Billy F. Gibbons: “We let off steam by letting it rock... Hardware is a raging rocker but always mindful of the desert’s implicit mystery” By Alan Paul Why the ZZ Top legend headed to the California High Desert to seek rock ’n’ roll inspiration
Billy Gibbons: “I was fearless when I started playing, but learning that agonizing F chord was miserable!” By Grant Moon With new solo album Hardware in record stores, the ZZ Top icon sits down with TG to share some hard-earned wisdom
Dusty Hill recorded bass and vocal parts for a new ZZ Top album, Billy Gibbons reveals By Matt Owen The late bass guitar great will feature on the yet-to-be-announced record, though his parts are still in need of some "completion work"
Watch footage of ZZ Top's first shows since bassist Dusty Hill's death By Sam Roche The band recruited longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis to handle bass duties – with Hill's full blessing, according to frontman Billy Gibbons
Dusty Hill, 1949-2021: the guitar world pays tribute By Matt Owen Ozzy Osbourne, Flea, Joe Bonamassa, Zakk Wylde, Paul Stanley, Jason Isbell, David Coverdale and many more pay their respects to the legendary ZZ Top bass player
Dusty Hill, ZZ Top bassist, dies at 72 By Jackson Maxwell The legendary bass player died in his sleep at his home in Houston, Texas, the band wrote on social media
Is Billy Gibbons’s new Wild Custom guitar the craziest signature model of the year so far? By Matt Owen The ZZ Top icon's unique new six-string sports the brand's marvelously ingenious Gyrock system, which features a rotating pickup loading bay for seamless sonic swaps
16 pro guitarists name the live shows that changed their lives By Joe Bosso, Alan Paul Featuring Billy Gibbons, Joe Bonamassa, Nita Strauss, Tom Morello and many more...
Watch Billy Gibbons and Steven Tyler team up for a blazing cover of Fleetwood Mac's Oh Well By Sam Roche The ZZ Top and Aerosmith frontmen's performance is taken from the Mick Fleetwood & Friends tribute concert in February 2020
Billy Gibbons announces new “raging rocker” solo album, Hardware, unveils first single By Richard Bienstock Listen to West Coast Junkie now
Billy F Gibbons discusses his extensive collection of hot rod-inspired guitars By Jamie Dickson We joined the ZZ Top man for a personal tour of his garage, which naturally includes a few classic cars...
Put some hair on your tone with Cream T’s new Billy Gibbons WhiskerBucker pickup set By Richard Bienstock New humbuckers promise an “exact electronic reproduction” of BFG’s Pearly Gates Les Paul
Get a private blues lesson from ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons By Guitar World Staff Billy Gibbons teaches you the blues tunes that inspired him to play guitar
How to play guitar like ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons By Richard Barrett Learn some red-hot Texas blues with this guide to Gibbons' influential style
Classic guitar albums of 1979: ZZ Top's Degüello By Mark McStea This record proved that the “Little Ol’ Band from Texas” was continuing to refine their unique brand of boogie
Jeff Beck: “Why My Strat Always Beats a Les Paul” By Christopher Scapelliti “My Strat is another arm, it’s part of me."
ZZ Top Announce 50th Anniversary Collection, 'Goin’ 50' By Richard Bienstock 50-track set spans the band’s entire career.
ZZ Top Announce 50th Anniversary Tour By Richard Bienstock The band will be joined by Cheap Trick and Lynyrd Skynyrd on select dates.
Billy Gibbons Shows Custom Gibson and John Bolin Guitars from His Collection By Christopher Scapelliti A great opportunity to see some of Billy Gibbons’ guitars up-close with narration from the man himself.
Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Join William Shatner for "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer" By Richard Bienstock The actor's Christmas album, 'Shatner Claus,' is out now.
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