LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 16, 2019..HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BILLY GIBBONS OF ZZ TOP, TODAY HE TURNS 70. GIBBONS CO-FOUNDED ZZ TOP IN 1969. THIS GUY IS JUST PLAIN AWESOME ON GUITAR. MANY PROMINENT MUSICIANS HAVE SINGLED OUT GIBBONS AS ONE OF THEIR FAVORITES, INCLUDING ARTISTS LIKE TED NUGENT, CUB CODA, AND THE LATE JIMI HENDRIX, WHO STATED THAT GIBBONS WAS THE BEST DURING AN APPEARANCE HE MADE ON “THE TONIGHT SHOW.” HE WAS RANKED AT #32 ON “ROLLING STONE” MAGAZINE’S LIST OF “THE 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS OF ALL-TIME.” GIBBONS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE “ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME” AS A MEMBER OF ZZ TOP IN 2004. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY ! HERE’S GIBBONS AND THE BOYS WITH SOME VINTAGE ZZ TOP
