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	Billy Gibbons in Scouting in West Texas
		Gibbons was so impressed by what he saw during that week of camp that he told them they could have a free 99 year lease for that spot for a summer camp.
		Billy Gibbons was quite successful in his ranching business and owned over 36,000 acres at the time of his death in the spring of 1932.
		Gibbons for use of the 25 acres of land, known as the "old" Camp Billy Gibbons.
	www.westtexasscoutinghistory.net /people_billygibbons.html (630 words)

	Billy Gibbons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Billy F. Gibbons (born 16 December 1949), nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the guitarist for that "Little Ol' band from Texas", ZZ Top.
		Gibbons obtained the nickname, "the Reverend" as a result of becoming ordained by the Universal Life Church in order to legally preside over a friend's wedding.
		Gibbons' was part of ensemble chosen to play with the band, which included Lou Reed and Jim Jarmusch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Gibbons (845 words)

	Billy Gibbons - Biography - AOL Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Along with the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons is unquestionably one of the finest blues-rock guitarists to ever emerge from Texas.
		Gibbons' band eventually changed their name to the Moving Sidewalks, issuing a lone album in 1968, Flash, although an early single, "99th Floor," would later receive attention when included years later on the Pebbles: Vol.
		In addition to music, Gibbons supposedly owns several automotive-related patents in his name, is an avid painter, and collects rare African art and artifacts, amassing so many that he was forced to store them in a warehouse in Houston.
	music.aol.com /artist/billy-gibbons/79782/biography (713 words)

	Gibbon Island
		Considered the crown jewel of the Zoo's Entry Village, Gibbon Islands are two beautifully landscaped hills complete with trees (some as high as 60 feet), shrubs, grass and boulders.
		All gibbons are quite vocal, but the call of the siamang can be heard up to two miles in their dense rainforest habitats because of a sound amplifying throat sac.
		The Gibbon Islands are made possible by the generous contributions from members of the Thomas Frist, Jr.
	www.nashvillezoo.org /gibbonisland.htm (337 words)

	Dinosaur Rock Guitar
		Billy said in an interview that he sent a letter to NASA to ask if ZZ Top could be the lounge band on the first commercial flight to Mars.
		Gibbons is masterful in his use of dynamics and his solos often begin with a few short phrases played quietly to medium volume with a slight distorted crunch tone.
		Billy also is a master at hybrid picking (also called chicken pickin) where the strings are picked with both the pick and the middle and ring fingers.
	www.dinosaurrockguitar.com /bios/Gibbons.shtml (2040 words)

	The new Camp Billy Gibbons
		John W. Gibbons, owners of an 18,000 acre ranch, had given 103 acres on Brady Creek to the Comanche Trail Council for a new scout camp to be named Camp Billy Gibbons.
		In 1948, John Gibbons was presented the Silver Beaver, the highest award a council could give a Scouter for unselfish service to boys, as a recognition of his gift to the the council.
		A bronze plaque of Billy Gibbons, that had been used at the old camp and provided by Dr. Taylor, a dentist from Lampasas, was set in the base of the rock work.
	www.westtexasscoutinghistory.net /camp_billygibbons_new.html (3711 words)

	Billy Gibbons: Global Guitar Odyssey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		GIBBONS: Pearly has such an unmistakable character that we felt it was necessary to find another instrument with a similar sound to use as a spare guitar.
		Gibbons, guitarist, are co-collaborators in a new design school using "found" materials.
		At Gibbons' prompting, the three of us convene in a tiny backstage room that is currently serving as storage for Gibbons' and Francis' ever-expanding guitar collection.
	guitarworld.com /allaccess/interviews/billy-gibbons-guitarodyssey.htm (1735 words)

	Camp Billy Gibbons History
		Uncle Billy Gibbons, as he was affectionately known to the Scouts, said that he would give a 99 year lease for this spot for a summer camp area to the then Pecan Valley Council for free.
		John Gibbons, the older son of Billy Gibbons, who was also a member of the Executive Board of the Council, told the board that he would give them a campsite further up Brady Creek for the camp.
		The "new Camp Billy Gibbons" consisted of 105 acres, and fifty years later is still referred to as the "new camp!" The camp was given to the council in 1947.
	www.texastrailsbsa.org /Outdoors/camp_billy_gibbons_history.htm (1354 words)

	his9908a
		Billy, extremely frustrated, threw his inventories and financial statements on the banker’s desk and stormed out of his office headed to the harbor to buy a ticket on the next ship leaving for Ireland.
		Billy found the owner, bought the hotel, and fired the night clerk all in the same night.
		Elizabeth Gibbons Mays was born and reared on the ranch, spent her entire adult life on the ranch, died on the ranch, and she is buried on the ranch.
	www.maysranch.com /his9908a.html (1223 words)

	The Billy Gibbons Homepage
		Billy Gibbons has been in the entertainment business for a number of years and has a thorough grounding in what makes an audience tick, both on TV and Radio.
		Billy is a master of self publicity and this is demonstrated by the fact that he has such things as a full sized 1950's flying saucer in his garden, not to mention a space rocket sticking out of his roof!
		Although Billy likes to have a laugh, he is no fool and he will use his wit and comic skills to enhance his TV and Radio appearances.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /billygibbons/page6.html (233 words)

	Billy Gibbons on Synths and ZZ Top Eliminator
		In part, this may be the heritage of Gibbons' cays with the Moving Sidewalks, the legendary Texas psychedelic punk outfit whose few records present them as sort of grittier cousins to the Yard-birds.
		Gibbons is no stranger to having his equipment ripped off- a few years back, thieves broke into the ZZ Top warehouse and stole, among other things, the pink Stratocaster Jimi Hendrix had given Gibbons back in his Moving Sidewalks days.
		The guitars you'll find in Billy Gibbons' tackle box these days are custom-built Deans, part of a project between Dean Zelinsky and ZZ Top that will find ZZ Top guitars on the market sometime late this year.
	snow.prohosting.com /crasio/zztop/Musician8200.html (1882 words)

	The New Yorker : talk : content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Billy F. Gibbons, the lead guitarist of the Texas trio ZZ Top, prefers to sleep on the floor when he stays in a hotel.
		Gibbons drinks beer through a straw, to keep the suds from getting in his beard, a double-barrelled two-footer that, along with a pair of Ray-Bans and an African cap that resembles a full head of stubby dreadlocks, leaves little room for evidence of a face.
		Stillwater, who had known Gibbons for twenty years and had decided finally to marry him, because, she said, “I got tired and slowed down,” was amazed to see a woman riding a bicycle, wearing a dress but no helmet.
	www.newyorker.com /talk/content/articles/051205ta_talk_paumgarten (650 words)

	Camp Billy Gibbons of Comanche Trail Council, BSA
		Camp Billy Gibbons is located on Brady Creek south of Richland Springs, TX and is one of the older camps in this area.
		The first summer camp to be held on the Billy Gibbons ranch was in the summer of 1931.
		When the camp was moved to the current Camp Billy Gibbons, the same kind of flag pole and base was built there.
	www.westtexasscoutinghistory.net /camp_billygibbons.html (1942 words)

	Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead - by Billy F Gibbons
		As with many rockers, Gibbons’ jones for hot rods and customs is the stuff of legend.
		Billy F Gibbons is known worldwide as the lead guitarist of ZZ TOP, a band that has sold millions of albums and CDs globally in its long career.
		He is regarded as a cherished institution in his home state of Texas and has been honored for his work on behalf of charities in Houston, his hometown.
	www.motorbooks.com /Store/ProductDetails_31808.ncm (506 words)

	ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons revs up with Gibson Les Paul 50th Anniversary Corvette guitar
		Legendary blues guitarist Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top showed off his musical prowess with a specially-designed Gibson Les Paul 50th Anniversary Corvette guitar Saturday, June 28 at The Coliseum in Nashville during the Chevrolet-sponsored Corvette 50th Anniversary Celebration concert.
		Gibbons played the ramped up Corvette guitar during a raucous rendition of "Just Got Paid" from their 1976 album Takin' Texas to the People.
		At one point he stopped the band, saying "Let's take this baby out and open her up a little," and proceeded to play the dickens out of it, to the uproarious appreciation of the crowd.
	www.gibson.com /whatsnew/pressrelease/2003/jun30a.html (321 words)

	Billy F Gibbons launches 'Rock & Roll Gearhead'
		Gibbons scribbled patiently at a table positioned in front of one of the gnarlier-looking vehicles from his massive car collection: a rusted-out 1935 Ford pickup he bought this year in Kentucky.
		The way Gibbons tells it in his wonderfully discursive way, his twin fixations were intertwined in the 1968 acquisition of Miss Pearly, his famed `59 sunburst Gibson Les Paul.
		Gibbons` strain of collectoritis is not limited to instruments and automobiles.
	books.monstersandcritics.com /news/article_1066361.php/Billy_F_Gibbons_launches_Rock_&_Roll_Gearhead (805 words)

	Billy Gibbons Slampala \| Advance Auto Parts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		And that's exactly the choice of Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, "that little ol' band from Texas." Seen in his music videos and magazine features, Gibbons' cars and motorcycles are very well known—Cadzzilla, Kopperhed, Eliminator, Hogzilla, Pearl Necklace and so on.
		Although Gibbons doesn't seem especially spiritual, given the earthy lyrics of his songs, he does like to give a nod to the Catholic imagery of the Tex-Mex Border culture, which also appears on his stage jacket and other personal items.
		Billy showed off the miniature level on the key chain, a gift from So-Cal to make sure he keeps an even keel.
	www.advanceautoparts.com /english/youcan/html/pht/pht20020801zz.html (559 words)

	Gibbons
		At a Halloween party/gig in 1969, Gibbons chances to meet a couple of young musicians visiting from Dallas named Joe 'Dusty' Hill and Frank Lee Beard (whom were part of a rival band named 'American Blues').
		Supposedly Billy loves spicy food, is a night owl (stays up all night then sleeps during the day), is a health nut, and -- believe it or not --the avid car lover doesnt like to drive!
		But the Summer of Love eventually grabbed Billy by the throat and he started playing strobe-light music with a band called the Moving Sidewalks, Even at one point the legendary Jimi Hendrix hailed a young Billy as one the best guitarists world over.
	home.austin.rr.com /jonathancoats/Gibbons.htm (1574 words)

	ZZ Top - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gibbons and Hill are also famous for their nostalgic guitars, many of which were co-designed with master luthier John Bolin of Bolin Guitars.
		Billy Gibbons has often been referred to as The Reverend Willy G. In 2002, he made that title official and was ordained so he could perform a Dallas wedding.
		Gibbons is often credited as inventing this sound, but there are earlier recordings of it (for instance by Leslie West on his first album).
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/ZZ_Top (2130 words)

	Billy Gibbons at artist-blitz
		Billy Gibbons (born 16 December 1949), nicknamed "the Reverend Willie G", is best known as the guitarist for that "Little Ol' Band from Texas", ZZ Top.
		He is also the singer and composer of many of the classic songs the band is known for.
		Billy Gibbons appears on Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell's solo album Two Sides Of If.
	www.artist-blitz.com /m/billy-gibbons.html (207 words)

	The Little ol' Web Page from Texas (www.lowpft.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Billy had spent time building a custom hot rod, and the band seized upon it as an icon in launching their next series of albums.
		Gibbons became known as one of America's finest blues guitarists, while Hill and Beard continued to to provide the ultimate in tasteful support.
		Billy Gibbons referred to it as "a collision of the rednecks." The tour was scheduled to continue through July 2000, however, due to Dusty Hill's serious illness, June and July dates were postponed indefinitely.
	www.lowpft.com (4503 words)

	Amazon.com: Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead: Books: Billy F Gibbons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gibbons has a celebrated stable of hot rods and custom cars … Both collections are chronicled in the just-published Rock and Roll Gearhead.
		Billy Gibbons, the spiritual leader of ZZ Top, is finally getting the recognition he deserves.
		Billy Gibbons Rock'n Roll Gearhead is really fantastic for all of those who love the Texas culture...
	www.amazon.com /Billy-Gibbons-Rock-Roll-Gearhead/dp/0760322694 (1420 words)

	Music thing: Billy Gibbons - guitar geek supreme
		This is a great little piece from the New Yorker about hanging out with Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top, in which he pays a visit to Telecaster prototype #0009 and drinks beer through a straw (to keep his beard dry).
		Billy is nothing short of a legend there, but still not quite as popular as Skynyrd or Kid Rock.
		I ran the keyboard department, where Billy spent most of his time being seduced by grooveboxes and stuff.
	musicthing.blogspot.com /2005/12/billy-gibbons-guitar-geek-supreme.html (351 words)

	1962 Chevy Impala by Billy Gibbons- Super Chevy Magazine
		But, take a car like Billy F. Gibbons' Impala--a hardtop that normally runs 14-inch steel wheels with Mooneyes spider caps or an accessory hubcap from the '60s--and throw on not one, but two different sets of larger-diameter wheels, and look what an amazing difference it makes.
		Chassis dragging may not be for everyone, but at the very least a little "attitude adjustment" is necessary so that your car doesn't look like the wheels/tires were an afterthought (or a lowrider with the hydraulics maxed out!).
		As mentioned, Gibbons' car utilizes a Firestone airbag system with electronic solenoid controls (N.O.S. items--something innovative at the time, but par for the course these days), providing ample suspension travel for driving conditions as well the capability to "lay down" when necessary.
	www.superchevy.com /features/pre1977full/0303sc_1962_chevy_impala (774 words)

	Billy Gibbons - Wikipédia
		Billy F. Gibbons, est le guitariste du groupe texan ZZ Top célèbre pour son look à base de barbes démesurées et de playmates lascivement allongées sur le capot de Hot Rods customs typiquement américains.
		Plus spécifiquement, Billy Gibbons est unanimement reconnu par ses pairs comme l'un des meilleurs guitaristes du monde, allant jusqu'à faire l'admiration de Jimi Hendrix lui-même, qui l'engagera pour ses premières parties dans les années 60 et lui offrira une fameuse Stratocaster rose.
		Au-delà des aspects techniques, Billy Gibbons est souvent cité pour la sensibilité qui se dégage de son jeu et qui transporte littéralement l'auditeur.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Gibbons (664 words)

	Billy Gibbons - Reviews on RateItAll
		Billy Gibbons is best known as the guitarist for ZZ Top.
		An early band that Gibbons was in, an overrated psychedelic band called The Moving Sidewalks, had opened some Experience shows in Texas in 1968, and the two players became friendly and even traded guitars.
		Gibbons is certainly very talented, and is particularly good at playing in a blues style, though ZZ Top's output varied greatly in terms of quality IMO.
	www.rateitall.com /i-853129-billy-gibbons.aspx (552 words)

	Billy Gibbons' Slampala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gibbons also sports a '92 BMW 325i complete with an eight-ball manual shift knob and a fully louvered, hot rod hood.
		A real eight ball is mounted on the manual shifter, too, and there's a piece of Mercedes trim on the trunk to make it easier for him to close, which he demonstrated with his weathered, guitar-player's hands.
		Gibbons wears his "fringled" headgear as a collector of African art and in honor of the Blues' roots.
	www.valvoline.com /carcare/articleviewer.asp?pg=pht20020801zz&cccid=4&scccid=6 (654 words)

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