ZZ Top “Somehow, Something Went Haywire, but in the Right Direction”: Billy Gibbons Recalls How ZZ Top's Happy Accident, “Cheap Sunglasses,” Came to Life “So much of the stuff that you, me and the rest of the world grew up listening to, a good amount of it, if not more than half, was all done by accident,” says the ZZ Top frontman Spoon’s Britt Daniel Reveals How ZZ Top and Their Native Austin, Texas Inspired the Group’s Latest Album, ‘Lucifer on the Sofa’ The Fender signature artist talks technique, songwriting and gear. How to Write a Hard Rock Classic in Five Minutes: Billy Gibbons Tells the Incredible Story of ZZ Top’s “Tush” This 12-bar blues banger was recorded using the Pearly Gates Les Paul and a Marshall Super Lead… But what’s a Cooper Time Cube?! Grid List Latest ZZ Top Billy F. Gibbons Reveals How Jeff Beck Helped ZZ Top Score the First 110-volt Marshalls in America By Richard Bienstock published 9 September 21 The ‘Burst-toting frontman tells the curious tale of the opening track from ‘ZZ Top's First Album.’ Watch ZZ Top Perform Their First Show Since Dusty Hill's Death By Jackson Maxwell published 2 August 21 As per – according to Billy Gibbons – Hill's wishes, the trio's longtime tech, Elwood Francis, took up low-end duties for the Tuscaloosa, Alabama performance. A Crash Course in the Texas-Sized Melodic Phrasing of Billy Gibbons By David Brewster published 27 May 21 A comprehensive look at the smooth signature fretboard navigation techniques of ZZ Top's guitar great. How Billy Gibbons Wrote ZZ Top's “La Grange“ By Joe Bosso published 7 May 21 How a warm-up jam became ZZ Top’s breakthrough hit. Billy Gibbons Tells the Story Behind His 1959 Les Paul, "Pearly Gates" By Alan di Perna published 16 December 20 "I’ve spent plenty of money putting together a collection of guitars attempting to find something to replicate Pearly, and it just hasn’t happened yet," Gibbons says. The Story Behind ZZ Top's Spinning Fur Guitars By Damian Fanelli published 19 December 19 How they were built by Dean Zelinsky, founder of Dean Guitars and the man behind Dean Zelinsky Private Label Guitars. Get The Pick Newsletter Name: Your Email Address : Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors Thank you for signing up to The Pick. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST READ1Joe Bonamassa Regularly Apologizes to Eric Johnson for "Stealing" His Style2Spring Into Big Savings With Up To $180 Off Fender Player Series Guitar Bundles3Joe Perry Says He Recorded the Majority of Aerosmith's Early Material with Fender Stratocasters 4“You Couldn’t Get the Information Because People Were Making It up on the Spot”: June Millington of Fanny Recalls Life in the Late-’60s Rock Scene5Rediscover the Fertile Ground of the Open Position and Cultivate Some Juicy Licks
Billy F. Gibbons Reveals How Jeff Beck Helped ZZ Top Score the First 110-volt Marshalls in America By Richard Bienstock published 9 September 21 The ‘Burst-toting frontman tells the curious tale of the opening track from ‘ZZ Top's First Album.’
Watch ZZ Top Perform Their First Show Since Dusty Hill's Death By Jackson Maxwell published 2 August 21 As per – according to Billy Gibbons – Hill's wishes, the trio's longtime tech, Elwood Francis, took up low-end duties for the Tuscaloosa, Alabama performance.
A Crash Course in the Texas-Sized Melodic Phrasing of Billy Gibbons By David Brewster published 27 May 21 A comprehensive look at the smooth signature fretboard navigation techniques of ZZ Top's guitar great.
How Billy Gibbons Wrote ZZ Top's “La Grange“ By Joe Bosso published 7 May 21 How a warm-up jam became ZZ Top’s breakthrough hit.
Billy Gibbons Tells the Story Behind His 1959 Les Paul, "Pearly Gates" By Alan di Perna published 16 December 20 "I’ve spent plenty of money putting together a collection of guitars attempting to find something to replicate Pearly, and it just hasn’t happened yet," Gibbons says.
The Story Behind ZZ Top's Spinning Fur Guitars By Damian Fanelli published 19 December 19 How they were built by Dean Zelinsky, founder of Dean Guitars and the man behind Dean Zelinsky Private Label Guitars.
