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Billy Gibbons remembers late ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard
The guitarist said the trio will "keep on keeping on," even though he's now the last surviving member of the band's iconic classic lineup
Billy Gibbons reveals Keith Richards’ text after Frank Beard’s death: “It gave me a lot to think about”
Facing the loss of both Beard and Dusty Hill, the guitar icon reflects on carrying ZZ Top forward under strict orders from his late bandmates
Billy Gibbons on the first time he saw Eddie Van Halen live
Gibbons stumbled onto fretboard tapping by accident five years before “Eruption” — then watched Eddie turn the technique into a guitar revolution
Brad Gillis says Billy Gibbons had some bad news after a bizarre backstage accident with a scorpion: “Those are the most poisonous”
Gillis recalls the bizarre episode from Night Ranger’s early days touring with ZZ Top — and the macabre souvenir Gibbons made from the scorpion that stung Jack Blades.
Billy Gibbons says one unforgettable solo showed him Prince’s talents — then Prince invited him to talk guitar until dawn
The ZZ Top guitarist says Prince’s legendary Rock Hall performance opened his eyes to his playing before a chance late-night meeting in Manhattan turned into an hours-long masterclass
Billy Gibbons played “Purple Haze” onstage while opening for Jimi Hendrix
The Moving Sidewalks took a gamble by covering Hendrix songs in front of the guitar icon himself. His reaction launched a friendship that lasted until his death
The last music Steve Cropper heard before he died was his own new album
The Stax guitar icon gave his blessing to ‘Watching the Tide’ hours before his passing, leaving behind one last statement from the soul-music pioneer.
Guitar Player presents 50 badass blues guitar solos you must hear
From the players of old to the guitarists shaping the blues scene, this list serves up a cross section of the genre’s finest solos from across nearly a century of guitar blues
Billy Gibbons explains the role Cream and Jimi Hendrix played in the creation of ZZ Top
The fuzz blues icon was pushing a psychedelic sound when the opportunity to tour with Hendrix shaped the future of the Texan trio
"We hit this one lick, and the lighting director came rushing forward: 'Don't change a thing!”’ Billy Gibbons reveals how a soundcheck jam turned into ZZ Top's breakthrough hit
Gibbons says he has new music in the works with ZZ and the BFGs, whose new single — "Livin' It Up Down in Texas" from the Paramount+ series Landman — comes out today
