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Lexington’s Elwood Francis making his hometown debut with legendary Texas group.
William Frederick Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) [1] is an American rock musician, best known as the guitarist and primary vocalist of ZZ Top. He began his career in Moving Sidewalks, who recorded Flash (1969) and opened four dates for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top's First Album in
In 2024, Francis said that it still feels "weird" taking Hill's place in the band, and does not consider himself a member of the band. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2022, Francis went viral for performing on stage with a 17-string bass guitar, an instrument he found "late at night while internet surfing on one of those Chinese websites". [ 7 ]
American rock band ZZ Top will be returning to the Sun City with a performance April 22 at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. The band last performed in El Paso in 2017, opening for Guns & Roses at the ...
Classic-rock superstars ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd have just added more stops to their co-headlining tour, including two Florida shows.
In 1968, he and the drummer Frank Beard joined the guitarist Billy Gibbons in ZZ Top; they went on to release albums including the bestselling Eliminator (1983). Hill favored simple compositions and a "big", distorted sound. Critics described his basslines as a critical part of ZZ Top's sound, complementing Gibbons' guitar showmanship.
On 19 May 2012, Wilkenfeld accompanied Beck and Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live. [14] In 2013, she joined alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams as a collaborator on his studio album, Ryan Adams (2014). She contributed to two tracks on the Toto album Toto XIV, [15] and co-wrote a song called "Running Whiskey" with ZZ Top guitarist Billy ...
ZZ Top [a] is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. It consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard, and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill for 51 years until Hill's death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons' blues style and Hill and Beard's rhythm section. They are known for their live ...