Eleven years later, when ZZ Top recorded their sixth album Degüello, Gibbons pulled out the Strat that Hendrix had given to ...

Since 2015, ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons has embarked upon a unique solo career, using his rare time away from Texas’ favorite beer drinkers and hell raisers to explore an array of diverse ...

With Elwood Francis stepping into the hat and beard left behind after the passing of longtime bassist Dusty Hill, ZZ Top is ...

Guitar legend Billy Gibbons and his trio first came to town for a Hulman Center concert on Nov. 20, 1980, when “Cheap Sunglasses” and “I Thank You” were dominating FM radio airwaves.

There’s a pretty good chance you recently heard this Alabama guitarist’s music playing in your home – right about the time Peggy and Hank Hill returned to Arlen, Texas, after a stint in Saudi Arabia.

ZZ Top founder Billy Gibbons is a lucky member of the latter camp, which offered him the opportunity to meet musical giants like B.B. King at an incredibly young age.

Frederick Royal Gibbons was a noted orchestra conductor, concert pianist, and organ player who had a long and successful career – and, by the time Billy was born, a bulging contacts book.

Regent Sound Regent Sound CEO, Robert Johnson discusses purchasing Billy Gibbons-Albert King THC Flying V Guitar & the missing Muscle Shoals 1971 Albert King Recordings LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM ...

And not just the danger that lurks behind every verse. And not just the liquid-fire solos from Billy Gibbons, or the way ZZ Top can stop and start on a dime. It’s every bit of that.

Ted Nugent said he's found jams with Eddie Van Halen and Billy Gibbons among the material uncovered for his Nuge Vault project in March 2025.

The band formed in 1969 with Beard on drums, Billy Gibbons singing and on guitar, along with bassist-singer Dusty Hill, who died in 2021. Francis, 63, stepped in on bass after Hill's death.