Here's the next episode of Three-For-All with 3 Billy Gibbons Licks From 1980. The Reverend Willie G (a.k.a. Billy Gibbons) is one of the smoothest and coolest guitarists to ever pick up a six-string and make it sing. His playing style is deeply engrained (and borrowed) in blues-rock music, so every guitarist should spend time getting to know his musical habits, licks, and tricks, while also attempting to absorb some of his ultra-smooth feel and tight blues-rock phrasing that he's had on display since 1969.
This lesson takes a look at several slick licks that were captured during a live TV appearance in Germany in 1980, which was technically ZZ Top's first television appearance in that country. The licks/ideas shared here include plenty of blues-rock string bending, some Gibbons-approved hybrid picking, a repetitive bending phrase, gritty single-note phrasing, and more!
There's plenty you can learn from tapping into Billy's playing style and I feel every guitarist should check out ZZ Top's albums from the 1970s - they're essential listening for any rock guitarist and that includes blues guitarists too!
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