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50 years of ZZ Top: Billy Gibbons on touring, brand-new music and beard grooming ideas

 

 

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At the end of their Tallking Tech interview, ZZ Top’s guitar slinger Billy Gibbons jams with USA TODAY’s Jefferson Graham on a 12-bar blues riff. Sean Fujiwara Even after 5 years and 30 million records sold, ZZ Top is

still”that little ol’ band from Texas. “”In essence, that’s what we were and what we still are: simply three people from Texas,”says lead singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons, who formed the band in Houston in 1969 with drummer Frank Beard and bassist/vocalist Dusty Hill.

That modest nickname is now the title of their new documentary, “ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas,” which plays in theaters nationwide throughout October and November (check zztopfilm.com for listings). Directed by Sam Dunn(“Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey “), the movie traces the trio’s unlikely journey from blues-rock outsiders to Leading 40 essentials in the ’80s and ’90s, charting on Signboard with hits consisting of “Rough Kid,” “What’s Up with That,” “Legs” and “Gim me All Your Lovin’.”

The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Popularity in 2004 and is presently exploring the country with Inexpensive Trick. Gibbons, 69, overtook USA TODAY from the road to chat about music and more.

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