Billy Gibbons

Blues Rock 

Hot, Blue and Righteous: ZZ Top’s Tres Hombres at 50

July 28, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Albert Collins, Billy Gibbons, Brownie McGhee, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Lightning Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Terry Manning, Tres Hombres, ZZ Top

Making the case for the trio’s third album being their greatest

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Blues New Wave Rock 

Sharp Dressed Men: ZZ Top’s Eliminator at 40

March 23, 2023February 19, 2024 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Eliminator, Fairlight, Frank Beard, Gimme All Your Lovin', Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Synthesizers, Texas, Warner Bros. Records, ZZ Top

How the Texas trio learned to stop worrying and love the synthesizer

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Blues Remembrance Rock 

Adios, Hombre: Remembering Dusty Hill

July 28, 2021March 28, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Back To The Future III, Billy Gibbons, Blues, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, RIP, Sharp Dressed Man, Texas, ZZ Top

The lifelong bassist for ZZ Top was 72

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Country and/or Western Remembrance 

Farewell to a Truly Iconic Individual: R.I.P. Billy Joe Shaver

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Billy Gibbons, Billy Joe Shaver, Bobby Bare, Kris Kristofferson, RIP, Shaver, Tanya Tucker, Tom T. Hall, ZZ Top

The outlaw country great was 81

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Blues Rock 

Dion’s American Tune

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Billy Gibbons, Blues With Friends, Bruce Springsteen, Dion, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Vivino, Patti Scialfa, Paul Simon, Rory Block, Sam Cooke, Samantha Fish, Van Morrison

On Blues With Friends, Mr. DiMucci enters his seventh decade in rock with a gang of famous pals

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Blues Hard Rock 

The Night ZZ Top Burned New Orleans Down: 45 Years of Fandango! 

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1975, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Fandango!, Frank Beard, Warner Bros., ZZ Top

Blues, boogie and sleazy swing = the greatest half-live album ever

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Blues 

The Big Bad Blues Returns

October 3, 2018October 4, 2018 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Billy Gibbons, Moving Sidewalks, Texas, Texas blues, ZZ Top

Billy Gibbons returns to his Texas roots on second solo album

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