Are they in La Grange, Texas? If so, I did not know that is where Daryl lives. Wow, cool. Texas definitely has a lot of good music and musicians. Tons of live music here. I sure wish you would review this world class guitar guy from Japan. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNNyi9uot7jeook.html Here are some lyrics; he is getting better at his English, but he still has some trouble with the letter "r." And, here it is with a big Japanese artist in Japanese. I like them both. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l6l_Z5aQmJq9iGg.html Miyavi is an actor, a guitarist/singer, and a style icon (he has affected clothing/fashions/etc.). He started out as a graphic artist. He did not think he was very good at it, and it was really hard. One day he picked up a guitar, and he said, "I am better at this!" "Ey yo, let's go c'mon. We've got no time 2 b down alone. See, the world still goes around the crowds a bounce, dance on the ground. Cuz it don't matter if u r gon b gone or not. Now look at the man in the mirror. Is he a winner? Or just a story teller? U r the only one who knows your errors. Embrace your memory, accept your history. No matter wat, let's dive 3, 2, 1, set, go. Be strong, all 4 your love Tho no escapin fate, im gon make my own frame. Ready 2 face my point of break. U may've lost everything but u gained many things. like the fact u r standin here, y'all got no time let's go."

Just think about this one brother kzfaq.info/get/bejne/npiCopp9savFgYU.html

Love ZZ Top Jamel. There best albums are Eliminator and Afterburner. You could get a beard like his just keep grooming it bro lol. ✌️. . Jon.

Dunno if you noticed cool pinstriping on that red guitar? Billy Gibbons did that and many others...the man is talented to absolutely no end.

You need to get original studio version

When he fanned down that guitarist, that's exactly what I thought. Class, and props to his peer.

Preach. I met the whole band back in 1988 (I think it was) while traveling with my dad. We were at the Memphis airport and my dad wanted to go outside and smoke. While we were outside Frank and Dusty came out (both were smokers) then Billy (who didn't smoke) came out and joined us. Of course I recognized the guys but was shocked at how small they were. Billy wasn't as short but they were all so thin. To be fair, I'm 6'5" and was well over 250lbs. so they might have just seemed tiny. ;-) They were incredibly nice and friendly and, somehow, no one else came out and talked to them. This was during the heyday of "Afterburner" and "Eliminator" and all those HUGE videos on MTV (who used to play videos - true story). Totally respect those guys. Stay safe everyone. Cheers from Florida.

@@kingbrutusxxvi I sat with Billy and had a few bears at a strip club in Houston. Extremely down to earth guy. I didn't make a big deal about who he was but did express my appreciation for his talent and contribution to music. He tipped with $2 bills. This was also in the 80's. Later people started coming in and they were making a big deal about him and he quietly said "that's my cue brother". He got into his pristine, perfectly restored old Ford pickup and went home. Saw him another time at a casino in Louisiana. I spoke to him, introduced my wife, brother and sister in law to him. A few hours later he stopped back by the craps table and addressed us all by name and asked how the table was treating us. I'm 6'4 @250 and yes, he's much smaller than I expected. His personality and character is that of a giant though.

I can easily believe that. I stumbeled upon this video in KZfaqs few years back, Billy Gibbons playing guitar on the streets of Helsinki: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j66FhLGpzM24j58.html (not my video, unfortunately, I wen't past that point in wrong time that day..)

He was awesome in "Bones" when he portrayed Angela Montenegros dad 😊

I thought he was 70

Only they emphatically claim that what they play isn't blues.

And to think that Jimi said Billy was the guitar best player in his opinion.I’m sure I am paraphrasing but there is an interview where Billy is reminded of that quote and he says yeah we had a great time when I played on tour with him etc...

@@Arizona_Stonah I believe Hendrix also said that Terry Kath was better than he (Jimi) was.

He taught Hendrix how to play slide guitar

Agreed, one of the best concerts I've ever seen!

The Rev. May not get enough credit, but they sell out where ever they go.🤘

Have to disagree. At least in the guitar community he's well known as a legend.

They are incredible blues interpreters ( as Billy calls them). I love the blues and classic ZZTop.

I took my 1st vacation w/ my brother in 1976. We were headed to New Orleans and drove thru Texas. ZZ Top was on the radio. WOW! I'll never forget!

Not a bad session in the bunch!

i agree!!daryl's house ROCKS!!

There's a wonderful documentary on ZZ Top, "That Little Ol' Band From Texas"… damn, but I think I read it somewhere, that early on Frank had a beard and Billy and Dusty were clean-shaven, then they went on vacation and returned as we know them now, and their manager told them to keep it that way.

@ Must have been a hell of a vacation if they went from clean-shaven to "how we know them now" @_@ shoulda learned how to play that gee-tar...

malcolmr3 - he meant shout out to Daryl’s drummer. That’s Brian Dunne.

Howhowhowhow......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARYL!!

One thing about growing up a rocker - you will ALWAYS be a rocker, even if you can't boogies like a youngster!

Didn't see enough of his face to realize that was him (Eliot Lewis), but I did know he also played guitar. Wikipedia confirms his appearance (with guitar) and adds that he does a number of solos in the other songs from the Gibbons episode. According to IMDB, the guy on the B3 is Mike Flanigin, who has worked with Gibbons before, including on his first solo album. IMDB also credits a Martin Guigui for the piano work. He's listed as a filmmaker, composer, engineer, who also apparently plays piano and B3, and has performed with and recorded with a list of music icons too numerous to list here (including Gibbons). Thanks for pointing out Eliot's guitar appearance here. If not for that comment, I'd never have been motivated to look up the rest. Reading these comments is a continual source of new musical enlightenment.

Barry Anderson that’s cool man. Wow that’s a lot of info you looked up but so informative. I love this band they are all so talented. That’s for the info!!!

Don't know about that, but ZZ Top opened for the Stones in Hawaii in 1973

@connie baldwin yeah brother of Southwest record tape on Westheimer near chimney Rock 5757 Westheimer and then the other store 14011 memorial drive yeah Dusty on the little nightclub at gessner and Clay road and his house was about a football field away from there and that's where that all night party thing was you know aside from Frank in the early days ZZ top was not a druggie band nice saying they never tried nothing I wouldn't begin to know I was not in that scene I was on the periphery. I'll tell you what Dusty had a stepdad and a biological dad both of them were there and I cook breakfast before we left when the sun was coming up and Dusty had his eggs over easy and right when I sat down and take my first bite and over easy egg hit me in the forehead and Dusty's laughing cuz he threw it at me and then I took a couple bites and look again and Dusty's asleep in his chair with his other egg on his beard

Mary Larrimore Gibbons, not “Gibons”.

Honestly, I thought they ranked him rather low, at 32. There are a lot of guitarists that I would have put him above, but they probably had more "impact" as a guitarist. As far as technical ability, Billy should have been in the teens, at least. In my mind, he's on equal footing in the blues with Clapton and King.

@@shaneofthehillpeople Prince lost it because he was not on the list at all, hence his performance with Tom Petty and others doing George Harrison's My Guitar Gently Weeps. So tonight I looked up who does the voting and I found it was mostly real rock gods and music legends voting. It's an impossible list really. Like Glenn Cambell and Roy Clark, masters of their instruments. Eddie Van Halen making his infamous Guitar from junk. Tough choices.

@M Fisher i could have used Guitar World or Wikipedia as a reference list of the top 100 guitarists of all time. What has bothered you? I only wanted the reactor to know about the man's skills. Not many realize how talented Gibbons is. Peace

@M Fisher so factual information that imay be nknown to most including the the reactor is not important? The reactor asked for information. Obviously he found it interesting. Chill out dude.

That's why I call them the three beards... to mostly confused people.

His mama had a beard too.

He isn't there. Daryls drummer uses rudimentary style, rare in rock

I took my 1st vacation w/ my brother in 1976. We were headed to New Orleans and drove thru Texas. ZZ Top was on the radio. WOW! I'll never forget!

Slime in the Ice machine!... haha

Fishing Idaho On A Harley that’s him. Jackass. 😆

@Jon Williams 😆 i never went, women look good?

@Jon Williams I didn’t realize he was in law enforcement. I just knew him as an “investigative reporter”. I never liked him when I was younger but now that I’m older and look at our crap journalism, we need more with his drive.

Definitely check out John Lee Hooker.

Yes! React to John Lee Hooker.. Boom boom boom boom!

The Main Squeeze would definitely be a group Jamel would love.

Although Dusty added his part to the whole ZZ Top sound you're right Billy was the one we heard the most.

I've hinted that months ago

paul Beydler Daughter just moved from La Grange. I love ZZ Top too. When ZZ Top showed up at all y'alls county fair I could have kicked her butt for not going to the show. Arrrgh!

@Geoffery Jackson Have you seen this? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eqqodrRo1LCuimw.html

William Degnan I had not. That is fantastic!!!!