Sir you totally nailed this. This is so on the money thank you very much. First Billy gibbons lesson that actually sounds like Billy gibbons. You picked up so well on the nuances of Billy gibbons, that's the secret to his tone and vibe. Cheers
I've played along with this song hundreds of times wrongly . Thanks for showing the correct way to play it . Billy Gibbons is a guitar Great , that's for sure .
Hey! great lesson. I like the way you deliver it, good format. I used to play this in the 70's and 16 year old me couldn't do the tapping thing very well. EVH probably had no issue which is why i went back to school. I did see an interview with Eddie where he said the first tapping thing he learned was LZ Heartbreaker. And pinch harmonics was Leslie West. Billy did both and I'm sure Eddie knew it.
Billy G had his fingers layed down across fret board a lot always allowing muted strings everywhere. Which attributed to his iconic style layed back chill left hand. Tells ya. Relax 😂
Great song bro. Saw billy in Laguna like 15 yrs ago car and all. Long leather coat. Lol vintage memories. He was checking out of hotel ahead of me. Had goose bumps. So cool 😎
Great song hottest leads ,,i agree with you about Eddie getting the idea for the tapping from this song and took it to a whole new level . This song really cooks :)
Billy Gibbons uses some really interesting licks like on Chevolet so anything from older ZZ Top interests me .There is a shortened live version on tube here .I think it's new years eve and he says welcome to Washington DC ? those chords and leads are or seem really unique .
Charles, ZZ Top played with Alvin Lee & Ten Years After at Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, Maryland (suburban Washington/Baltimore) in the winter of '73/74. That may be the show you're talking about. Alvin Lee was great but ZZ Top stole the show. They were just breaking on alternative radio at the time.
Good question, I'm assuming you mean on the chords? Difficult to explain, I should have devoted some time to it. I play it with [a] the first 3 hits on the chord are downstrokes (last one emphasized), followed by [b] quick alternating muted triplet (down up down), followed by an emphasized downstroke. The pattern then repeats from [b] two more times to complete the strum pattern. Hope that made sense, difficult to describe here
Live in 1980, in Germany they play this and many other great zz top songs, although the thing is you can tell they are in E flat or d standard. The riffs are played differently than all the covers I see online and their tone is a lot heavier than the record. I'm thinking the standard tuning versions of most of their tunes don't sound right because they acctually play a half step down . Very confusing stuff for a guitar player lol
Not bad man, but the opening lick to the solo doesn't sound right. I been all over youtube trying to find somone play it like the record and so far no good.
Shed Guy, Billy never really played it exactly the same way twice. The important thing is the feeling when trying to sound like him, not attempting to hit everything note-for-note. If you do, you're losing the freedom of expression and urgency. Playing the blues is about how you feel right now. You have a framework, you build improvisationally within it but it's ok to f--k up or wander off the path a little. If you land wrong, the right note is always one fret away and how you get there is your sound and style for blues, boogie, rockabilly, etc. He just rolls with it and lets the guitar do some of the work for him. If you've seen ZZ Top live a few times, you've heard Billy kinda suck one night and then do stuff from another world on another. It's all good because it's real.
@@markpell8979 I dont disagree at all, but if one is making the claim to teach it "like the record" then one should be able at least play it like the record. Seems like false advertising to me. Beside, as I try to learn to play i want to know how these sounds were made so i can do it too. I can already wank around but thats not enough for me.
@@someshedguy399 I hear you man. He did capture some of Billy's tricks ok. But like you probably, I would've liked a little more structure and rehearsal behind the lesson.
Thank god someone did a competent lesson on this. Thanks man!
100% my favorite ZZ Top song. Thank you so much for this!
Sir you totally nailed this. This is so on the money thank you very much. First Billy gibbons lesson that actually sounds like Billy gibbons. You picked up so well on the nuances of Billy gibbons, that's the secret to his tone and vibe. Cheers
Down here in southwest coastal Florida drinking AndyGator beer and learnin' some ZZ licks -- thank you sir.
I've played along with this song hundreds of times wrongly .
Thanks for showing the correct way to play it .
Billy Gibbons is a guitar Great , that's for sure .
Hey! great lesson. I like the way you deliver it, good format. I used to play this in the 70's and 16 year old me couldn't do the tapping thing very well. EVH probably had no issue which is why i went back to school.
I did see an interview with Eddie where he said the first tapping thing he learned was LZ Heartbreaker. And pinch harmonics was Leslie West.
Billy did both and I'm sure Eddie knew it.
What a great lesson thank you !
Thank you for clarification of the songs.
Billy G had his fingers layed down across fret board a lot always allowing muted strings everywhere. Which attributed to his iconic style layed back chill left hand. Tells ya. Relax 😂
Awesome, thanks very much for this!
Thanks so much! You make this simple ( the rhythm, anyway ) for me to play, even with my handicap! What a blast it is….. to play it correctly!
The height of blues rock solo subtlety
Terrific ! Really tasty licks by BG
Excellent Guitar Video ✨🎸✨🇺🇸☮️🏄🏽♀️
Great song bro. Saw billy in Laguna like 15 yrs ago car and all. Long leather coat. Lol vintage memories. He was checking out of hotel ahead of me. Had goose bumps. So cool 😎
These lessons are gold, thanks man.
That was righteous. Dude Ya Nailed It !
love ur work man thx ✌🏾
Great ZZ Top lesson. Everything sounds very real, thanks from Europe. KayCee
Always wondered about some of those phrases, outstanding job!
Great lesson!!!
Thanks, I will be hitting you up sooner than later!
Another great one. Thanks!
Great song hottest leads ,,i agree with you about Eddie getting the idea for the tapping from this song and took it to a whole new level . This song really cooks :)
When Van Halen was a bar band they covered ZZ Top songs.
Great job on this! Love that Les Paul, and I've been thinking about getting that Tone Master Deluxe Reverb, sounds killer.
Great to see more Billy - thanks :)
Love that LP. Great Lesson Great Song. Keep'em Coming!!
Great choice
Billy !
On 10 🤘🏼cranked baby,
You nailed it amigo
The beard & stash look cool,
(accents the eye brows)
Got Xmas lights already🎉
Just discovered your channel and subscribed - awesome selection of songs which is much appreciated!
love this vid it really help me ..thank you!
Nice guitar 🎸🤘
GOOD JOB, WELL DONE
Excellent!
excellent as always thank you from France
Chartreuse would be (zz)top sir!
Great channel, glad I found it!!
Welcome aboard!
Just found you and instantly subscribed. Such a good channel, I'll have fun digging through your catalogue ✌️
Welcome!
Keep up the great lessons man. 🎉❤
great job
I usually use C9 and D9 chords but play a Gm7 for the first chord.
Enjoying your channel - keep it up 😀
Glad you enjoy it!
jammin
Yes!
It was a 62/63 delux fender amp.
Thank You
I find it interesting The Reverend Billy Gibbons plays on 7, 9, 11, 20, 30, 38 strings. I usually play on 9's. Top Shelf again 12ft ♪♫♪♫♪
I know, right? 7s !! Must feel like spider web silk
Billy Gibbons uses some really interesting licks like on Chevolet so anything from older ZZ Top interests me .There is a shortened live version on tube here .I think it's new years eve and he says welcome to Washington DC ? those chords and leads are or seem really unique .
Charles, ZZ Top played with Alvin Lee & Ten Years After at Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, Maryland (suburban Washington/Baltimore) in the winter of '73/74. That may be the show you're talking about. Alvin Lee was great but ZZ Top stole the show. They were just breaking on alternative radio at the time.
I’ll drink to that!!
I'm a beer drinker, have to work on the hellraiser part yet...
Great teacher here !!!
Awesome video!
I would love to see a tutorial for Dear Angie by Badfinger!
Excellent Lesson, Thumbs 🆙. I got question on the picking is it all down strokes on each note and chord to?
Good question, I'm assuming you mean on the chords? Difficult to explain, I should have devoted some time to it. I play it with [a] the first 3 hits on the chord are downstrokes (last one emphasized), followed by [b] quick alternating muted triplet (down up down), followed by an emphasized downstroke. The pattern then repeats from [b] two more times to complete the strum pattern. Hope that made sense, difficult to describe here
What I understand about this era Gibbons is he used a brownface deluxe.
Live in 1980, in Germany they play this and many other great zz top songs, although the thing is you can tell they are in E flat or d standard. The riffs are played differently than all the covers I see online and their tone is a lot heavier than the record. I'm thinking the standard tuning versions of most of their tunes don't sound right because they acctually play a half step down . Very confusing stuff for a guitar player lol
Waz up chains. 🎉
Very good! And what attentuator setting do you have the Fender set at? Not the full 22 watts, I take it...
I pulled all the way down to the 1/2 watt on that
always learn the live version
I bet they wrote that song about Samuel Bvld in Dallas (I prefer the Van halen version),
Are most top songs in g?
Do Brown sugar..
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Done 😀
Could you br anymore _borng?!?_
It's a guitar lesson, what do u want? Be thankful that he has made this tutorial for us.
What a idiot thing to comment...
Not bad man, but the opening lick to the solo doesn't sound right. I been all over youtube trying to find somone play it like the record and so far no good.
I did a video last year demonstrating that lick in a way that sounds indentical to the record. Check it out!
Shed Guy, Billy never really played it exactly the same way twice. The important thing is the feeling when trying to sound like him, not attempting to hit everything note-for-note. If you do, you're losing the freedom of expression and urgency. Playing the blues is about how you feel right now. You have a framework, you build improvisationally within it but it's ok to f--k up or wander off the path a little. If you land wrong, the right note is always one fret away and how you get there is your sound and style for blues, boogie, rockabilly, etc. He just rolls with it and lets the guitar do some of the work for him. If you've seen ZZ Top live a few times, you've heard Billy kinda suck one night and then do stuff from another world on another. It's all good because it's real.
@@markpell8979 I dont disagree at all, but if one is making the claim to teach it "like the record" then one should be able at least play it like the record. Seems like false advertising to me. Beside, as I try to learn to play i want to know how these sounds were made so i can do it too. I can already wank around but thats not enough for me.
@@someshedguy399 I hear you man. He did capture some of Billy's tricks ok. But like you probably, I would've liked a little more structure and rehearsal behind the lesson.
Well it's close enuf I guess...But sterile😮
Sounds horrible