Vince from Long Island, NyBilly Gibbons also uses a quarter as a pick to get a raspy sound.Dennis from North Arlington, NjLaGrange was a huge summer hit on 4th Ave.I am a close friend of Dub Darneille.He now lives in Joseph,Oregon,has limited computer access and wants to get in touch with you.Jimmy,Baker City.Or Jimmy from Baker City, OrTo Kathy from Houston how posted acomment about "childhood friends" of Billy.John builds a bunch of the cool guitars and basses that both Billy and Dusty use.Amen and Have Mery John Bolin and House Of JB Guitars Jimmy from Baker City, OrI am a close friend of John Bolin.My mom slapped me to get off the picnic table, they stopped playing, then told her it was cool for me to dance on it, and then they finished the song. Not sure if it was them but could have been as it was in 1973. old on vacation in Galveston there was a band that positively played La Grange - tiki grass type beach bar. Bobby Daniel from United StatesKaren - When I was about 9 yrs.Billy has since said that Ham was a "genius". He said that it was, in fact, exactly the sound he was looking for. When Ham returned, they played it for him, and he was thrilled. While he was gone, the owner came up with the sound that we all know to this day. The studio owner asked him to go get some barbecue ribs at a place way down the road. He also did not want the studio owner to tamper with Billy Gibbon's guitar sound. Wayne O from Corpus Christi, Tx.When they were recording their first album, they were struggling with finding the sound of the band that Bill Ham wanted.Hey Dusty, lay down one last line will ya? RIP Friend, thanks " Oohhh A Hoffner !!"I was positive it would be splinters when I got it back.Dusty didn't have to do that, I have no idea where Gibbons and Beard were, but I walked away from a good man, although decades away from Rock God dom, in my mind, I have always held that image of Dusty, happy, humble, unassuming member of That Lil Ol Band From Texas. Of course, The Beatles were big, and McCartney played a Hoffner bass, a hollow body wooden bass that always felt like a humming bird to me, I was afraid I would crush it.well ,our giuttar player had one, and Dusty reached over and grabbed it They seemed like stumps, and his hands were ultra strong, when he plucked the strings when he played, it looked like the almost tore the string off the instrument. He was good people he happily showed me some chording techniques, and just talked bass stuff with a very impressed youg bassman wannabe.his fingers were a sight I always remember in vivid detail. my claim to fame, I suppose.when I heard about Dusty Hill's death, the memories of that night jumped up, getting old guys.but the memory that jumped highest was my time with Dusty Hill after the show. It worked, we played above our stations ( in my mind ) and were a strong, professional force for them to follow. ![]() YESSS !!! and, even though the guy had never heard of us much less heard us play we got the job.įirst of all we borrowed every speaker, amp, monitor that we could find.we wanted to be loud enough to make an impression. We happened to be sitting in a music store when the call came in for opening band for ZZ TOP at the local venue the Townhouse in Groves +/- 8 miles from PT A. ![]() We naturally had a pretty good blues band ( Thunderhead ) our last year of high school. ZzTop, Fever Tree, Crystal Blue, polished their chops live in my area. Lots of musicians lots of BLUES.I played bass ( BLUES ) starting from the age of 15 or so. Janis Joplin was from PT.Arthur, as were the Winter Brothers, It was a blue collar oil town, and a lot of Houston talent cut their teeth around this litt chunk of SE TEXAS.
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