“I found it late at night while surfing on one of those Chinese websites. I couldn't believe they were making something like that”: How ZZ Top acquired their 17-string bass By Will Simpson published 19 July 24 And now poor Francis Elwood has to play it at every show
“I'm not the bass player. I'm not in the band. I'll never be in the band. I shouldn't be in the band”: Elwood Francis says he'll never replace ZZ Top's Dusty Hill By Will Simpson published 12 July 24 ZZ Top’s new(ish) bassist still isn’t comfortable being in the band
Dusty Hill’s crazy, brilliant, iconic fur-covered Dean bass from ZZ Top’s Legs video is heading to the auction block By Jonathan Horsley published 24 October 23 The sheepskin-covered Dean is star of the show in a huge auction of the late ZZ Top bassist's gear and stage wear with his Bolin custom and 1953 Precision Bass going under the hammer too
Magnatone and Billy Gibbons have teamed up for one sharped dressed signature amp and cab By Jonathan Horsley published 31 August 23 The Billy Gibbons Super Fifty-Nine is limited to six units worldwide, is resplendent in custom silver croc covering, with the ZZ Top blues-rock guitar icon’s signature on each one
Metallica's Kill 'Em All played in the style of ZZ Top actually works really well By Rob Laing published 2 August 23 Denis Pauna has given the 40-year-old thrash classic a Gibbons makeover
Watch Billy Gibbons join Billy Joel onstage at Madison Square Garden to jam on ZZ Top classics La Grange and Tush By Jonathan Horsley published 28 March 23 A little bit of Texas took over NYC as Gibbons brought the house down during one of Joel's epic sets of his MSG residency
Josh Homme says Billy Gibbons once played a harmonic with his beard By Jonathan Horsley published 4 March 22 The QOTSA frontman was jamming with Gibbons when the ZZ Top legend's whiskers created guitar history: “I grabbed him by the shoulders... ‘Dude, you did the first ever beard harmonic!’”
Video: ZZ Top perform for the first time after Dusty Hill's death with long-serving tech Elwood Francis on bass By Jonathan Horsley last updated 2 August 21 The footage from Tuscaloosa, Alabama finds the Texan institution honouring Hill's wishes as the show rolls on