* 1949 – Billy Gibbons, American guitarist ( ZZ Top )

Formed in 1969, the group consists of Billy Gibbons ( guitar and vocals ), Dusty Hill ( bass and vocals ), and Frank Beard ( percussion ).

Billy Gibbons, who previously formed the Moving Sidewalks in 1966, had suggested " ZZ King " as a potential name for the band after looking at posters of Z.

Dusty Hill and Billy F. Gibbons in 1983.

Linden created the bass on a synthesizer, created drums on a drum machine and helped Billy Gibbons write the lyrics ; Billy performed the guitars and vocals.

Deborah Frost, writer for Rolling Stone magazine, described in her book ZZ Top – Bad And Worldwide how Linden Hudson researched popular song tempos, then presented Billy Gibbons with the results of his studies.

Three tracks from Billy Gibbons ' pre-ZZ band, The Moving Sidewalks, were also included.

On January 22, 2010, Billy Gibbons accompanied Will Ferrell and others playing " Free Bird " on Conan O ' Brien's last show.

Billy Gibbons also portrays the father of Angela Montenegro in the television show Bones.

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* December 16 – Billy Gibbons, American guitarist ( ZZ Top )

Uncle Billy Gibbons gave the Boy Scouts of America a 99-year lease to campgrounds along Brady Creek on his ranch.

*" Gimme All Your Lovin '"; Written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard ; Performed by ZZ Top

Among the many guest performers were Duane Eddy, Eric Carmen, Lonnie Mack, Jennifer Batten, Jeff " Skunk " Baxter, Dennis Coffey, James Burton, Billy Gibbons, Lenny Kaye, Steve Lukather, Barbara Lynn, Katy Moffatt, Alannah Myles, Richie Sambora, The Ventures and Slash.

As one of the first psychedelic bands, their contemporary influence has been acknowledged by 1960s musicians such as Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Peter Albin of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Chris Gerniottis of Zakary Thaks.

According to Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top in an article that originally appeared in Vintage Guitar magazine, the guitars were run through " Black-Face " Twin Reverbs with both guitarists using external Fender " tank " reverb units and Gibson " Maestro " Fuzz-tones as distortion devices.

Along for the Ride appeared in 2001, credited to John Mayall and Friends with twenty names listed on the cover, including some Bluesbreakers, old and new, and also Gary Moore, Jonny Lang, Steve Cropper, Steve Miller, Otis Rush, Billy Gibbons, Chris Rea, Jeff Healey, Shannon Curfman and a few others.

The Grateful Dead, John Primer ( Blue Steel CD ), Billy Gibbons and Eric Clapton are other notable artists to have recorded Elmore James covers.

The Moving Sidewalks was a 1960s American psychedelic blues-rock band, most notable for giving future ZZ Top guitarist, Billy Gibbons, his start in the music business.

As with Billy Gibbons, Abbott frequently made use of pentatonic scales and pinch harmonics in both his leads and rhythms.

Various other guitarists such as Frank Zappa, Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top, Brian May from Queen, Duane Allman from The Allman Brothers Band, Larry Carlton ( Kid Charlemagne 1976 ), and Leslie West from Mountain were using the two-handed tapping technique in the early and mid 1970s as well.

* The Brazos is the focal point of a song performed by Gov't Mule and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top called " Broke Down on the Brazos ".

The song Bill & Ted play for the Battle of the bands is God Gave Rock ' N ' Roll to You II by Kiss even though they appear similar in appearance to Dusty Hill & Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top.

Billy Zoom had also stated that he would leave the band unless its next album was more successful.

Co-founder, Billy Childish left the group in 2001, but has stated that he remains committed to its principles.

While Beck oversaw the visual aspects of the various comics featuring Captain Marvel, he emphatically stated in an interview with Tom Heintjes published in Hogan's Alley # 3 that he and his fellow artists had no input or influence on the scripts they illustrated, noting " In the 13 years I spent drawing Captain Marvel, I wrote only one story, about Billy ’ s trip to a Mayan temple, which had to be submitted in typed form and edited and approved before I was allowed to illustrate it.

On June 24, 2005, the park hosted the Reverend Billy Graham on what he stated was his last tour in North America.

In an interview in TV Ontario's series Film 101, “ Hollywood Asylum, Explored or Exploited ?”, film actor Brad Dourif ( who played Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ) stated that Sampson had been imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.

" Stand by Your Man " was reportedly written in the Epic studio in just 15 minutes by Billy Sherrill and Wynette, and was released at a time when the women's rights movement was beginning to stir in the U. S. The message in the song stated that a woman should stay with her man, despite his faults and shortcomings.

" Parkinson, in the documentary Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years, stated that people still remember Connolly telling the punchline to the ' bike joke ' three decades after that TV appearance.

Sir Peter Jackson stated that " We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the staunchest and toughest of dwarves, than Billy Connolly, the Big Yin himself.

Guitarist / singer Billy Gibbons has stated that the recordings of this album was the first time the three members of the band were isolated from one another in the studio, rather than recording simultaneously in the same room.

Commenting on Martin's strategy as a manager, Dave Winfield has stated that opposing players would often ask each other, " What's Billy doing now?

During ESPN television commentary on a semi-finals match between Reyes and Mika Immonen at the 2000 Billiard Congress of America Open 9-Ball Championship, veteran professional Billy Incardona stated that Reyes was " indisputably the best player in the world — especially when you consider all games — he can play any game as well as anyone, maybe better than anyone ....

" Liberty University founder Jerry Falwell stated that the source of the funds does not influence his ministry: " If the American Atheists Society or Saddam Hussein himself ever sent an unrestricted gift to any of my ministries, be assured I will operate on Billy Sunday's philosophy: The Devil's had it long enough, and quickly cash the check.

Dario Floreano stated that the uncanny valley concept was taken seriously by the film industry because of negative audience reactions to Billy.

She has stated that the highlight of her film career was the 1972 film Avanti !, directed by Billy Wilder, in which she starred with Jack Lemmon.

On April 2011, Billy Graham stated he wanted out of the WWE Hall of Fame stating " For the WWE to induct into their Hall of Fame, Abdullah The Butcher, who has never wrestled one match under a WWE contract, is bordering on blasphemy.

The founder, Billy Graham, stated that he wanted to " plant the evangelical flag in the middle-of-the-road, taking the conservative theological position but a definite liberal approach to social problems ".

Angry at the failure of the IRA, led in Belfast by Billy McMillen, to defend Catholic areas during this rioting, Cahill and McKee stated in September 1969 that they would no longer be taking orders from the IRA leadership in Dublin, or from McMillen.

However, frontman Chuck Billy stated in December 2011 that Bostaph has left the band again.

He also devotes several pages of the Billy Jack website to reasons that he feels justify an impeachment of George W. Bush and has also repeatedly stated the need for a viable, mainstream third political party.

This control of the Pacific transportation routes is why U. S. General Billy Mitchell stated to the U. S. Congress in 1935, " I believe that in the future, whoever holds Alaska will hold the world.

The title has yet to produce a sequel, though executive producer Zachary Brown stated that Billy will appear in various other Sega titles.

In May 1919, Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, and Senator George Pearce, Minister for Defence ( Australia ), in consultation with the Royal Aero Club, stated that valid aircrews must all be Australian nationals, the aircraft must have been constructed in the British Empire, and the journey must be completed within 720 consecutive hours ( 30 days ) and be completed before midnight on 31 December 1920.

Ben stated, in an interview, that the first three albums would form a trilogy and that the new album would not be named Billy Talent IV.

Later White Revolution leader Billy Roper took the stage and stated: " I'm here to say that's a white man!