Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam…ZZ Tom

A super rough rehearsal sketch from the moment when our little band was joined by the coolest guy that ever walked on this earth….as you all know Uncle Larry is a huge fan of the Reverend Billy G….I have been lucky enough to work with him a couple times in my humble career.
He is the NICEST guy you will ever meet.
Ol’ Larry rarely gets starstruck by anybody but i gotta admit it’s a very cool feeling being anywhere near Billy Gibbons.
I didn’t think he would remember me from the last time we jammed together, but when he walked up on stage at this rehearsal and looked right at me and yelled out “Mr. T” i gotta admit i was instantly 13 years old again sitting in my room listening to “It’s Only Love” off the Tejas album and staring at that amazing album sleeve.
Such a genius, such a sweetheart and such a class act…and soooo cool and easy to work with.
If i could ever achieve just one percent of the coolness this man exudes in my own life i would be absolutely thrilled.
Credit to my dear 9 year old son Marshall for coming up with the title for this video….he’s great at coming up with cool names for stuff quickly haha.

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  • @REXBROWNOFFICIAL
    @REXBROWNOFFICIAL2 жыл бұрын

    The Rev is the coolest, my old friend!! He used to come see us in Houston years back & hung out with him & Dusty(RIP) in London for a week..Outstanding gentlemen!!

  • @ericbrewerguitar1499

    @ericbrewerguitar1499

    2 жыл бұрын

    ZZ Top and Pantera together in one room is the most Texas thing I can think of. Thank you for all the amazing music and inspiration over the years🤘

  • @stringlocker

    @stringlocker

    2 жыл бұрын

    An awful lot of cool music from Texas. An awful lot of attitude.

  • @davidpepper442
    @davidpepper4422 жыл бұрын

    Give yourself some credit Tom. If the coolest guy on the planet remembers you and gives you a nickname...you are definitely a cool dude.

  • @simonvanderheijden432

    @simonvanderheijden432

    Ай бұрын

    excellent point

  • @davidbakerscuba
    @davidbakerscuba Жыл бұрын

    Anything with Billy Gibbons is awesome!! Thanks Tom.

  • @Qstick333
    @Qstick3332 жыл бұрын

    Looks like a great time. Loving these videos.

  • @skeenj
    @skeenj Жыл бұрын

    Billy Gibbons and Robert Randolph?! That's a darn good day!

  • @the_travelers_band
    @the_travelers_band2 жыл бұрын

    Love these road videos Tom. Thanks!

  • @thomasstackhouse8778
    @thomasstackhouse87782 жыл бұрын

    I love watching band practice, getting to see how it all comes together.

  • @chrisrauber6956
    @chrisrauber69562 жыл бұрын

    Dude!! How freakin’ awesome!! Thanks for giving us a glimpse, Uncle Larry!! The Rev is one of my all time favorite guitar heroes.

  • @tciii69
    @tciii692 жыл бұрын

    Your the coolest uncle anybody could have, thank you for the field trips. just awesome !!!!!!

  • @stratmatt73
    @stratmatt732 жыл бұрын

    Buk, This is as close as I will ever get to being on stage, covering a Jimi tune with Billy Gibbons, while playin' a sick vintage Tele through an old Deluxe. From the bottom of my heart, Thanks for sharing it.

  • @brucerobenalt8048
    @brucerobenalt80482 жыл бұрын

    I got to meet Rev. Willie G at a guitar show here in Austin back in the late 90s and it made me weak in the knees. He is just the coolest.

  • @getenlightened
    @getenlightened2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome stuff. Thanks for giving us an 'onstage' pass for your rehearsal. Livin' the dream. Congrats, you've earned it.

  • @mileswatkinson8135
    @mileswatkinson81352 жыл бұрын

    It must be fantastic to get to work with people you grew up listening too. Great jam, always nice to see how you interact with the other players.

  • @Dad-Gad
    @Dad-Gad2 жыл бұрын

    So cool , my mind would be blown if I was just there watching , let alone playing !!!!!

  • @dragonsage6909
    @dragonsage69092 жыл бұрын

    I was just happy to have a great band rehearsal tonight, then I get home and oh.. look.. Uncle Larry is jamming with Billy G.. lol Wow! Thanks Tom!

  • @johncox2552
    @johncox25522 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the glorious gift of this video!

  • @dwaynedelario
    @dwaynedelario2 жыл бұрын

    Dear lord. The collective talent on this stage, sweet Jesus. And Marshall is ON POINT. Kid has it.

  • @OliverAmberg
    @OliverAmberg2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this wonderful and genuine moments.

  • @jipes
    @jipes2 жыл бұрын

    Such a nice story and great jam, why are the most talented musicians are always the most humble and down to earth people ? So great to live such precious moments tom So happy for you

  • @brownsfan7753
    @brownsfan77532 жыл бұрын

    Love the Rev!! Thanks for sharing your time on stage!!!

  • @pauldavis5489
    @pauldavis54892 жыл бұрын

    So cool Tom!! He is one of my idols too. How awesome is that to be on the same stage with Billy Gibbons!! Wow!

  • @drapp1477
    @drapp14772 жыл бұрын

    Man what a great way to spend the day. I am also a huge fan of Billy. He is a legend for sure. So cool.

  • @edtweed5e4-a
    @edtweed5e4-a2 жыл бұрын

    love it love it love it!! Great job Uncle Larry

  • @j1p1a1
    @j1p1a12 жыл бұрын

    This is fantastic!! And it's true, Mr. Gibbons is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet!! Was graced with the opportunity to meet and talk with him about 30 years ago. One of the highlights of my life.

  • @mick24579
    @mick245792 жыл бұрын

    Such a privilege to get this sort of insight, thanks again Tom!

  • @kengoodman7719
    @kengoodman77192 жыл бұрын

    Looks like no person or no thang is too cool for our uncle! Awesomeness! God Bless!

  • @jaycheek254
    @jaycheek2542 жыл бұрын

    This weekend's content was, as the kids say, the GOAT! It really shows me that the professionals are no different than the rest of us.

  • @jbogle17
    @jbogle172 жыл бұрын

    Very cool. Love seeing you have a good time, sir!

  • @tomdyll2728
    @tomdyll27282 жыл бұрын

    Completely understand…… Wow! Very happy for you. Thx for sharing!

  • @Aokitadamitsu
    @Aokitadamitsu2 жыл бұрын

    Billy is legendary for a reason, just a class dude. you are to Tom.

  • @leightnite3056
    @leightnite30562 жыл бұрын

    Love the fly on the wall feel, and damn....Billy Gibbons!

  • @joeriffanucci
    @joeriffanucci2 жыл бұрын

    This is freaking awesome Tom!

  • @mikedr1549
    @mikedr15492 жыл бұрын

    The last live show I went to was ZZ Top at the Jacobs Pavilion (formerly Nautica in the flats) in the Summer of 2019 - we had 4th row seats dead center. It was amazing watching Billy work his magic up close.

  • @jimlabos
    @jimlabos2 жыл бұрын

    I asked for more and you gave us more. So grateful to see musicians of your calibre doing the same thing I do with my band. That is telling each other what the riff is. Lol. Love that. Music is back, Covid can go to hell.

  • @jamesrolwing4810
    @jamesrolwing48102 жыл бұрын

    Het Tom, thanks for hooking us up with such cool shit! And also thanks to whomever you enlisted to record it.

  • @zacadelic7247
    @zacadelic72472 жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah tear it up Uncle Larry!

  • @garrygaggles1160
    @garrygaggles11602 жыл бұрын

    You are such an inspiration, Tom. These behind the scenes episodes are so uplifting.. When you get back to base camp, how about a Homework episode. Just to see if we have retained all of this valuable tutoring, you have unselfishly shared with us. I'll say it again, the content on your channel is Bad Ass, and globally appreciated, man. 🍻👍

  • @padovann
    @padovann2 жыл бұрын

    Living the dream! I don’t know why but the last few posts totally remind me of old school family videos on VHS.. except completely epic. What a treat

  • @JonNewquist
    @JonNewquist2 жыл бұрын

    Kudos to Marshall, brilliant!

  • @jseptoski
    @jseptoski2 жыл бұрын

    This is fantastic in all ways.

  • @traceybaker9750
    @traceybaker97502 жыл бұрын

    Please more vids like this. Absolutely awesome to watch you play with BG and Robert Randolph. Too F'n cool. :)

  • @rylieriley
    @rylieriley6 ай бұрын

    I don't know how I missed this one, but I'm glad I found it. What an awesome, fun upload!

  • @Pianolisapark315
    @Pianolisapark3152 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful share my friend, fantastic music concert, I enjoy your song, wonderful band. Thanks for sharing your wonderful song.

  • @jasonpitts8395
    @jasonpitts83952 жыл бұрын

    That's bad ass!!! Love me some Billy G.

  • @grantandrews4826
    @grantandrews48262 жыл бұрын

    My pupils dilated when I saw The Rev just chilling with you all onstage. However, that steel player is absolutely off the handle, Holy moses.

  • @jimmyjams1974
    @jimmyjams19742 жыл бұрын

    Love it!

  • @budsorrels1922
    @budsorrels19222 жыл бұрын

    Wow man that is so cool. My two heroes on stage together, truly cool. I am so jealous.

  • @stavrou0
    @stavrou02 жыл бұрын

    Here I am sitting in my little 'ol home office, watching the Buk jam with the Rev and 3 other guitarists, and a steel player Robert Randolf, covering a Jimi power Trio song.. you know what.. I wish I could be that lucky. Reminiscing playng in Dive bars jams years ago .. You go Uncle Larry! Thank You for this vid!

  • @tommyraper3895
    @tommyraper38952 жыл бұрын

    Loving these Little Tommy!

  • @fatamorgana4318
    @fatamorgana43182 жыл бұрын

    Adding this to the saved list for sure! 👍

  • @jimmyfrombrooklyn8550
    @jimmyfrombrooklyn85502 жыл бұрын

    The Good Rev Billy G and Mr T! How cool is that!! Go Tommy Go!

  • @EchoApexFirstEcho
    @EchoApexFirstEcho2 жыл бұрын

    Sweet. Love being in the early class.

  • @ratt2roll
    @ratt2roll2 жыл бұрын

    i wanna call you a lucky bastard while i sit here with chills watching you jam with Mr Gibbons and Mr Randolph but thats just not fair. you earned the right to grace that stage with respect! your boy from CLE residing in CLB!

  • @guitarolm
    @guitarolm9 ай бұрын

    that moment around 1:40 when y'all stop to check a part and each guitarist is playing it is so great. even through a camera mic, you can hear that each guitar has its own midrange character and is sitting in a different frequency range. very cool

  • @glennwhitlock1272
    @glennwhitlock12722 жыл бұрын

    I watched a documentary about ZZ Top a while back where the 3 of them turned up in Billy's car for the interviews. Such nice, quiet spoken, humble guys. They way they stuck together over the years, especially when Frank went off the rails for a while, just like family.

  • @grgdavis2
    @grgdavis22 жыл бұрын

    Dream gig!!

  • @deanoguitarguy2171
    @deanoguitarguy21712 жыл бұрын

    Even the Rev Billy G is learning the intro from uncle Larry’s. 👍🏻😎

  • @conanthedestroyer7123
    @conanthedestroyer71232 жыл бұрын

    Oh hell yeah... Billy is very cool. Came and did a concert for Columbia SC during the floods, brought a band and was Rockin and a Rollin!!!

  • @davidpitcairn950
    @davidpitcairn9502 жыл бұрын

    Might start watching this first thing every Monday morning.

  • @trentwaterman7049
    @trentwaterman70492 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!!!

  • @gwbuilder5779
    @gwbuilder57792 жыл бұрын

    Soooo cool Tom!🎸😎🤙

  • @stratmagic6893
    @stratmagic68932 жыл бұрын

    Tom using that Tele to cut thru the mix. Awesome stuff. Billy G rules.

  • @paulhansen8566
    @paulhansen85662 жыл бұрын

    What a fun job!

  • @yourpetard
    @yourpetard2 жыл бұрын

    Living the dream through you.

  • @WayneMemphisMojo
    @WayneMemphisMojo2 жыл бұрын

    Well dang man ... playing with the top of the heap! I can dig that

  • @markbundy1694
    @markbundy16942 жыл бұрын

    F is one smoove dude!!!🤘🏼👍🎸

  • @whiskybravo4648
    @whiskybravo46482 жыл бұрын

    Ladies and Gentlemen, but especially the ladies, may I present to you the Legendary Billy F’n Gibbons! Thank the lord I caught a few ZZ Top shows in my time. I had to convince my brother to go to one, he thanked me afterward because it was an amazing show and he was thoroughly entertained.

  • @tylerangle1990
    @tylerangle19902 жыл бұрын

    Loving the tele man! My #1 guitar for the past couple years looks exactly like it apart from the sides being black and it being a reissue. Works great for everything and looks sick too.

  • @samrush2943
    @samrush29432 жыл бұрын

    Haha the deceptive walk up notes, brings me back to first learning this song and guessing at the wrong notes from memory. My mate still plays it wrong, in another way. He's been gigging it in his solo accoustic set too long now to remember the right notes on the fly, we play it wrong every time hahah

  • @timsellsted521
    @timsellsted5212 жыл бұрын

    So cool!

  • @limpindug
    @limpindug2 жыл бұрын

    Looks like your having a good time Tom. Thanks to all for sharing it's appreciated. Stay safe and respect. +1

  • @joeurbanowski321
    @joeurbanowski3212 жыл бұрын

    Truly cool..!

  • @karolisrakauskas9734
    @karolisrakauskas97342 жыл бұрын

    Ohhh shit man!! Congratulations!

  • @SkyscraperGuitars
    @SkyscraperGuitars2 жыл бұрын

    The little mini-lesson @ 1:30 Just awesome!!!!

  • @weschilton
    @weschilton2 жыл бұрын

    So damn cool, the look on your face!

  • @MrDrakedrake
    @MrDrakedrake2 жыл бұрын

    Moooore of this :-)

  • @aaronm5535
    @aaronm55352 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Uncle Larry the Starship trooper himself ! Wow what a band

  • @waynehicks1969
    @waynehicks1969 Жыл бұрын

    I know you have played with a lot of famous people and great musicians, but jamming out on "Foxy Lady" with Billy GIbbons has got to be a career highlight.

  • @1972f1972
    @1972f19722 жыл бұрын

    Uncle Larry time !!!!!!!!!!

  • @stevenjones6780
    @stevenjones67802 жыл бұрын

    Very cool and different sound with the steel.

  • @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer
    @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer2 жыл бұрын

    that steel playing is incredible.

  • @weschilton

    @weschilton

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its pretty crazy!

  • @kitano0

    @kitano0

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great player with a great band. He tends to hog the spotlight, though.

  • @kevinspake7338
    @kevinspake73382 жыл бұрын

    That steel player is from another planet. The jam from about 4:15 is phenomenal. I didn’t think that was possible on a steel guitar.

  • @robertbutton9428

    @robertbutton9428

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think its Robert Randolph. If it's him, he was on the Clapton crossroads videos. Incredible player !!

  • @heebsdad1

    @heebsdad1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I'm surprised almost no one is mentioning Robert Randolph. He's great.

  • @SeeCSeesCC

    @SeeCSeesCC

    Жыл бұрын

    @@robertbutton9428 ❤❤he sure was

  • @SeeCSeesCC

    @SeeCSeesCC

    Жыл бұрын

    @@heebsdad1 yu

  • @McSkankify

    @McSkankify

    Жыл бұрын

    Im surprised noone is mentioning that he should learn the simplest of Jimi's songs before he attempts to jam them with the pros.

  • @vdub1959
    @vdub19592 жыл бұрын

    BFG looks relaxed in his jammies… 🤣 damn that tone he gets is rockin’

  • @VonBluesman

    @VonBluesman

    2 жыл бұрын

    Billy loves his Hot Lava oozing Magnatone amps, they come with a standby switch that is a direct phone line to the Fire Department just in case if they are needed. LOL 😂

  • @arekpocicki5681

    @arekpocicki5681

    2 жыл бұрын

    bfoxygibonns

  • @CarstenGoeke
    @CarstenGoeke2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah!

  • @peppers776
    @peppers7767 ай бұрын

    Wayy cool Buko! 🍀🤙🍀

  • @reaperxi-0382
    @reaperxi-03822 жыл бұрын

    My two favourite things about this. 1. The amount of attention you give to the others. It’s so important to listen to the others and you do that perfectly. Secondly is how you play with that massive smile on your face. I know times haven’t been easy for you uncle Larry but it’s great seeing you do what you do best and loving every second of it.

  • @brbadge

    @brbadge

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well,let's unpack this,shall we? If Billy Gibbons is up there,you're gonna be paying A LOT of attention!

  • @stereointellect
    @stereointellect2 жыл бұрын

    Props to marshall!! Looks like a hell of a time:)

  • @TMoody
    @TMoody2 жыл бұрын

    Damn son you have arrived.... playing next to Rev. Billy F. while Master Kenny drums and drinking the best beer ever..... life is complete.

  • @renofornow
    @renofornow2 жыл бұрын

    To share the stage with the right honorable Reverend Billy G, AND RR and his sacred steel! How lucky can one guitar slinger be? Plus, we can add Mr. T to Little Tommy B and Uncle Larry. The smile on your face at about the 6:40 mark says it all. Brilliant!

  • @jcrossley3
    @jcrossley32 жыл бұрын

    So very, very cool. I appreciate you trying to get the backup singers involved, too. I was thinking some "aaaaaah's" and "ooooooh's" throughout the chorus?

  • @pjorr3914
    @pjorr39142 жыл бұрын

    That was sick n thick,,, and Yahh - the girls to do the "foxies" !!

  • @VonBluesman
    @VonBluesman2 жыл бұрын

    Imagine years ago back in 1968 at 17 years of age Billy and his band The Moving Sidewalks on tour opening 4 shows for Jimi Hendrix on his original U.S. tour. Texas has produced some mighty respectable righteous cool musicians. Word has it, some are direct descendants of the original 10 Texas Rangers formed in 1823 by the man known as the Father Of Texas, Stephen F. Austin.

  • @vicgallagher6799
    @vicgallagher6799 Жыл бұрын

    Great, but I was waiting for Uncle Larry to take a ride!

  • @brianmobley1720
    @brianmobley1720 Жыл бұрын

    Fun times ✌️😎

  • @gamoonbat
    @gamoonbat Жыл бұрын

    Tres Hombres is my favorite Z Z Top album with a lot of high school memories associated.

  • @gtr1952
    @gtr19522 жыл бұрын

    Hey Uncle Tommy, there are at least 66 thousand people here that think you are one of the coolest dudes on the planet and love you, including me!! It was cool to see The Rev, and his pinstriped SG with the Flying V head, but we get to hang with you for awhile every week!! Be well ol guitar Sensei !! 8) --gary

  • @rjlong89
    @rjlong892 жыл бұрын

    Father gibbons an uncle larry tearin it up

  • @Larry-Art179
    @Larry-Art1792 жыл бұрын

    these ae great

  • @doctorvmusic
    @doctorvmusic2 жыл бұрын

    That boyish grin when you see Billy F Gibbons do a pick slide