Saw ZZ Top last night. They were great. Billy Gibbons has to be one of the best living blues guitarists. Scratch that -- one of the best guitarists ever.
This is from Guitar Zone:
Billy was considered by Jimi Hendrix to be one of the top guitarists around. He even once said that Billy Gibbons was America’s best guitarist . Jimi actually gave Billy his Pink Strat. Billy fondly recalled the moment with the guitar legend.
“I was in the motel one night practicing in my room and this dude stuck his head in the door and said, ‘Hey-y man, I thought I heard something going on in here.’ It was Jimi Hendrix. I was speechless. I couldn’t move. He took my guitar away and lay down across the bed with his head dangling towards the floor, looking at the ceiling. He’d run off this incredible line and then look up at me and said, (in Hendrix space-drawl tones) ‘Say, man, c’n you do that?’ Then he’d laugh and play some more. After that he started teaching me. I learned a lot from him.”
Billy was considered by Jimi Hendrix to be one of the Top Guitarists around. He even once said that Billy Gibbons was America’s best guitarist . Jimi actually gave Billy his Pink Strat . Billy fondly recalled the moment with the guitar legend.
“I was in the motel one night practicing in my room and this dude stuck his head in the door and said, ‘Hey-y man, I thought I heard something going on in here.’ It was Jimi Hendrix. I was speechless. I couldn’t move. He took my guitar away and lay down across the bed with his head dangling towards the floor, looking at the ceiling. He’d run off this incredible line and then look up at me and said, (in Hendrix space-drawl tones) ‘Say, man, c’n you do that?’ Then he’d laugh and play some more. After that he started teaching me. I learned a lot from him.”"
