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The Latest Breaking News from ZZ Top

Gibson recreates Billy Gibbons’ Pearly Gates Les Paul – and you’ll have to meet the ZZ Top legend in person if you want one

30 painstaking replicas are being sold exclusively through a private event at Gibson Garage Nashville

Guitar World · Sep 2

"I guess some of you probably know there’s a new man in town”: ZZ Top get back on the road just days after drummer Frank Beard’s death

Michael Monahan is behind the kit on their current US tour

MusicRadar · Aug 24

ZZ Top returns to the stage days after drummer Frank Beard's death

ZZ Top resumed their The Big One! Tour over the weekend just days after the death of drummer Frank Beard.

BANG Premier · Aug 24

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Frank Beard obituary

Drummer with ZZ Top for more than five decades whose mastery of the ‘Texas shuffle’ was central to their sound

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20

ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard Dies at 77: Billy Gibbons Shares Heartfelt Tribute Following Passing

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died at 77. The band cancels shows but plans to continue touring in his honour, with tributes pouring in from fans and musicians.

International Business Times UK · Aug 19

Billy Gibbons vows ZZ Top will continue performing, following drummer Frank Beard's death

Gibbons confirmed that, as per Beard's wishes, the band is going to “keep on keeping on”, with a Texas show scheduled for this weekend

Guitar World · Aug 19

Frank Beard, ZZ Top drummer, dies aged 77: "I made him jam for eight hours straight until his tongue just fell out. By the time we stopped, we both knew we had a band"

Billy Gibbons hails "great friend and collaborator"

MusicRadar · Aug 19

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'One of the most naturally innovative drummers': ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77

Beard was the rock band’s drummer for 56 years. He kept the tempo for the band’s biggest hits like 'Sharp Dressed Man' and 'Gimme All Your Lovin''.

Euronews · Aug 19

Frank Beard Died in Hospice After Leaving ZZ Top Tour: Will the Band Continue Without Him?

Frank Beard, ZZ Top's drummer for over 50 years, has died at 77. Despite his passing, the band plans to continue touring, honouring Beard's wishes.

International Business Times UK · Aug 19

ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard Dies Aged 77 Prompting Heartbreaking Final Tribute From Bandmates

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard, the unflashy rhythmic engine behind the Texas rock trio for more than five decades, has died aged 77 at his ranch in Richmond, Texas.

International Business Times UK · Aug 18

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dead at 77

The ZZ Top drummer sat out recent shows due to health issues

Louder · Aug 18

ZZ Top star Frank Beard hailed as ‘innovative drummer’ after death aged 77

Beard was famed for his role in the rock group.

Evening Standard · Aug 18

ZZ Top cancels shows after legendary drummer Frank Beard’s death

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The Independent UK · Aug 18

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77

Tributes paid to ‘great friend and collaborator’ who played with band for 56 years and died in hospice care in Texas

The Guardian - US · Aug 18

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BANG Premier · Aug 18

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died at the age of 77.

The Independent UK · Aug 18

Frank Beard, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer of boogie-rock trio ZZ Top, dies at 77

Frank Beard, the drummer for ZZ Top, has died at 77

The Independent UK · Aug 18

Frank Beard death: ZZ Top drummer dies aged 77

Beard was the rock band’s drummer for 56 years

Louder · Jun 30

"He grabbed me and said, I like you. You've got a lot of nerve": ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons on the night his teenage band supported Jimi Hendrix, and closed their set with Foxy Lady and Purple Haze

When The Moving Sidewalks were picked to support Jimi Hendrix in Texas in 1968, they had just about enough songs to play a full set, but two of those were Jimi Hendrix hits

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MusicRadar · Jun 29

“We discovered pretty early on that we were not going to succeed by trying to emulate the likes of Bob Dylan. There are some very strange things on ZZ Top records”: Billy Gibbons on ZZ’s blues roots, ’80s mega-hits and their unique “sense of weird”

“In Texas there’s still a little of that gunslinger mentality in the air”

What Hi-Fi? · Jun 29

Fleetwood Mac and ZZ Top come to the audiophile’s format of choice – but you’d better hurry

Two landmark albums have landed on reel-to-reel tape

Louder · Jun 10

"We were increasingly attracted to the beats, yet the Allman Brothers remain some of our biggest heroes." How ZZ Top mixed Depeche Mode and southern rock to deliver one of the biggest songs of 1983

The story of Sharp Dressed Man, the second of the Eliminator video trilogy that catapulted ZZ Top into pop culture superstardom

Louder · Jun 1

Billy Gibbons and Keith Urban join forces on fuzz-friendly new single Brown Paper Bag

Billy F. Gibbons: Now even grizzlier than before

Louder · Apr 7

The 11 best songs from 1973

The 11 best songs from the year Kiss played their first show, Paul McCartney was fined for growing marijuana, and the oil crisis caused shortages of the vinyl needed to manufacture records

Guitar World · Mar 16

“We were still gluing the fur on the tuning keys when the FedEx driver showed up”: Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac and ZZ Top basses top the biggest four-string sales at historic Jim Irsay auction

The late billionaire’s sensational instrument collection has gone under the hammer, including some very notable basses

Guitar World · Feb 13

“These performances present him at his very best – and they’re thrilling to hear”: Blues gold unearthed as rare Freddie King live performance surfaces after 50 years

In October 1975, the Texas Cannonball wowed a French audience with a blues masterclass, and the recordings have been restored

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