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How ZZ Top ended up playing to 1.2 million people with help from a monster hit and a travelling zoo
By Rob Hughes Published
Buffalo, buzzards and Tush? ZZ Top’s Fandango album saw the Little Ol’ Band From Texas go nationwide

ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons on the night his teenage band supported Jimi Hendrix
By Paul Brannigan Published
When The Moving Sidewalks were picked to support Jimi Hendrix in Texas in 1968, they had just about enough songs to play a full set, but two of those were Jimi Hendrix hits

How ZZ Top mixed Depeche Mode and southern rock to deliver one of the biggest songs of 1983
By Classic Rock Magazine Published
The story of Sharp Dressed Man, the second of the Eliminator video trilogy that catapulted ZZ Top into pop culture superstardom

Billy Gibbons and Keith Urban join forces on fuzz-friendly new single Brown Paper Bag
By Fraser Lewry Published
Billy F. Gibbons: Now even grizzlier than before

How Bo Diddley, beards and a Mexican battle song set one of the greatest blues trios of the 70s on the road to 80s superstardom
By Henry Yates Published
ZZ Top’s 1979 album Deguello marked the start of their most successful era

The genre that refuses to die: A history Of Southern rock In 40 songs
By Polly Glass, Jerry Ewing, Malcolm Dome, Philip Wilding, Dave Ling Published
From the late 60s until today, here are 40 songs that show why Southern rock continues to thrive

Billy Gibbons’ wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Muddy Waters and Ministry
By Jerry Ewing Published
Meet the only man to have played with Hendrix, the Stones and Chad Kroeger from Nickelback

ZZ Top add yet more dates to ever-expanding Elevation tour as Frank Beard continues to miss shows
By Fraser Lewry Published
46 shows already played on ZZ Top's mammoth Elevation tour, 63 more to go
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