G.E. Smith is a walking Rock Crime, no? I had to go back and watch this a few times. I didn't realize at first that he was shown during the intro. I kept rewinding from when he first appeared to solo, not seeing him at first and then suddenly seeing him behind the ZZ Top guy, as if he'd been beamed in to spoil the party.
YES! *That's* the Sam Ash sound. Notice that G.E. Smith requires about 12 tweed custom shop amps to replicate the sound your 13 year-old neighbor gets out a 15-watt Crate.
Billy's hat is called the "ZZ Hat du Afrique," by the way. I believe Billy claims he bought it off of a West African shaman. Again, he claims. You can see form this video that the Rev. Billy G likes his "stories."
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