ZZ Top

Blues New Wave Rock 

Sharp Dressed Men: ZZ Top’s Eliminator at 40

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 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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Heavy Metal Southern Rock 

The Beatles of Boogie Metal

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, Elyse Steinman, Greg Strzempka, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Raging Slab, Rick Rubin, Tee Pee Records, The Dealer, ZZ Top

Raging Slab’s overlooked comeback album The Dealer At 20

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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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Pop Remembrance 

Remembering Robert Palmer: A Man Who Loved Wine, Women and Tailoring

September 26, 2020April 4, 2021 Jim Sullivan 6 Comments and Keb' Mo., Bob Dylan, Devo, Gary Numan, Husker Du, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Robert Palmer, ZZ Top

Jim Sullivan recounts his history of conversation with the English art pop great

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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 0 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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Glam Pop Rock 

Coz He Luvs You, Part I

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Dave Hill, Slade, ZZ Top

Catching up with Slade guitarist Dave Hill

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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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