ZZ Top

Blues Rock 

ZZ Top Returns to New York City

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Beacon Theatre, Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill Hill, Elwood Francis, Frank Beard, Manny’s Music, New York City, Terry Manning, ZZ Top

Catching up with Billy F. Gibbons ahead of their anticipated Beacon Theatre gig 

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Blues Rock 

ZZ Top’s Frank Beard Leaves Tour

March 15, 2025March 16, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Billy F Gibbons, Elevation Tour, Elwood Francis, Frank Beard, John Douglas, ZZ Top

Acclaimed drummer temporarily off the road to address health concern

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Blues Festivals Hard Rock Rock 

Slash to Livestream Denver Concert as Part of S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Blues Festival

June 13, 2024June 14, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments AC/DC, Beth Hart, Billy F Gibbons, Brian Johnson, Chris Robinson, Chris Stapleton, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Demi Lovato, Dorothy, Eric Gales, Gary Clark Jr., Guns 'N' Roses, Iggy Pop, Jackie Venson, Keb' Mo', Larkin Poe, Paul Rodgers, Robert Randolph, S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival, Samantha Fish, Slash, Tash Neal, The Black Crowes, Warren Haynes Band, ZZ Top, ZZ Ward

New blues album, Orgy of the Damned, out now

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Hard Rock Rock 

Pure and Simple: Joan Jett Turns 65

September 22, 2023September 23, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 65th birthday, AC/DC, Blackheart Records, Cherie Currie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Iggy Pop, J. Geils Band, Joan Jett, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Jonathan Richman, Kim Fowley, Paul Cook, Sly and the Family Stone, Steve Jones, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Modern Lovers, The Runaways, Tommy James and the Shondells, ZZ Top

Celebrating the career of an iconic rocker on her big birthday

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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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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 10 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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