<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Billy-gibbons ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/billy-gibbons Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:48:28 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Think you’ve heard the most jaw-dropping hardcore blues solos of all time? We don’t think so.” Guitar Player presents 50 badass blues guitar solos you must hear ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/50-badass-blues-solos-you-must-hear fMF5uapRBdjkgU3HaA7xub Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:48:28 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “ZZ Top didn’t just happen upon becoming a trio because it was easier; it’s a lot more challenging.” Billy Gibbons explains the role Cream and Jimi Hendrix played in the creation of ZZ Top ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/billy-gibbons-on-hendrix-cream-and-power-trios oUxKip9cVzZ4sWHHKQPiUf Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:43:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We hit this one lick, and the lighting director came rushing forward: 'Don't change a thing!”’ Billy Gibbons reveals how a soundcheck jam turned into ZZ Top's breakthrough hit ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/billy-gibbons-on-zz-top-tush ZgcCg4RYevwy7Tiqh6MiJK Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:34:12 +0000 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:27:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's what it takes to differentiate this to ‘wow...I want that’”: Billy Gibbons and Seymour Duncan recreate his signature Red Devil Strat pickup for Teles, and heat up the Pearly Gates humbuckers, in double-release ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/billy-gibbons-seymour-duncan-red-devil-for-tele-hades-gates-pickups dp4xpJLS48fhaGhwud7ceb Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:41:16 +0000 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:42:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Waiting for the Bus and Jesus Just Left Chicago? In essence, it’s a blues suite in 4/4 and 6/8 time..." The career of Billy Gibbons, blues guitar supremo, in five songs ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/billy-gibbons-career-in-five-songs M4C99mRyrvkQ5BNDgnb4CX Thu, 04 Jan 2024 14:43:54 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He really lived it": Lightnin' Hopkins picked cotton and worked on a chain gang before becoming the most recorded of the postwar bluesmen – and schooling the likes of Billy Gibbons and Johnny Winter ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/player/the-story-of-lightnin-hopkins MNmeYr6PRNNuAuaarMhM59 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 14:30:18 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Billy Gibbons: “We went to the second change, but Lightnin’ was still in the first... Our bassist said, ‘Lightnin’, that’s where the second change is supposed to be, isn’t it?' Lightnin’ said, ‘Lightnin’ change when Lightnin’ want to change!’” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/billy-gibbons-lightnin-hopkins y2bUZUBAnWAyxWMfnkUdmQ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 16:03:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch the Official Trailer for New SRV Music Doc, ‘Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jimmie-and-stevie-ray-vaughan-brothers-in-blues-trailer zg6uJ8LTAQRtuTPGAMaEDh Thu, 31 Aug 2023 08:51:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Rick Rubin Said We Needed One More Song for the Album”: Billy Gibbons Explains How ZZ Top Melded Hip Hop and Blues Rock With “I Gotsta Get Paid” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/rick-rubin-said-we-needed-one-more-song-for-the-album-billy-gibbons-explains-how-zz-top-melded-hip-hop-and-blues-rock-with-i-gotsta-get-paid Crj2e6DcLeumYnyn8fLVB9 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:41:12 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We Were Still the Little Band From Texas, Interpreters of That Great American Art Form the Blues”: Billy Gibbons on the Making of “Gimme All Your Lovin’” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/zztop-gimme-all-your-lovin Ybomte3kN7yQdC26XwWiRe Wed, 05 Apr 2023 14:55:31 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Somehow, Something Went Haywire, but in the Right Direction”: Billy Gibbons Recalls How ZZ Top's Happy Accident, “Cheap Sunglasses,” Came to Life ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/somehow-something-went-haywire-but-in-the-right-direction-billy-gibbons-recalls-how-zz-tops-happy-accident-cheap-sunglasses-came-to-life 5XKLaUHeJi3TbEi9BbRjXT Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jeff Beck: Tributes Pour in Following Guitar Hero’s Passing ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jeff-beck-tributes-pour-in-following-guitar-heros-passing t9TGPjeiUZZHrmnsq9z4CM Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:31:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 40 Most Important Guitar Solos of the 20th Century ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/the-40-most-important-guitar-solos-of-the-20th-century RGtTzStEoDw26KeEmWJ7tW Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:00:15 +0000 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:13:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Lightnin’ Hopkins Play “the Best Blues Performance Ever” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-lightnin-hopkins-play-the-best-blues-performance-ever zxq2mf7dW8xj8a4tNTH4Ck Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:29:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Johnny Winter’s Rowdy Rendition of the Rolling Stones' “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-johnny-winters-rowdy-rendition-of-the-rolling-stones-jumpin-jack-flash Y3nTiKpC5n4AoYznCNE6Sm Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:12:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Listen to Edgar Winter’s New Single "Mean Town Blues" Featuring Joe Bonamassa ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/listen-to-edgar-winters-new-single-mean-town-blues-featuring-joe-bonamassa qd7NHNWy4ck5jubX7D6qoE Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:51:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Johnny Winter Tribute ‘Brother Johnny’ Features Collaborations with Ringo Starr, Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons and Many More ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/johnny-winter-tribute-brother-johnny-features-collaborations-with-ringo-starr-joe-bonamassa-billy-gibbons-and-many-more G2yWGSAn2vdfkfNteKwq9G Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:19:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Foxx Tone Machine Was the Fuzz of Choice for Peter Frampton, Billy Gibbons, and Adrian Belew ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/the-foxx-tone-machine-was-the-fuzz-of-choice-for-peter-frampton-billy-gibbons-and-adrian-belew eHij8zXf2wCiaXKJcfrjde Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:20:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to Write a Hard Rock Classic in Five Minutes: Billy Gibbons Tells the Incredible Story of ZZ Top’s “Tush” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/how-to-write-a-hard-rock-classic-in-five-minutes-billy-gibbons-tells-the-incredible-story-of-zz-tops-tush YtnmJeLY99N7CuxPAYSwND Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:02:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Billy F. Gibbons Reveals How Jeff Beck Helped ZZ Top Score the First 110-volt Marshalls in America ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/billy-f-gibbons-reveals-how-jeff-beck-helped-zz-top-score-the-first-110-volt-marshalls-in-america 6u63rWH6jn3h8ARLnfRp2Y Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:49:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch ZZ Top Perform Their First Show Since Dusty Hill's Death ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-zz-top-perform-their-first-show-since-dusty-hills-death F7Z5tU47EAs3RgyVcR6vvj Mon, 02 Aug 2021 17:00:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ A Crash Course in the Texas-Sized Melodic Phrasing of Billy Gibbons ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/a-crash-course-in-the-texas-sized-melodic-phrasing-of-billy-gibbons Mu52rDq9crJQXWG2V6ERLF Thu, 27 May 2021 19:29:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Billy Gibbons Wrote ZZ Top's “La Grange“ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/how-billy-gibbons-wrote-zz-tops-la-grange 4r3htcyw6tt8JL9GDryjoL Fri, 07 May 2021 18:24:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Billy Gibbons, Steven Tyler, and More Cover Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-billy-gibbons-steven-tyler-and-more-cover-fleetwood-macs-oh-well w3ABbNKExZgt7S7HTofP7o Thu, 06 May 2021 19:35:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Billy Gibbons Announces New Solo Album, 'Hardware' ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/billy-gibbons-announces-new-solo-album-hardware TyzTizzMkqguwFEhYbqdif Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:30:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ All-Star Peter Green Tribute Concert Film to Be Streamed Online in April ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/all-star-peter-green-tribute-concert-film-to-be-streamed-online-in-april AMgE5avEK8J57mg8hZLmfW Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:35:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Billy Gibbons, Steven Tyler, and More Cover Fleetwood Mac's "Rattlesnake Shake" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-billy-gibbons-steven-tyler-and-more-cover-fleetwood-macs-rattlesnake-shake efWwMJg9TWKDE5z3pee3Ee Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:27:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Billy Gibbons Tells the Story Behind His 1959 Les Paul, "Pearly Gates" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/billy-gibbons-tell-the-story-behind-his-1959-les-paul-pearly-gates b9yMh6jQPE8ov8oebgrPRD Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:21:08 +0000 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:28:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Billy Gibbons and Kirk Hammett Cover Fleetwood Mac's "The Green Manalishi" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-billy-gibbons-and-kirk-hammett-cover-fleetwood-macs-the-green-manalishi TStLbstkhddnGRfjz6nEsf Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:42:27 +0000