Battle of the Underrated Guitarists: #31 FINALE! Billy Gibbons vs Frank Zappa

[a21schizoidman]

THIS IS IT! The final, winner take all! Gibbons vs Zappa!
They had to make it through Alvin Lee, Roy Buchanan, Johnny Winter, Prince, Neal Schon, Robert Fripp, Nancy Wilson, and Rick Nielsen.

This is the final showdown!

BILLY GIBBONS

William Frederick (Billy) Gibbons (born December 16, 1949), nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the guitarist for ZZ Top. He is also the lead vocalist and composer for many of the band's classic songs. A Houston native, Gibbons is known for playing a classic 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar he calls Miss Pearly Gates. He is known to play his guitar using a quarter or a peso as a pick, lending a distinctive sound to his playing.

Joe Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPhzn2iVptA

Sharp Dressed Man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW_QCRGvT-g

Blue Jean Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LlxRX8fgsU

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FRANK ZAPPA

Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, electric guitarist, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa worked in various musical genres, and wrote for rock bands, jazz ensembles, synthesizers, symphony orchestra, and created musique concrète works. He also worked on feature-length films, music videos, and album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.

Zappa's major commercial successes, especially within his native United States, were few. He received multiple Grammy nominations and won the Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1987 for the album Jazz from Hell.[2] Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. In 2005, his album with the Mothers of Invention, We're Only in It for the Money (1968), was included in the National Recording Registry of the US National Recording Preservation Board. The same year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 71st in its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[3] In 2007 his birthplace, Baltimore, declared August 9 official "Frank Zappa Day" in his honor.[4]

Politically, Zappa was a self-proclaimed "practical conservative".[5] He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion,[6] and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech and the abolition of censorship. His work embodied his skeptical view of established political processes and structures.[7] Zappa strongly opposed recreational drug use, although the use of drugs was common among musicians.[8]

Zappa was married to Kathryn J. "Kay" Sherman from 1960 to 1964 (no children), and in 1967, to Adelaide Gail Sloatman, with whom he remained until his death. They had four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen. Gail Zappa manages the businesses of her late husband, now arranged as a trust under the name the Zappa Family Trust.

Peaches En Regalia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnZrbFL9ImM

Wowie Zowie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ziU-...eature=related

Montana:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJN_uWaVRfo


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[afterstasis]

definitely zappa.

[Shredder87]

Dude. Gibbons. The man plays with a peso, A PESO!!!!


Frank does have that sweet stach' though.

[a21schizoidman]

Dude. Gibbons. The man plays with a peso, A PESO!!!!


Frank does have that sweet stach' though.

not always, sometimes he plays with a quarter

[back_blows]

Zappa blows Gibbons away.

EDIT: Accidentally voted Gibons

[a21schizoidman]

Zappa blows Gibbons away.

EDIT: Accidentally voted Gibons

will be noted in the final tallying

[Shredder87]

not always, sometimes he plays with a quarter

Have you held a peso? Things are damn slippery.


IT'S HARD TO SQUEAL WITH A COIN!!!!

[a21schizoidman]

Have you held a peso? Things are damn slippery.


IT'S HARD TO SQUEAL WITH A COIN!!!!

ive seen Gibbons live, lol

[AxlVanHagar]

Frank hands down. Again nothing against Billy, great blusey player, but Frank's the better player by far.

As an aside I'm still shocked that somehow Billy bested Prince in the poll. Really thought it was coming down to Zappa and Prince. Just for the record, I would have voted Prince in that one.

[OldFogey]

Frank hands down. Again nothing against Billy, great blusey player, but Frank's the better player by far.

As an aside I'm still shocked that somehow Billy bested Prince in the poll. Really thought it was coming down to Zappa and Prince. Just for the record, I would have voted Prince in that one.

I'm with you there, Axl, on all three counts-- Billy beat Prince? Prince vs. Frank -- Prince. Frank vs. Billy -- Frank.