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Jeff Beck announces mammoth list of US tour dates, including a string of shows with Ann Wilson and ZZ Top
By Matt Parker published
The shows follow the release of Beck’s collaborative album with Johnny Depp, 18, and kick off in Texas on September 23

J. Rockett Audio Designs El Hombre review
By Trevor Curwen last updated
J. Rockett’s tribute to Billy Gibbons is an overdrive offering amp-like feel in a compact box – for that Texan sound and more

ZZ Top announce new live album, Raw
By Jackson Maxwell published
The album captures the Texas trio's bare-bones, 11-song 2019 set at Gruene Hall, “the oldest continually run dance hall in Texas”

Billy Gibbons gives Jingle Bells a blues makeover in his cover of the Christmas classic
By Sam Roche published
Jingle Bell Blues sees the bearded ZZ Top legend serve up some fiery fretboard antics in the hopes of earning a place on wreath-bedecked jukeboxes worldwide

Dusty Hill 1949-2021: paying tribute to the bearded boss of bass guitar
By Jamie Blaine published
When the ZZ Top bassist left us on July 27, he left a legacy like few others. We look back at the career of a true bass original

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 published
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 published
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 published
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"
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