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Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969, and quickly settled on bassist/vocalist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank "Rube" Beard, both members of the band American Blues. After honing their trademark blues-rock style, they released ZZ Top's First Album on London Records in 1971.
- Hardware
Hardware received generally positive reviews from critics....
- Dusty Hill
Joe Michael "Dusty" Hill (May 19, 1949 – July 28, 2021) was...
- ZZ Top
For 51 years, it consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy...
- Gibson Melody Maker
The Melody Maker was returned to the Gibson line as a...
- William Gibbons
William Conrad Gibbons (1926–2015), American historian and...
- Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird
The Gretsch G6199 "Billy-Bo" Jupiter is a reproduction of a...
- Perfectamundo
Perfectamundo is the debut studio album by American rock...
- Stetson Hat
Stetson is an American brand of hat manufactured by the John...
- Flash
Flash (1969) is an album by Moving Sidewalks, Billy Gibbons'...
- CadZZilla
Conceived in 1989, CadZZilla is a customized Cadillac, built...
- Hardware
For 51 years, it consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill, until Hill's death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons' blues style and Hill and Beard's rhythm section.
William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) is an American musician, actor, and car customizer. He is known for being in the rock band ZZ Top. Gibbons was born on December 16, 1949 in Houston, Texas. He has been married to Gilligan Stillwater since 2005.
Over the course of five classic albums over a six-year span (1970’s self-titled debut, 1972’s Rio Grande Mud, 1973’s Tres Hombres, 1975’s Fandango, and 1976’s Tejas), ZZ Top became one of the country’s top rock bands before taking a three-year break.
Aug 17, 2021 · Growing up in Houston, Texas in the 50s and into the 60s, the young Billy Gibbons fell in love with the music of arch bluesmen such as Jimmy Reed, B.B. King, Freddie King and Lightnin’ Hopkins.
- Grant Moon
Billy Gibbons was born on 16 December 1949 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Battleship (2012), Armageddon (1998) and The Perfect Storm (2000). He has been married to Gilligan Gibbons since 14 December 2005.
Sep 13, 2022 · Currently singer, songwriter and guitarist with the David Sinclair Four (DS4). His sixth album as bandleader, Apropos Blues, is released 2 September 2022 on Critical Discs/Proper. The revival – and indeed the very survival – of ZZ Top in 2022 is something of a miracle.
