Everyone Plays This ZZ Top Song WRONG!
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If I'm still playing it wrong let me know :)
I'll ask the man himself..ppl think what he plays is easy but playing it RIGHT is a different story. Thanks bud for what you do.
Using his pinky finger would seem natural with the light gauge strings he typically uses.
Thanks for the extra Detective work Robert.
I love how even a master like you Rob Baker can still get all silly with pride like "No one teaches this properly except meee! Me and The Rev and no one else! "
You're still playing it wrong though. Sorry because I know you worked hard to get everything right but, you're still missing a huge part!
You've got to stand up and SPIN THE GUITAR ON YOUR BELT BUCKLE! You're all sittin" down and never spun it once and to me that's like the most obvious part... just sayin' 🤣✌️♥️🎸🎶🙏
@@hkguitar1984 bro he played with 7 guage but it all depends on how you learn it felt natural to use my pinky but I've seen it be hard for ppl to start and change. I play with 10 gage's unless it's on my sg.
Wish I could introduce you he would really appreciate what you do
I've always been impressed with how Billy can play the coolest riffs with the least amount of effort, it's all so economical. All that incredible music coming out and he barely looks like he's doing anything.
Good players make it look easy.
The sign of a true Master
I once saw a comment that said he plays notes like they’re expensive
Every time I try to figure out a ZZ Billy riff, if there's too much movement or weird shapes, it's almost certainly wrong. Thanks for this!
I like to keep everything close together if it sounds good.
This applies to most ZZ Top songs. He really does have an interesting style and technique. You don't really pick up on all the little nuances of how he's playing his stuff until you listen closely, or watch.
Thank you... I agree totally. It sure helped me to know his way.
Every time you think Billy Gibbons can't possibly be any cooler, this pops up and you realise there are further levels of coolness to come.
That Esquire just keeps getting better and better, sounds awesome!
Yeah that guitar sounds great!
Pretty sure Billy's playing it wrong
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After all, what does HE know? Bah….. ;)
Yeah but he sure gives those Jim Dunlap strings one hell of a workout 😎
A good buddy of mine is Billy's nephew and I tell you he is the most down to earth person you will meet. Even after all these years
A roadie sold me one of Dusty Hill's guitar straps for twenty bucks, it's very fancy tooled leather and it must have been very expensive unless he bought it in Mexico. Dusty can have it back any time if he wants it, I don't know if it was stolen or not and I don't have any idea how to get ahold of any of them ....
@@alanleewaddell Uhh he's dead. Geez.
great video. it's always impressive how guitar legends throw in a lot of simple stuff that's hardly noticeable yet adds so much to their songs when you break it down
Yeah, it's like I learned a lot of Hendrix tunes as a teenager, but 20 years later, I still hear little bits and pieces that I didn't pick up on.
Signal chain PLEASE! I know you’ve started doing it sometimes, but it’s nice to know if it’s tubes, Kemper, pedals, etc. All respect to Tim Pierce; but you consistently have the best tones out there. Thanks!
The Rev is a riff master. I grew up jamming to ZZTop. Fandango was my first album i got from my dad when i was a kid and started playing guitar at 5 yrs old.
Fandango was the first album from ZZ I listened to. I was maybe 12 yrs old. I was blown away and hooked. Great stuff!
5 years old huh? 😂
Thanks for the quick example of what we can expect from the Billy Gibbons legends course. I ordered it as soon as you released it. Thanks for all your great courses!!
I saw, or read, an interview a few years ago with Billy and he was saying that over the years he has found the most economic way to play the songs he can so that there is a lot less effort required.
Imagine going to the liquor store with the man himself he thrives on younge players
Thank you Robert!! I play this wrong, but no longer!
Its crazy how little Billy moves his left hand when playing, and yet is still so awesome.
Thank you so much Robert as a 63 yr old , you've help make me fall in love with playing again with your wonderful and informative videos. God I wish TH-cam was around when I was 16 ! :)
Same here ..i wouldn't have had to put my thumb on the record player to slow it down to figure out what the guitar is doing...
Same here, hang in there
What a great lesson! Love the way you worked out these tricks with such enthusiasm.
Brilliant video! A terrific reminder to use our ears when learning other players’ music. Been playing this song wrong and learned a lot. Thank you
Billy sounds like he's playing simple but if you dive into it deeper it's always a curve ball.
Absolutely
Billy's the man....a break down of a ZZ top jam + that Esquire + being ended blues = another fun and educational video
Rock on, Robert!
I would love to know how he plays “gimme all your lovin” live. Especially the high c note. Awesome video and love your work
Billy is a blues master, His riffs and solos are very unique and so is his timing. His playing is so impressive that even the earliest years are just as exciting to listen too. Nice job Robert!
One of my fav ZZ Top tunes is "My Heads in Mississippi"
Such a great lesson! Your passion for accuracy and for the playing of The Rev. is palpable.
I ardently agree. 😅
Billy does alot of interesting things with open strings and harmonies. Sometimes when what I am playing just doesn't sound like the Rev, I sit down and listen again and again. You'll find alot of stuff that he's playing, nobody else does.
Man you make that riff sound killer. It is not trivial to get that simple stuff to sound good. Picture perfect lesson in articulation!
Great lesson Robert. Ty🙏. I know these videos take time. I appreciate it !
That Esquire is next level cool and the tone is exquisite.
Bought the course. After I saw that G double power chord in this vid I knew there would be many more good insights in the course. Thanks!
Billy does a lot of things by hybrid picking with middle and ring. I think here as well. But if we all play it and it sounds really good, then it will likely work fine. BTW, Your way sounds great! And your tone is epic!
The bass still does the slide live so it balances it out. What a damn classic this is.
Fantastic Rob , thank you. You’re right , I’ve never seen anyone every play it correctly.
The "double power chord", G, thanks for figuring this out!
Robert Baker Guitar Detective! That's got a ring to it huh man?
I love how you still have such a newbies sense of wonderment about guitar playing. You're like radiating joy over discovering the little details that make _all_ the difference. Plus "Billy plays _his_ power chords with his pinky just like mee! 🤣
You're wife is awesome for laughing...or you're awesome for being so excited that you made her laugh. I'm laughin' so I think it's both.
Thanks bro for all the research and detective work just to bring us some killer content on The Rev's way of playin' it properly and now we know tooo, thanks to yooou!
It really did sound so much better with those open string's. Dirtier and Billyer ! Many thanks for the lesson and the entertainment. Who says learning can't be fun!? ✌️♥️🎸🎶🙏
its a refreshing change to hear someone's learned something the way I do, by watching the actual dude who wrote it over and over using as many clips as possible to get it down, tedious as it can be its the only way to nail it. If you're gonna post a "how to" surely you should have the integrity, the basic respect for the viewers, the original artist and not least yourself to make it worth your actually learning the damn tune first!? I mean correct me if I'm wrong (which I won't be because I wouldn't even be posting this comment if I wasn't sure of its accuracy) but there are more half-assed attempts from dudes scraping around for an ego boost and a cheap grab at being a star, who seem to like the sound of their own voice and mistakenly assume we share their belief making these how to's incorrectly than there are the preferred way. So hats off to you and thank you for making the effort, you are one of the good runs. And as The Rev. Willy G himself says, "Ya don't have to be the best one, just be a good 'un". Peace
Thanks for the video. The strength of the guitar as an instrument are the possibilities afforded by open strings - changing chord voicings to include them makes the chords sound huge when playing at volume (or even at home).
Robert, I love your videos and I love the Rev BFG! Thanks for this. I have been playing this one a lot over the years but thanks for showing us the right way!
Brilliant Robert. Fair play man 👏. This makes so much sense. I used to play this in a band and couldn’t figure out why I didn’t enjoy it - as I love the song. It’s because I was playing it wrong. I probably learned it off some of those tutorial videos you mentioned ha
Dude, that tone is INSANE!
That inverted G power chord with open strings is what makes this song have a full sound, you know? And that was a wholesome moment when you told us about you figuring it out by yourself and your wife laughing hahaha Nice teacher, you are! (and "nice" is more than "amazing", for me).
Great playing and insight Mr. Baker..
Billy Gibbons should be core for anyone learning to play rock on guitar. The way he held his pick, barely stickinging out. The finesse. He used pinched harmonics. He played in close, muffled the bridge with his palm, used double stops, and the tastiest licks. I saw a guy strumming it on acoustic. The acoustic was not so much a problem, but the strumming Billy Gibbons, with his arm swinging sounds like some kind of sacrilegious, white as the Brady bunch, Hank Williams train wreck. Billy was funky. It swings.
Cool stuff to know! I'm totally into it. I love Billys guitar playing. Thanks for sharing.
Dang dude, this is one of my favorite TH-cam channels ever!! Gonna snag that Billy Gibbons course fo shizzle.
Great lesson Robert!!! Hope to work on it on a new SG soon!!! Lol 👍🎸🤘
Awesome. Thanks Robert.
Outstanding lesson Robert, keep on doing things like that guitarMan.🎸
my band is playing this for your next setlist, ur video was really good and im glad we are gonna be messing anythign up
Billy is a winner and Ricky Bobby said “Winners get to do what they want!” Thanks again Robert!
Thanks Robert. Nice analysis...!
Thanks so much Robert I started learning it wrong too . Then I googled the lesson and quess you and one other instructor were the only guitarists playing it Billy style with open strings ringing
Thanks mate we value your lessons so much 👍
Phuck'n great discovery Robert,
I bet you were most definitely proud. Keep it up..
Killer lesson. Love the tone. What is that signal chain? Awesome and thank you.
Excellent tutorial! You're right; it's far more interesting than people could have imagined.
HI Robert, I just wanted to say thanks for the course that you put out there, I have three so far.
You Billy and Angus course, that is pretty awesome, but I really enjoyed you course on boot camp, Am and Am blues adding extra note, I have finished and it is money well spent.
Thanks again.
All the best to you and you family.
John in Cornwall UK.
Soo good man !!!!Top notch
I bought the Billy G course over the weekend. I’m excited to dive into it this weekend
Thanks so much Nathaniel!
Would love too see you do riffs and lead parts to ZZ Top and ccr songs
I think I saw a lesson somewhere saying Sharp Dressed Man was recorded in drop C with the riff being played at the 12th fret. Could be a load of crap but it made sense at the time. Having the open low C and the open "D" shape being the C chord sounded really heavy.
Not tooting my own horn but I been playing that G chord d&g string for years I call it the "cheater G". Works well in a lot of AC/DC songs too
Im with you on that chord, its easy and sounds good. I think I picked it up playing bluegrass. Not many bluegrass pickers use power chords but I do sometimes.
Sweet lesson. Thanks.
Good tutorial. Thanks for that!
Billy's the Master of Economy! I always found live videos great bc you can see exactly how someone plays something. I remember struggling with that little lead motif at the beginning of For Whom The Bell Tolls. Then I saw footage from Day on the Green - the tab was wrong! The official Metallica tab was wrong, it notated in an awkward string skipping manner over three strings when Kirk plays it on two. Big moment for me. Anytime something seems unusually tricky I look for another way to play it.
Have you noticed that everyone is the solo to No more tears wrong too! The final climb has "pick-up" notes before each postion shift. Check out his play through
The tele is the best guitar type to play that twangy lazy open strings ZZ Top style bluesy stuff (as they did in their early to middle stages of their carreer in the 80s - where they did write all their hits - btw. before they changed their setup for Gibson)
Thank you for doing the research Robert. There are some amazing morsels you pulled out for us.
Great tone, man
Very good lesson, as usual
I too am a pinky power chord player to !!
Good stuff, man👍
Great video! Makes so much sense, the open strings in a three man band. Necessity, the mother of invention.
I'm running home to re-learn this song again
Thank you for having shown what you discovered , but I thought you would have shown how Billy plays the riff on the video too , LOL
Nice tutorial...you're right about how others/some teach how to play this song. Thanks...
Great job!
hi from Mexico! thank for figure it out my favorite song from ZZ top!
Hey great video! I recently started learning the song, and like you, watched a few lesson videos. But then, watched a couple of the live performances and picked up on how he plays the C. How he plays the G was something I just picked up from you, makes perfect sense. Thanks!
Robert, any chance you breakdown that actual video? There is so much going on there! I've been going back to it for years. Thank you!
yup figured this out years ago. You only have to look at him playing it live
Jeff, Billy is a good friend of mine. We spend the afternoon together often. And yes, you are correct. This is indeed how he plays the song. One thing to add. Sometimes he does not play the C note on the B string. He just hits the open G. Kind of a lazy way of doing it.
Great video!! Billy is one of my all time favorites...his "feel" is unmatched...except for maybe Gilmour. Quick question...the Esquire, is the cut-away, cut a bit more or is the pickguard a different shape? Either way, it sounds amazing and I love it.
As a notoriously lazy ass arthritic old man, I approve Billy's playing style 🤣
Excellent ! Thank you.
Lol been playing this wrong for 30 years. Ah well every day is a school day
So cool thank you!!!
My god... what a deep dive. Thanks!
Major light bulb moments right there. Top job!!!
Billy comes into my buddy's store Highland Music in Birmingham Alabama when he's in town. Super cool cat for sure. And an absolute tone god.
Nice job Robert.. now that I see this vid.. this song is the Reverends take on ACDC "Bad Boy Boogie" .. as riff.. different vibe.. nice tele..!
Acording to TH-cam, everything i do is wrong... And yet im doing It!
That guitar sounds incredible....
Great video
I don’t play the style of a guitar I’m a finger style solo instrumental, guitarist. I’ve been playing since 1974, but I just like to listen to other guitar players and how they play and find it to be very interesting some of it’s pretty cool I can’t say anything about what you’re teaching you’re just trying to show people the right way of doing things. Thanks for the video. Appreciate it just another learning device for me.😀🎸🎶🎼👍🏼
Then you will appreciate this watch Hector Bannon play Sultans of Swing on the acoustic. I've been playing it like the original but going to try it his way.👍
Thanks! 🙌
No one knows what he's playing but billy.we surmise every song.
Man that guitar sounds just awsome!
Nice Job Sir. You play what I hear from the Rev. only missing to hear from you that darn cool thumpedi-thump- oomping in the intro each time before the main riff comes again. It is not only muted C on 8th fret. So what I think is Rev plays that G-A#-C you showed for the verse, also in the intro.
MAN but your Esquire just kills... dig it - and that open G growl is sweet
very cool thankyou !
Damn,thats pretty awesome bro with those open strings and other titbits,thanks,iam coming back to this🤘
Just signed up to the billy Gibbons course only watched a couple of phases looks good 👍
Great video, but try it open G with a slide on your pinky. You can still get the hammer on for the C chord etc. Have your bottom E down to D also. Invite a keyboard player along, and you're good to go as the only guitarist.
It was Cheap Sunglasses that made me realize Billy G is up there...like, WAY up there.