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Guitar World 2012: The Year in Quotes

Posted 12/13/2012 at 11:48am | by Josh Hart

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Over the course of the last twelve months, we've once again endeavored to track down your musical heroes and return with the greatest stories, biggest news and best playing tips, all in the name of rock and roll. As a final retrospective on 2012, we picked through our favorite interviews of the year and compiled a list of the best quips, advice and quotes.

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Smoking Guns: Trey Bruce Discusses His New Duo Project, King’s Bullet

Posted 11/27/2012 at 4:26pm | by James Wood

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Since moving to Nashville in the 1990s, producer and Emmy-winning songwriter Trey Bruce has written multiple hit singles (Five of them went to No. 1) and has collected more than a dozen ASCAP awards.

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Interview: ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach

Posted 11/13/2012 at 12:44pm | by Ted Drozdowski, Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins

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In this GW summit, the two guitarists sit down for a talk about the long history of the blues and its enduring power in the 21st century.

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October 2012 Guitar World: Billy Gibbons and Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, Buddy Guy Book Excerpt, Mark Tremonti and More

Posted 09/07/2012 at 10:05am | by Guitar World Staff

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This month, ZZ Top's blues-rock godfather, Billy Gibbons, and the Black Keys' garage-rock scion, Dan Auerbach, sit down for a talk about the long history of the blues and its enduring power in the 21st century. They also discuss their love of talking-blues legend Lightnin' Hopkins.

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Bull Session: The Cowcaster Guitar Is a Texas-Size Tribute to Billy Gibbons

Posted 09/07/2012 at 7:54am | by Damian Fanelli

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The Cowcaster is guaranteed to turn heads. That’s because it is one. The one-of-a-kind guitar, designed and built by artist Brent Gandy of Amarillo, Texas, brims with custom features — from Von Dutch–style pin striping on the back of the neck to a hand-carved bull’s head headstock — all of which are connected to an authentic bull skull.

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ZZ Top to Release New Album, 'La Futura,' in September

Posted 08/21/2012 at 11:30am | by Josh Hart

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After a long wait, ZZ Top will release their new album, La Futura, on September 11 on American Recordings.

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Excerpt: ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach on the Value of Vinyl

Posted 08/21/2012 at 9:58am | by Ted Drozdowski, Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins

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ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach talk about a shared love of vinyl records in this excerpt from our October 2012 cover story.

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Johnny Winter Wants Clapton, Gibbons, King for 'Roots' Sequel

Posted 08/07/2012 at 10:04am | by Josh Hart

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Following the old adage that, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," legendary Texas bluesman Johnny Winter recent told Billboard that he plans to record a sequel to last year's Roots, and album which saw him team up with an all-star casts of guest musicians — including Vince Gill, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes and more — to pay homage to the music that started it all.

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ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Covers Vintage Fleetwood Mac on New Tribute Album

Posted 06/21/2012 at 9:35am | by Damian Fanelli

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Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac will be released August 14 by Hear Music/Concord.

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Billy Gibbons, Brad Paisley Honor Joe Walsh on June 23 Episode of 'CMT Crossroads'

Posted 06/19/2012 at 2:10pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, plus Brad Paisley, Kenny Chesney and other country music stars will pay homage to recent Guitar World cover star Joe Walsh on the next episode of CMT Crossroads on CMT.

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