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“A friend sent me an early copy of his first album,” says Gibbons. He recalls how Hendrix touched his life at that time. Billy Gibbonsīefore ZZ Top came together in 1969, budding guitarist Billy was a member of Houston band The Moving Sidewalks. We were out of the recording studio and we had to refrain from taking to the road. Despite the gaping hole left by Hill, Gibbons reports that they’ve found the perfect replacement in Elwood Francis, the band’s long-serving guitar technician. Later this month, the original trio’s last recordings together see light of day.Ĭalled RAW, it’s a blistering, unvarnished soundtrack album to their biographical film That Little Ol’ Band From Texas. “We will miss your steadfast presence, your good nature and your enduring commitment to providing that monumental bottom to the Top,” they said. On July 28, 2021, the surviving members, Gibbons and Frank Beard (the one without a beard), took to the band’s website to impart the sad news and pay tribute. It’s nearly 12 months since the death of his bass playing “compadre” Dusty Hill, signalling the end after 51 years of the longest unchanging line-up in rock history. Gibbons is having some downtime from ZZ Top’s Raw Whisky arena tour of the States when I give him a call. That’s not unlike the way we approach things.”īATTLE FIELD Tom Brady breaks silence on personal life & compares NFL season to war

“They cut up (American slang for ‘played the fools’) from day one but they’ve always managed to maintain a serious edge to everything they do. “But let’s not leave out the grand leaders who still remain, the Rolling Stones,” he adds. By that, he means how ZZ Top transformed blues rock into infectious full-tilt boogies with their own unique sound. “We’ve always held on to that which brought us to the party in the first place,” he decides. We just stood at the side of the road!” Despite the familiar ZZ Top image of “sharp dressed men” with big beards, beautiful girls and THAT car, he maintains that “there has always been an underlying edge of seriousness” to the music. “Once it was on MTV, the girls got to drive it more than the band. “I wish I’d spent more time driving it before it became a star of stage and screen. “We can’t ignore the celebrity success of that little red car,” affirms Gibbons. BEY'S LADY GO-DIVA Bejewelled Beyoncé channels Lady Godiva on racy new album cover ‘Edge of seriousness’