While ZZ Top achieved mainstream success and worldwide aclaim with the stream of hits that came from their Eliminator album in 1983, they had long been Texas blues-rock trailblazers. And it’s a ...

As the guitarist in Booker T. & the M.G.’s, the house band for Stax Records, Steve Cropper was a key figure in shaping the sound of soul music in the ’60s, backing legendary singers including Otis ...

Change is inevitable, yet the ethos behind ZZ Top’s unimpeachable career hasn’t budged in 55 years. The Houston trio, whose blues-based guitar rock unexpectedly took MTV by storm in the ‘80s with ...

Billy F. Gibbons says his new single, "Livin' It Up Down in Texas," is the start of a spate of music he hopes to be releasing this year with his own BFG's as well as with ZZ Top. "We've been in the ...

Quintessentially Texan Billy Gibbons qualifies well as America’s blues-rock maestro. Like sizzle on a steak, when he digs the blues, he grooves with taste and rocks with verve. Most times, Gibbons ...