42 Facts About Bibi McGill

Bibi McGill began playing guitar after her father witnessed her pretending to play guitar with a pool stick.

Bibi McGill enrolled her in private lessons at age 12.

Bibi McGill's parents gave her the nickname of BB when she was born.

Bibi McGill graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in music scoring and arranging.

When she saw that there were limited opportunities in the music scene in Denver, McGill moved to Los Angeles and began playing gigs in small clubs such as the Whiskey and The Viper Room.

Bibi McGill recalls in an interview with Ebony Magazine getting a call from Pink's team to perform with her on Saturday Night Live based on her notoriety from her performances in clubs around Los Angeles.

Bibi McGill has done modeling on the side and appeared in commercials for Heineken, Motorola and Nike.

Bibi McGill performed with her on the 1st annual Los Premios MTV Latinoamerica previously known as the MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamerica where she performed a cover of the KISS song, "I Was Made For Loving You" with Rubio.

Bibi McGill performed the songs Hombre and Aqui at the Vina del Mar International Song Festival in 2005.

Bibi McGill called her to encourage her to go to the audition.

Bibi McGill first told her dad no but then regretted the decision and decided to go to tell him that she went.

Bibi McGill got the gig during a call back after the first audition for Beyonce's 10-piece, all-female band, the Suga Mamas in 2006 as lead guitarist, later becoming musical director for the Beyonce Experience and I Am.

Bibi McGill has performed with Beyonce at the White House for President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's 50th birthday party and played at various festivals such as the Glastonbury Festival in 2011.

Bibi McGill's has had some of her most memorable solos during the Beyonce era.

World Tour, she performed a solo during Freakum Dress and was known for the phrase "Bibi McGill Take Me Higher" after Beyonce shouted it before her solo.

Bibi McGill has done solos for If I Were A Boy and I Care.

In 2013, at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2013, Bibi McGill performed a "pyrotechnic guitar solo" where fireworks shot out of her Randy Rhoads signature Jackson guitar.

Bibi McGill received a lot of positive attention from both social media and music critics for the solo.

Bibi McGill reprised her pyrotechnic solo on Beyonce's Mrs Carter Show World Tour that same year.

Bibi McGill is known for her aggressive, funky and soulful rock style of guitar playing that has been often compared to Jimi Hendrix and Randy Rhoads.

Bibi McGill grew up listening to Earth, Wind, and Fire and The Isley Brothers and went to see both bands in concert with her family.

Bibi McGill has listed Randy Rhoads as her main influence for her style and is her all-time favorite guitarist.

Bibi McGill stated in an interview with Curlynikki that first became inspired to wear an afro when she wanted something lower maintenance and less costly.

Bibi McGill said that it makes her feel free and it feels good to know that it is her own texture.

Bibi McGill said that her afro has raised her confidence.

Bibi McGill got her first tattoo at age 17 and continued from there.

Bibi McGill stated in an interview with Curlynikki that they are inspired by creativity, art, images, and ideas that she thought were beautiful and meaningful.

Bibi McGill is known for playing a Gibson SG standard with a Stetsbar Tremolo system while playing for Pink, and Flying V In 2013, she played a Randy Rhoads Jackson signature at both the Super Bowl and Mrs Carter Show World Tour.

Bibi McGill uses Line 6 mod amps live and Quilter Amps and analog pedals in the studio.

In 2011, Bibi McGill was inspired to start her own line of organic, gluten free, vegan Kale Chips when growing her own food in her garden.

Bibi McGill had a hard time finding kale chips in her area and decided to make her own but the recipes that she came by were not interesting to her.

Bibi McGill shared them with her friends and Beyonce bandmates and they loved it.

Bibi McGill booked a commercial kitchen and started selling them in local Portland stores and online.

Bibi McGill always had an interest in living in a more natural way and eat healthier than how she ate growing up.

Bibi McGill became certified to teach yoga in 2004 in Koh Samui, Thailand with Paul Dallaghan, an Ashtangi from Ireland, and studied meditation, Sanskrit, history and philosophy.

In between touring with Beyonce, Bibi McGill has been teaching yoga at Root Whole Body in Portland, Oregon since moving there in 2007 when she wanted a more peaceful environment.

Bibi McGill loved the outdoor beauty, laid-back people and consciousness of the city and that is what encouraged her to move there.

Bibi McGill was inspired to host her own tea ceremonies after attending them in Portland.

Bibi McGill was drawn to the medicinal properties of tea and the fact that it can heal different aspects of your biological and physical body, digestion and energy.

Bibi McGill has been playing with different Kirtan artists such as Simirit Kaur, Gurunam Singh Shantala who are local Portland artists.

Bibi McGill has produced Gurunam Singh's 2015 single "Gobinday" and a "Believe" a song featuring the students of Open School North in Portland during her artist residency.

Bibi McGill has become one of the most notable and popular female guitarists of all time and in 2017, Guitar Player Magazine has named her one of the 50 most sensational female guitarists of all time.