# The guitarist Billy Gibbons called «one of the greatest»

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[Eoghan Lyng](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/author/eoghanlyng/)

Sun 16th Jan 2022 19.30 GMT

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Billy Gibbons is responsible for many of the more indelible hooks from the 1980s.
From the choppy ‘Gimme All Your Lovin’, to the raw purge of ‘Rough Boy’, Gibbons
stayed true to the vitality of the riff at a time when other guitarists were abandoning
their chosen instrument for the immediacy of the synthesiser.

Formed in Texas, ZZ Top exudes American sensibilities, styles and swagger, it’s 
hard to imagine ZZ Top coming from the streets of Derry, or the walls of Birmingham.
But however much they hang onto their images as wholesome Americans espousing good,
upstanding American values, Gibbons influences are unmistakeably English. In an 
interview from 2018, Gibbons gives an overview of his influences: “There’s the collection
of great guitar players from Britain,” Gibbons [effused](https://www.musicradar.com/news/billy-f-gibbons-these-are-the-10-guitarists-who-blew-my-mind).“
Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Mick Taylor, Peter Green, Mick Abraham. I’d
call all of this the British block in my list”.

In a curious twist of fate, American audiences were being exposed to the virtues
of blues-rock, thanks to the British musicians who refashioned the genre. The Beatles
put their own spin on the genre, but The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin
remained true to the form, framing it in a way that sounded urgent, sophisticated
and distinctly American.

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But the blues helped captivate burgeoning British musicians aching for a genre or
style as a form of expression. Page confirmed this in an interview with _[Classic Rock](https://www.959kissfm.com/2020/05/04/jimmy-page-calls-the-blues-scary-and-threatening/)_
when he stated: “If there hadn’t been that sort of movement in Chicago, back in 
the ’50s, and that sort of riffing, then you wouldn’t have got what came through
in various bands later. Certainly for me and how it affected Led Zeppelin.”

Led Zeppelin certainly impacted ZZ Top, as is evident from this excerpt: “Jimmy 
Page is one of the greatest. I would invite all of you readers to go check out the
nightclub scene from the 1966 movie _Blowup_, where The Yardbirds are playing. They
had Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page at the same time! Listening to the band doing ‘Train
Kept A-Rollin’… it’s just ferocious. Both of those guys had tone for days.”

[The Yardbirds](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ronnie-wood-joining-the-yardbirds-on-stage/)
are notable for introducing Beck and Page to the general public, although they would
only record a handful of tunes together before Beck quit. He didn’t care to perform
with another guitar player, which likely explains why Ronnie Wood – nominally a 
rhythm player – was asked to play bass in The Jeff Beck Group.

Page too was happier playing by himself, and The Yardbirds continued as a four-piece
from that point on. This is more the pity, considering how well they complimented
each other on ‘Happenings Ten Years’ Time Ago’, a cut-glass rocker that features
[John Paul Jones](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/john-paul-jones-memories-led-zeppelin-reunion/)
on bass. In 1968, Page invited Jones to join a fledgling outfit that was later christened
Led Zeppelin. The rest, as they say, is geography.

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Curiously, both Beck and Page were considered for The Rolling Stones, before Wood
bagged the role of lead guitarist. Page did perform the blistering guitar solo on‘
One Hit (To The Body)’ in 1986, so he might have satisfied that particular itch.

Gibbons got the chance to perform with Beck in 2010, humbly allowing the former 
Yardbirds guitarist to tackle the pummelling riff on ‘Foxy Lady’. Performing the
Jimi Hendrix standard in front of a crowd at Goodwood House, Beck demonstrates a
flair for a solo fashioned from the American soils. For Beck, this was his chance
to salute a country that captivated his heart and soul, but for Gibbons, this performance
must have stood for something greater still.

Here he was, fulfilling a life dream to perform beside a guitar player from The 
Yardbirds. He’s having a ball, as is the famously taciturn Beck, and the two plunge
into the rocker with tremendous goodwill and gusto.

Which makes the prospect of a Beck-Gibbons-Page team up all the more tempting. Picture
it: Page plays the trembling power chords, Beck provides the countermelody, and 
Gibbons gets to sing over both. They could even rope John Paul Jones in as a bassist.
Yes, it sounds like a match made in heavy metal heaven.

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