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April 22nd, 2008
By Mike
The 31st Annual Dallas International Guitar Festival and MusicFest was awesome, as usual. We saw some new things this year, like Trillium’s new tube guitar amps. The design and cabinetry caught my eye, and their great tone caught my ears, so I stopped to chat. Scott told me this is Trillium’s [...]
December 16th, 2007
By David
Happy 58th Birthday Billy !
Best known as the guitarist of ZZ Top, Billy has a long history in Rock and Roll. As an founding member of the Moving Sidewalks who opened for The Jimi Hendrix Experience in Texas during their first Amercian tour.
Billy also has a very distinctive sound that is helped along by using [...]
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Case Western Reserve University and Gibson Guitar will honor the extraordinary Les Paul with a tribute concert lineup that befits this musical legend. The tribute concert lineup includes Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: James Burton, Billy Gibbons and the Ventures along with Jennifer Batten, Dennis Coffey, Lenny Kaye, Steve Lukather, Barbara Lynn, Alannah Myles, Richie Sambora and Slash.
Cleveland will be the place to be on November 15th when over a dozen of the preeminent guitarists in the world will play a tribute show in honor of 93 year guitar pioneer Les Paul. Guns N Roses great Slash heads the list. Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora, ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons, James Burton, the Ventures, Jennifer Batten, Dennis Coffey, Lenny Kaye, Steve Lukather, Barbara Lynn and Alannah Myles will alsp be on hand at Cleveland Playhouse Square's State Theater for a tribute concert. read mor
Guitar legend LES PAUL is to be honoured by Ohio's Rock + Roll Hall of Fame with an all-star concert to top all all-star concerts. ZZ Top star Billy Gibbons, Slash and ...
The concert at Cleveland???s State Theater includes a lineup of guitar virtuosos like Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, The Ventures and Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi. Slash, a member of Velvet Revolver, said he???d do anything for the 93-year-old Paul, known as ...
Hot off the internet press. :slash: Here's an excerpt I found interesting: "Have you ever talked guitar with people like Joe Perry and Jimmy Page? I was joking about this recently – whenever I hang out with guitar players, the last thing we want to talk about is guitars. I think guitar players are an interesting breed because we’re all very aware of how many of us there are and we’re also very aware of what the other guys are doing or what their sound is like and blah blah blah. But it
To say "Watchmen" is a much-anticipated film would be a drastic understatement. The legion of fans who have have memorized Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' landmark comic book series have been speculating about a 'Watchmen' film since the prehistoric days. You know, before the Internet. The wait will soon be over. The film, due out March 6, 2009 (provided Warner Bros. and Fox work out their legal difficulties) is almost finished. At a special presentation in New York Monday night, director Zack
CROOKED FINGERS premieres the video for "Let's Not Pretend" at the 'Gum.AIMEE MANN does the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.RAY LaMONTAGNE stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set you can stream on demand via MPR.THE FEELIES: Glenn Mercer talks to PopMatters about the band's break-up, getting ahold of their catalog, and scheduling some (more) reuinion dates for the Fall.CALEXICO: Joey Burns talks to Glide about album themes, collaborations, and Dylan's John Wesley Harding.THE AVETT BR
ZZ TOP star BILLY GIBBONS still regrets 'taking Texas to the people' on tour - after discovering that rattlesnakes and buffalo don't make good stage companions. The ...
Schools are expected to open as usual today. Erlewine also makes guitars, including ones for Paul McCartney and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons. His guitar playing days, however, were not over. Allison O’Malley, bachelor of science in therapeutic studies. There’s a tendency to demonise these guys, but when they really get into this stuff they start taking Alexander Technique courses to work on their posture, improv courses to be more enteral, going to vocal coaches or personal trainers or learning about
ROCKERS RECALL ‘SPINAL TAP’ MOMENTS October 8th, 2008 Pete Townshend, Ron Wood, Angus Young, and Billy Gibbons were asked by Guitar World magazine to name the “Most Spinal Tap Moment” of their careers. Townshend recalled a few classic Keith Moon tales, one of which, not surprisingly, involved a car and a hotel: “Keith Moon, God rest his soul, was Spinal Tap incarnate. Most people know the story of how he drove his Rolls-Royce into a swimming pool. See more… » Comments Off
Pete Townshend, Ron Wood, Angus Young, and Billy Gibbons were asked by Guitar World magazine to name the "Most Spinal Tap Moment" of their careers. Townshend recalled a few classic Keith Moon tales, one of which, not surprisingly, involved a car and a hotel: "Keith Moon, God rest his soul, was Spinal Tap incarnate. Most people know the story of how he drove his Rolls-Royce into a swimming pool.
Hurm… Last night, I was among the TONY contingent at the Time Warner Center, attending an exclusive event debuting footage from this March’s comic-book-movie Rapture (say it with me), Watchmen. The greatest graphic novel of all time. The unfilmable superhero masterpiece. The Catcher in the Rye of comics, as it were. You’ve seen the preview, you’ve heard your boyfriend blab about it, you’ve leafed through the Entertainment Weekly cover story. Watchmen the movie exists, and it is a Hollywood p
See how they make Dr. Manhattan come to life in this excellent, and best, entry into the monthly Watchmen production blog series. See the awesome suit Billy Crudup had to where, as well as some new footage from the flick as well. Here that is over at scifi.com. Also, here is a Q&A with Dave Gibbons and Zach Snyder about the film as well from comingsoon.net. Only 5 more months! So EXCITED!
Bud from Beale on Broadway passed on an email and some pictures of ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, who stopped by the club last Monday night, the day before his band played the Fabulous Fox. It was just another magic Monday here at the club when we were treated to the presence of one rock 'n' roll's elite.His little ole band from Texas performed at the Fox last tuesday. I got to spend 10 minutes with Mr. Billy Gibbons himself (a real sharp dressed man) as he took a liking to my vintage guitar amp colle
Yesterday Warner Bros. let a couple hundred press and bloggers view a few more minutes of the highly anticipated Watchmen movie. Director Zach Snyder was on hand to talk about how "awesome" it all has been, how "awesome" the film will be and how "awesome" everything Watchmen-related will always be. It's been tense lately, what with the lawsuit against the studio and fears that it may be the most expensive film trailer for ever. I have to admit, I'm not one of the Watchmen worshipers. I've
Normally Rocks Off is not one to blow his own trombone, but forgive me for a second, because this is kind of a big deal. The Houston music scene - past, present and future - will be on the national stage all Rocktober long, because Rocks Off managed to convince the folks at Spin to let him write up our not-so-little bayou burg in the magazine's monthly "Rock City" feature. (I'm still not exactly sure how.) It was nearly impossible to narrow down who to include - and indeed, Rocks Off wound
Note: Part 1 of this interview is here; part 2 is here. Rocks Off: Did the band think you had a hit record when you wrapped the album? Billy Gibbons: Yeah. We were fairly confident we had stumbled into something that was really solid. In the middle of the disco craze, this was our solid rock music message, and it couldn’t have been stronger at the time. I don’t know, the Stones had gotten away with “Miss You” and Rod Stewart [sings], “Do ya think I’m sexy,” whatever that thing was. RO: But
LE GRANGE CLICK ON PICTURE TO GO HOME 23 theZZ TOP ROCKSTORY Origin Houston, Texas, United States Genre(s) Blues-rock Hard rock Southern rock Years active 1969 – present Label(s) Eagle Rock, Rhino/WEA, RCA, Warner Bros., London, American Recordings Associated acts Moving Sidewalks, American Blues, Brooks & Dunn Website http://www.zztop.com Members Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard
Movie News: Scorsese, De Niro to ‘Paint Houses’ - George Romero rises again - First look at “WatchMen” Posted on October 3rd, 2008 by Hot Momma First look at “WatchMen” Director Zack Snyder previewed and discussed three scenes from his upcoming graphic novel adaptation “Watchmen” with select members of the press Wednesday. The film is based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ award-winning graphic novel of the same name about a group of subversive superheroes in hiding. Snyder began the previ
Hey, it’s Friday! Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Gibbons, Angus Young and more share their most insane rock-and-roll stories. These are a scream… Story here… Image via FalseDawn
