is phrasing. He's one of the few guys that deserves to be mentioned among the Gilmour's of the world in that regard.

[@CorbCorbin]

Gibbons can put a couple licks within multiple songs, which are immediately identifiable, yet I always wish the solos were longer on the albums.

[@daveberkheimer2166]

I absolutely agree. But I do miss some of the variety of sounds and techniques from the early albums.

[@michaelsievers8476]

Well lol i think gilmore might with some texas cookin...n baptism in the rio Grande...be mentioned with billy!!!

[@michaelschweitzer6718]

When you mentioned phrasing, I immediately thought of Gilmour. Then you mentioned Gilmour at the end of your comment.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

@@michaelschweitzer6718 Great minds think alike. LOL!

[@mikeatkinson2836]

Billy got some of his licks from a guy named Joey Long In Houston better known in the song " I'm Bad I'm Nationwide -Bluesman in the back and Beautician at the wheel" --- check out Texas handbook of music!

[@ericwarrington6650]

Love watching u play...u are very generous w your knowledge...only helping the next generation to keep it playing...

[@dougcoombes8497]

Brown Sugar off their first album is still my favorite.

[@bluesboyst]

Your playing is awesome....Really enjoy it

[@Oymmit]

I love all your videos so helpful. Been playing all my life. 60 yrs old. Never feel like i'm good enough. Get unmotivated. Never gig. I've talked my wife into letting me join your course. You just seem like a good teacher and when i hear you play, i get motivated. Time to get my prs 513 back out.

[@StealthParrot]

Haw, haw, haw ... nice intro jam Tim. My first recollection of ZZ Top was Deguello, after which I went back and was mind blown by the early Billy riffs.

[@troycvar80]

I play Dunlop Reverend Willie's Mexican Lottery .007s. Billy's signature strings. Highly recommended!

[@aarondunn4493]

Fantastic strings.

[@Guitargate]

YES SIR!

[@timpierceguitar]

Michael thank you so much

[@motoputz3201]

Those two albums hooked me so bad. Billy was a genius to me when I was a kid and in my top 5 rock guitarists

[@kukusnest65]

i concur, imo the sound on that 1st record has yet to be improved on.

[@robert_starling]

Very cool, I have a photo I shot in 1974-76 or so with the walls of "Rio Grande" amps playing in Jacksonville, Florida

[@Xazertron]

The people who said that Billy is under rated. Do you guys live under a rock. He is a MUCH appreciated guitar great. I kinda think that people HAVE heard of him and DO know how great Billy is. Peace ✌️

[@mrfomiatti5515]

G'day Tim, i love the way you play. Melody wins hands down. 🐨

[@jonsmith3945]

Billy first caugh my ear when I heard Tush on the radio. But it was the Deguello album that really pulled me in. So much so, that I ended up forming a ZZ Top tribute band. It was a lot of fun learning Billy's licks. Sometimes his guitar playing makes me laugh- in a good way. Billy, if you're reading this, I've been getting paid to play your music steadily since 1984, so in addition to a most heartfelt "Thank You", I think I owe you some royalties. Get in touch and we'll work something out.

[@colinwallace5286]

Deguello is ZZ at the top of their game. Straight ahead without the studio kitsch. Some of Beard’s drumming is amazing on that one as well.

[@irrefudiate]

So it's the Houston Cellar and Dusty and Frank are still working there with Dusty's brother, Rocky, and a keyboard player, and everyone is sounding pretty sharp. It might have been a Sunday. So, Billy Gibbons walks in and sets up with Dusty and Frank. And, you know, a lot of good players and bands have passed through there. Anyway, they start this tune that is so tight, with Billy's guitar almost sounding like a pedal steel as they do the intro to "Shaking your Tree". And, the crowd, mostly musicians, sits in stunned silence.

[@erikshen1107]

R.I.P Dusty Hill aka THE PLEASER!!! NO SLIDE ON THE BOOGIE!!!

[@timlonggone]

Tim Pierce you are one cool dude. I’ve learned from you so much, thank you.

[@sbennettyt]

Tim, You have some of the best guitar tone on KZbin. Your videos are very well done.

[@johnroberts7018]

there is NOTHING wrong with squealies, especially in dirty blues-rock riffs. Don't shun the 80s man. Just because 85% of everything that came after...SUCKS. LMAO, rock on.

[@esmfotoz]

I saw ZZ Top at the State Fair of Texas in 1970 (think) with Quicksilver. Great show! I play some blues/rock with a few guys and one of our staple songs is "Bedroom Thang" from ZZ Top's First Album, sometimes "Certified Blues", too. Move just a little later and try "Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings" from Fandango, great stuff. Love "Down Brownie" on Rio Grande Mud, too bad it's such a terrible recording but the song really stands out, truly unique use of guitar harmonies.

[@Halliday7895]

i wonder how much SRV and Billy interfaced....both Texas players..

[@chrispile3878]

Billy Gibbons can do no wrong.

[@mgbasinski]

Indeed! ZZ Top's First Album and Rio Grande Mud remain my favorite recordings from the Rev Billy G

[@jeffmarchant4312]

If you liked Billy you'd like what I could show you he didn't tell everyone...I did some of his stuff but nobody was told he's had a secessionist play his Greatest Hits album in 1979....... It was all done free and who doesn't like free ??? Yeah...it's where the "I want it free started"...Shhh !! don't tell anyone....it was the story that was never told.... And I'm going to miss Dusty (Joseph Michael Hill) RIP .... Passed away Friday, July 28'th 2021...at his home in Houston, TX.... unknown cause today's Aug 4 2021

[@hearpalhere]

Billy Gibbons is one of my all time favorite guitar players and you are showing his techniques so well Tim! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@philbob99]

Chevrolet. Francene. Down Brownie. Just Got Paid. 4 massive tunes on RGMud.

[@JeffreyKB]

I remember when I was just a kid, sitting in my tree house and watching a party the neighbors were having when someone put on ZZ Top's first record album and it was at that moment I fell in love with blues rock and Billy's electric guitar solos.

[@Dogsrule777]

I used to work at Silver Strings guitar store in St Louis. My boss Ed Selig made his living selling unique vintage guitars to rockstars. He came back from Texas with this groovy seafoam sparkle green guitar “64 Magnatone Typhoon” - I’d pull it off the wall and play it on my breaks. Anyways, he showed it to Billy Gibbons at a trade show and he passed on it cuz it wasn’t set up nice yet so I bought it for $200 in 1993! Still have it. Thanks Billy! :)

[@DlmlZ]

Just listened to EVH Version kzbin.info/www/bejne/hajakqmIptyYq7s. the Energy VH brings out is absolutely stunning although he did not use the later invented tapping techniques. However, I like it that you are using your neck pick-up, which really brings a different taste to this song. Thanks a lot Tim for sharing. Cheers DimiZ

[@NeverTalkToCops1]

Anyone would "blow their mind" paying attention to millions of "tricks" on youtube. Learning most things is not gathering "tricks".

[@mknewlan67]

Rough boys is my favorite track. Those solos just transport me somewhere sublime.

[@BobBob-rt1vl]

Great points! the early ZZ was awesome and hardly anyone even knows it exists! Pre-MTV silliness...

[@gtrhoppe]

Tim Pierce. I know nothing about you but I love the way you play. I saw you on a vid called some Great Moments at Normans Rare Guitars when you jammed with Grant Guissman. Good stuff!! Looking now saying to myself, This guy, where..have..I seen him before. LOL.

[@masterofsparkshwy6974]

I've always liked the lesser known Top, when I heard Just Got Back From Baby's, as a kid learning, kinda still narrow minded and hadn't heard a lot of good music yet, I thought Billy invented the blues ! I was blown away. That, Nasty Dogs, The Sheikh, Master of Sparks, ( even my screen name, with the road outside Houston they'd roll him out on. ) Arrested for Drivin While Blind, Thunderbird, Mexican Blackbird, ( that's a perfect song for me, the slide, and I can sing the vocals really well, fits my voice, but some crowds love it, some sit down and drink..)