one more thing....Billy only ever playes "what needs to be there"...and doesn't fill us up with a million notes that we don't "need"....yep....less is more....
Tanks- I stopt my guitar playing 1987 - now I Beginn wichtig the Age of 67 New- now i will Player the Songs of my Generation an I learn from you- transportieren an greetings from Austria 😊
I'm 69. And made my dad drive me 50 miles to get Tres Hombre. Saw the in Pittsburgh 1973. Got c thrown off stage at their concert with J.Giles and BTO. FUCKING GREAT TIMES. I. IN A BAND TODAY BECAUSE OF ZZTOP.
Finding the initial intro lead really challenging. Just cant seem to get from the G10th back to the A8th E8th quick enough, plus my initial bend is inconsistent. More practice is needed, and this lesson definitely helps 👍
Great lesson as always. I’d love someone to do an in depth of Balinese. Balinese is a great song no one I know of shows the whole thing. Love the channel!
Nice 12ft, I sat 2nd row Maple leaf Gardens back in 1990 with Colin James opening up. I guess they use to prank opening acts and a bunch of rubber fish were thrown at Colin, too funny. It was the Recycler tour. Set List Was: Planet of Women Sleeping Bag Got Me Under Pressure Waitin' for the Bus Jesus Just Left Chicago Tell It I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide Heard It on the X Lovething Ten Foot Pole 2000 Blues Blue Jean Blues My Head's in Mississippi Give It Up Cheap Sunglasses Penthouse Eyes Party on the Patio Doubleback Concrete and Steel Gimme All Your Lovin' Tube Snake Boogie Sharp Dressed Man Enchore: La Grange (with Sloppy Drunk Jam) Legs Tush After the concert my girlfriend's car wouldn't start so we were stuck in Toronto in a parking lot. We flagged down a tow truck at 3:00am as there was no Cell Phones back then 😂 Thanks for your insight on The Reverend Billy Gibbons R.I.P. Dusty Hill ♪♫♪♫♪
haa...sorry...me again...wish i was as ergonomic as Billy...but i did learn something "new" today.....great stuff...cheers...keep up the good work....love it...
Anything else wouldn't do it. I knew it was in C solo area Bass player over 40 yrs . I have been playing different Robin Trower songs lately. Which might make some good lessons at some time
You put together a great tone for this tutorial. Tasty excellent playing, too!! I've read that Billy used smaller amps to record many of these songs. Isn't there a custom Texas amp builder that Billy often uses?? Your Les Paul sounds killer.
Part of the reason. I made my video is that I kept playing the sharp dressed man solo licks mixed in w this song by mistake. So I needed to put this down on record to solidify it in my brain.
Really great lesson and demo TFC. Thanks for explaining the chord shapes and so importantly the various broken chord forms and their placement in the solo and riffs. This puts you among the top end of the TH-cam guitar tutors. Thank you! 🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠👌🏻
Not Surprised your in Nashville Area with your playing ability and You are Great at Teaching, Lot of fortunate guitar players getting your info to help them on their way or helping guitarist in Bands . AWSOME JOB as ALWAYS
I very much appreciate your stories and lessons. Something I just realized about Billy Gibbons is that he never overplays. I think about lead guitar like an actor in a movie. To overplay a scene does not make it better. So much of the time it is something so reserved, maybe seeming to be underplayed .. .but it is played just right. That comes across in a more believable and overwhelming manner. Billy Gibbons, BB King, George Harrison, Mark Knopfler, John Fogerty ... they all have that in common. Tasteful melodic playing you can pretty much hum along with. The flashy guitar players are mind-blowing ..... but to me ... that is like putting 20 TB of chili powder in a recipe that calls for 2TB. There is a blues guitar player who as a young teen played on a talk show with BB King. After the then young guitarist finished playing, BB said to him: "Son ... can I give you a word of advice?" The kid said, "Of course, BB." BB then said, "Your guitar is like a voice .... and it's saying too much." I cannot find a video of that ... but I recall it. And that blues guitarist still overplays to this day. I respect him .... but I much prefer the seasonings of BB King.
Absolutely amazing breakdown! And thank you!! If you want another Billy Gibbons song, please check out “Good Love” by the Black Keys and Billy… I think you’d love the tones. And thanks,
I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this song. Parked on the beach one night with my girlfriend during my senior year of high school, a couple of months before graduation. Just about to leave to get her home on time (her parents would have had me beheaded if I didn't). Radio on, DJ says, new one from ZZ Top, this is called "Gimmie All Your Lovin". Instantly hooked, "Wait hold on, I gotta hear this." Just an immediate rush of knowing you're hearing a great song for the first time. I can distinctly remember reacting to the ending, after the last chorus where they just vamp on C, and Billy solos some more, a little looser than the brilliant solo you demonstrated, then THE ABSOLUTE COOLEST part of the whole song, he does that repeating lick down at the 3rd fret of just C-Bb-G, all full of pinch harmonics, then the bass drops out entirely and he's just vamping on C-Bb. I don't know why, but that part just jumped out at me, and I turned to my sweetheart 17 year old girlfriend (I still know her today, still a sweetheart), and I'm like "Ah man, that's so cool!". She dug the song, not sure she got why I was so excited about that part specifically, but then again, neither am I. Forty+ years later though, it's still the best part of an awesome song to me. As for pinch harmonics, I guess I do the most common thing of just lowering my thumb on the tip of the pick and brushing across the string with outer edge of my thumb. It's important where on the string you pick to hit the right harmonics For some reason the key of C is really easy to find that spot for me. I kind of have a harder time nailing "La Grange" in the key of A, not sure what that's about.
Thankyou for another great lesson, I’m a big fan ZZ Top too. If your going to show us some more Billy G. Please consider Thunderbird off of their Fandango album. This song has a smokin rhythm guitar and a killer iconic lead ride. Thanks again for all you do.
YOU ARE A VERY THROUGH TEACHER,IS IT POSSIBLE TO PLAY AS TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN, BY ZZ TOPWITHOUT THE DISTORTION, IT SEEMS NO ONE CAN PLAY THAT SONG WITH ANY CLARITY ,THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER,AGAIN GOOD JOB, WELL DONE.
It will never sound right with Boss pedals. Boss pedals sound like Boss pedals because of their electronic switching AND that they use electrolytic capacitors for interstage coupling. So, you are only getting half the sine wave as electrolytic capacitors only conduct in one direction. A nice mylar capacitor for interstage coupling would make the Boss pedals sound SO much better. But then...I know people that think Sovtek tubes sound good. It is to laugh.
Awesome lesson and playing! and “your” tone is also great. I totally agree about BFG always playing the perfect riff/lick and always in the pocket. Also, nice guitar collection!
So much prefer Billy's 70s tone than his tone on their "comeback" commercial records. Imagine these licks with Cheap Sunglasses tone. It would be awesome!
Hay man don't forget when Billy plays this live that intro I noticed he taps a harmonic with his right hand and let's it Ring to give it dynamic but I don't know exactly what not he is hitting but it's sounds badass
which is why i put chapters in all the videos so you can go right to what you want at any time, and explain that for all viewers within 1 minute of me talking at the front.
fantastic lesson man, i found various tabs for this tune and none of them stacked up to what I was hearing on the record. Thanks for laying out these riffs so well. Rev Willie G is such an awesome player
Think about -A/or the NOTE/CHORD..??? THAT TRIGGERS OFF THE NEXT LOOPer.. A person a foot pedal..a trigger.....(i call it ) Could be a drum part... Bass... Lots of ways even 1 person can sound like a band..a 3 peice can sound like 4..5..??. All though.. Timing is everything.. Many cant chew gum and walk, Reverand wiiliam is a talented time machine...🦉.
Super lesson! I really value the content you created for this channel, and your enthusiasm is infectious!
Thank you very much, super generous!
one more thing....Billy only ever playes "what needs to be there"...and doesn't fill us up with a million notes that we don't "need"....yep....less is more....
Less is less.
Tanks- I stopt my guitar playing 1987 - now I Beginn wichtig the Age of 67 New- now i will Player the Songs of my Generation an I learn from you- transportieren an greetings from Austria 😊
Never to late, I'm 63
I'm pretty much the same. I am itching to get my guitar and distortion pedal out. After watching this young guitarist.
I'm 69. And made my dad drive me 50 miles to get Tres Hombre. Saw the in Pittsburgh 1973. Got c thrown off stage at their concert with J.Giles and BTO. FUCKING GREAT TIMES. I. IN A BAND TODAY BECAUSE OF ZZTOP.
Great way of describing Billy's playing!
That’s cause Billy’s the best!
Divinely ordained solos, played on the Pearly Gates Les Paul, 😇 great lesson, thanks!
You nailed it 100% Great tone and playing. Working on this one..chipping away. Thanks for the lesson
Outstanding job,,excellent lesson and learning ,your great 😊
Subbed. Had me at Billy gibbons
Wow. Thanks! Love your tone hack. I can pull that off my shelf and I don't need a Fuzz Face!
Finding the initial intro lead really challenging. Just cant seem to get from the G10th back to the A8th E8th quick enough, plus my initial bend is inconsistent. More practice is needed, and this lesson definitely helps 👍
Really enjoying your lessons thanks
Perfect, you're great bro.
Thanks!
Great lesson as always. I’d love someone to do an in depth of Balinese. Balinese is a great song no one I know of shows the whole thing. Love the channel!
I concur with my buddy. Please consider Balinese
Nice 12ft, I sat 2nd row Maple leaf Gardens back in 1990 with Colin James opening up. I guess they use to prank opening acts and a bunch of rubber fish were thrown at Colin, too funny. It was the Recycler tour.
Set List Was:
Planet of Women
Sleeping Bag
Got Me Under Pressure
Waitin' for the Bus
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Tell It
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Heard It on the X
Lovething
Ten Foot Pole
2000 Blues
Blue Jean Blues
My Head's in Mississippi
Give It Up
Cheap Sunglasses
Penthouse Eyes
Party on the Patio
Doubleback
Concrete and Steel
Gimme All Your Lovin'
Tube Snake Boogie
Sharp Dressed Man
Enchore:
La Grange
(with Sloppy Drunk Jam)
Legs
Tush
After the concert my girlfriend's car wouldn't start so we were stuck in Toronto in a parking lot. We flagged down a tow truck at 3:00am as there was no Cell Phones back then 😂
Thanks for your insight on The Reverend Billy Gibbons R.I.P. Dusty Hill ♪♫♪♫♪
haa...sorry...me again...wish i was as ergonomic as Billy...but i did learn something "new" today.....great stuff...cheers...keep up the good work....love it...
Love it! Ty
Earned a subscriber for this one. Absolutely excellent and most accurate I’ve heard yet
Awesome, thank you! And welcome
sounds great
Great lesson -- if you have any interest in expanding your ZZ portfolio of lessons, I'd love to see a Rough Boy lesson here.
Great tune great lesson, lots of work ahead for me lol
Anything else wouldn't do it.
I knew it was in C solo area
Bass player over 40 yrs .
I have been playing different Robin Trower songs lately.
Which might make some good lessons at some time
You put together a great tone for this tutorial. Tasty excellent playing, too!! I've read that Billy used smaller amps to record many of these songs. Isn't there a custom Texas amp builder that Billy often uses?? Your Les Paul sounds killer.
thank you
Cool - Could you do some Robin Trower from his 1975 Winterland Concert , Lady Love , Rock Me Baby , Can't Wait Much Longer .🇺🇸☮️🎸✨🏅✨
As a drummer, I find Billy's guitar style to have s great tone and expensive notes that fit the song perfectly. A true legend! Great Job!
For decades I felt Sharp Dressed was a better song. Last decade I believe GMAYL is the better tune. Thanks
Part of the reason. I made my video is that I kept playing the sharp dressed man solo licks mixed in w this song by mistake. So I needed to put this down on record to solidify it in my brain.
Really great lesson and demo TFC. Thanks for explaining the chord shapes and so importantly the various broken chord forms and their placement in the solo and riffs. This puts you among the top end of the TH-cam guitar tutors. Thank you! 🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠👌🏻
Great job! Billy F is one of my favorites. His solos aren't a million notes, just the right ones! It's all feel and vibe. And double stops.
Not Surprised your in Nashville Area
with your playing ability and You are Great at Teaching, Lot of fortunate guitar players getting your info to help them on their way or helping guitarist in Bands .
AWSOME JOB as ALWAYS
I tried to explain who ZZ Top is to my girls…and they’re like who? I say “Sharp dressed man” and then the light came on.
I very much appreciate your stories and lessons. Something I just realized about Billy Gibbons is that he never overplays. I think about lead guitar like an actor in a movie. To overplay a scene does not make it better. So much of the time it is something so reserved, maybe seeming to be underplayed .. .but it is played just right. That comes across in a more believable and overwhelming manner. Billy Gibbons, BB King, George Harrison, Mark Knopfler, John Fogerty ... they all have that in common. Tasteful melodic playing you can pretty much hum along with. The flashy guitar players are mind-blowing ..... but to me ... that is like putting 20 TB of chili powder in a recipe that calls for 2TB.
There is a blues guitar player who as a young teen played on a talk show with BB King. After the then young guitarist finished playing, BB said to him: "Son ... can I give you a word of advice?" The kid said, "Of course, BB." BB then said, "Your guitar is like a voice .... and it's saying too much." I cannot find a video of that ... but I recall it. And that blues guitarist still overplays to this day. I respect him .... but I much prefer the seasonings of BB King.
Outtro??
Great lesson, any chance you can do a video on the outro sole please :)
Merci beaucoup, il y a des subtilités que je n'avais pas capté...🎯
Glad to have youl Welcome ❤
I totally agree with you about the lead playing in this song. One of my favorite Billy Gibbons solos.
That whole album is a lesson in perfect solos.
Its funny, but the slide that he does right when they go into the chorus is my favorite part of the song 😂 the tone makes the slide is perfect!
Absolutely amazing breakdown! And thank you!!
If you want another Billy Gibbons song, please check out “Good Love” by the Black Keys and Billy…
I think you’d love the tones.
And thanks,
I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this song. Parked on the beach one night with my girlfriend during my senior year of high school, a couple of months before graduation. Just about to leave to get her home on time (her parents would have had me beheaded if I didn't). Radio on, DJ says, new one from ZZ Top, this is called "Gimmie All Your Lovin". Instantly hooked, "Wait hold on, I gotta hear this." Just an immediate rush of knowing you're hearing a great song for the first time. I can distinctly remember reacting to the ending, after the last chorus where they just vamp on C, and Billy solos some more, a little looser than the brilliant solo you demonstrated, then THE ABSOLUTE COOLEST part of the whole song, he does that repeating lick down at the 3rd fret of just C-Bb-G, all full of pinch harmonics, then the bass drops out entirely and he's just vamping on C-Bb. I don't know why, but that part just jumped out at me, and I turned to my sweetheart 17 year old girlfriend (I still know her today, still a sweetheart), and I'm like "Ah man, that's so cool!". She dug the song, not sure she got why I was so excited about that part specifically, but then again, neither am I. Forty+ years later though, it's still the best part of an awesome song to me.
As for pinch harmonics, I guess I do the most common thing of just lowering my thumb on the tip of the pick and brushing across the string with outer edge of my thumb. It's important where on the string you pick to hit the right harmonics For some reason the key of C is really easy to find that spot for me. I kind of have a harder time nailing "La Grange" in the key of A, not sure what that's about.
Just a thought.. Move your pick/hand closer or further from the bridge.. They are at/on every note..you just need to MAKE THEM HAPPEN,
Excellent lesson as usual. Great tone on the LP.
That is a cool colored Les Paul. You have your Billy down.
Great job! Are you using the Marshall? And what kind of pedal?
Not using the marshall, you'd be surprised. I talk about what I'm using at the front end of the vid, also the pedalscand gear are in the description
Love how you move through quickly. I can grab the parts I can hear easily and labor on the ones that take a little more dexterity. Thank you
That lead has some real soul to it. Great job on the playing it!!!
Thankyou for another great lesson, I’m a big fan ZZ Top too. If your going to show us some more Billy G. Please consider Thunderbird off of their Fandango album. This song has a smokin rhythm guitar and a killer iconic lead ride. Thanks again for all you do.
That’s what I needed to learn, thanks for the breakdown!
Great job🎸👍learned those squeakerz with a fender heavy teardrop taste of side pick and thumb meat 😆 yes back in the 80's
Excellent lesson. Thanks so much for that brother!
I just got a new ToneMaster twin.I found out y-day it won’t work with a DISTORTION pedal unless the “BRIGHT” switch is on the “ON” position.
perfect ,
That spot @ 22:07 I’m having trouble finding.
i almost shit my pants..i had to back the video up..couldve swore he said the great and LATE, Billy Gibbons 😂 Thank god I was wrong 👍
i aggre 100 % what you say in the introduction
Nice..Thanks..is the opening backing track available?
Fantastic stuff a perfect guitar lesson!
What a great lesson. No BS. Thanks
Thanks for a great lesson. I didn't discover you until recently and man I'm sure glad I did.
Welcome! Tell your friends!
YOU ARE A VERY THROUGH TEACHER,IS IT POSSIBLE TO PLAY AS TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN, BY ZZ TOPWITHOUT THE DISTORTION, IT SEEMS NO ONE CAN PLAY THAT SONG WITH ANY CLARITY ,THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER,AGAIN GOOD JOB, WELL DONE.
What pedals are you using fuzz ?
Good lesson, good feel
It will never sound right with Boss pedals. Boss pedals sound like Boss pedals because of their electronic switching AND that they use electrolytic capacitors for interstage coupling. So, you are only getting half the sine wave as electrolytic capacitors only conduct in one direction. A nice mylar capacitor for interstage coupling would make the Boss pedals sound SO much better.
But then...I know people that think Sovtek tubes sound good.
It is to laugh.
I thought there was a high f note in the main riff? The first 3 notes being middle c over f double stops.
Possible he frets the F note at 6th fret 2nd string on that first part of the rhythm guitar riff
How does ZZ Top as a band play both of those parts is there is only a guitar, bass player, and drums!
Very tasty riffs great explanation thk You!
I have a request. You think you could teach I got your six, by ZZ Top
You are a great teacher, thanks please continue with ZZ tops songs la Grange, and legs my favorites
So well demonstrated, killer tones and so relaxed. thank you so much, I loved every second 5*
"ordained by god" … yeah, that’s great!
Man that solo wails 😅thanks for sharing
Great job! His lead work is so melodic. Dig all ZZ Top's riffs and licks.
Best lesson on this great classic Accuracy 🎯🎶🎷🎻🎼
Love your ZZ lessons...How bouts some Ten Dollar Man or Whiskey'n Mama...
thanks - more coming
Tasty. Good ear, brother. Tone is on point.
Great tone first off and playing and great teaching bro
Playing that intro lick is way easier with a set of Billy’s 8’s
You playing that off the top was crazy good
Wow, this was the best lesson of this song by far that I've seen. Thanks
Awesome lesson and playing! and “your” tone is also great. I totally agree about BFG always playing the perfect riff/lick and always in the pocket. Also, nice guitar collection!
Thank you kindly!
Keep em coming! Love Billy Gibbons!
Awesome lesson your channel one of the best thx 🎸🌟
Can you do cocaine by Eric Clapton
So much prefer Billy's 70s tone than his tone on their "comeback" commercial records. Imagine these licks with Cheap Sunglasses tone. It would be awesome!
Just lovin your lesson and your tone and technique has hit the nail on the head. Greetings from the UK
Thanks man! Greetings and welcome. Glad to have you here.
Nailed it. Pinch harmonics and all.
I love Gimme all your Lovin and BFG! I can’t believe I’m jus now finding your video. Excellent lesson and your tone killer! Thanks for posting.
What a fantastic lesson of this great song thank you, I gonna check out your other videos thanks again.
Awesome, thank you!
Great lesson TFC please consider "Cheap Sunglasses" I found that the secret tuning is: EADGBD to play all the first position triads.
I agree - you NEED more Billy :) btw the new El Hombre pedal nails Billy's tone much better than your OCD and Boss pedals. Thanks for posting :)
Smokin' lesson -- bravo.
Good stuff! I was off quite a bit! 😄
the best zz top lesson going around
What color is that Les Paul officially designated as? Looks great - Gretsch-like!
Translucent Red
Think I might have to try to find one of those!
Hay man don't forget when Billy plays this live that intro I noticed he taps a harmonic with his right hand and let's it Ring to give it dynamic but I don't know exactly what not he is hitting but it's sounds badass
5 minutes all talk. Finally camera zooms in a little to see the lesson a little closer at 12:30
which is why i put chapters in all the videos so you can go right to what you want at any time, and explain that for all viewers within 1 minute of me talking at the front.
Outstanding Brother!!!!!
fantastic lesson man, i found various tabs for this tune and none of them stacked up to what I was hearing on the record. Thanks for laying out these riffs so well. Rev Willie G is such an awesome player
Think about -A/or the NOTE/CHORD..???
THAT TRIGGERS OFF THE NEXT LOOPer..
A person a foot pedal..a trigger.....(i call it )
Could be a drum part... Bass...
Lots of ways even 1 person can sound like a band..a 3 peice can sound like 4..5..??.
All though.. Timing is everything..
Many cant chew gum and walk, Reverand wiiliam is a talented time machine...🦉.
12ft chains Rocks 🎉🎉👍
Thank you!
You make playing the guitar fun!👍🎸🎵
thank you!
With 2 guitars, bass, and lead .Who's playing the rhythm?
overdubs on record. live he plays a hybrid mixing rhythm parts and lead parts and it sounds great too.
And who plays the synthesizer on “Legs”?
Great question…
Subscribed.........You are the best teacher I have seen on here......Thank you !!!❤❤