Eleven years later, when ZZ Top recorded their sixth album Degüello, Gibbons pulled out the Strat that Hendrix had given to him. He played it on the track that many fans consider to be ZZ Top’s finest ...

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

ZZ Top played Pinewood Bowl for the fourth time Sunday, this time without drummer Frank Beard. There was no announcement that ...

ZZ Top would eventually add a whole lot more of the latter, and their recipe for success was complete. Still, 'First Album' stands as a template for every success ZZ Top would one day have.

As y’all know, ZZ Top’s Tres Hombres is one of the greatest albums the Rev. Willie G and God ever created. I wore that album out, cranking up the record player for the gospel/blues songs (Hot ...

ZZ Top’s Elevation Tour is booked through the summer and stretches into October, including stops at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on August 1 and Asbury Park, New Jersey’s Sea.Hear.Now Festival ...

Though the band’s roots are a combination of grimy boogie blues and rock – exemplified in rock radio favorites “La Grange” and “Tush" - ZZ Top became unlikely heroes of the MTV era. In ...

Released on March 23, 1983, ZZ Top's "Eliminator" is the Texas trio's best-selling album, spawning a series of five hit singles that remain some of the group's most-popular songs and live concert ...

Two evenings later, when Observer visited ZZ’s for the third time in as many days (including a stop at the Japanese brasserie on Tuesday), a friend ensured that our 8 p.m. table of 10 at Carbone ...