“I mean, rock n roll is based on the blues, whether people want to know that or not.” – Dusty Hill, ZZ TopRead more
The first half of ZZ Top’s famed 1975 album Fandango was recorded at the famous New Orleans venue The Warehouse “captured as it came down — hot, spontaneous and presented to you honestly, without the assistance of studio gimmicks”Read more
In the hit TV show King of the Hill, main character Hank Hill is the cousin of ZZ Top guitarist Dusty Hill, who makes a cameo in season 11.Read more
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s famous “Hamiltone” guitar was given as a gift from ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons on April 29, 1984.Read more
In the mid 1970s, when he was largely unknown, Stevie Ray Vaughan was invited to jam in Dallas with ZZ Top on their cover of the Nightcaps’ song “Thunderbird”.Read more
ZZ Top’s first cover songs were on their fifth album, Degüello, in 1979 — they covered Isaac Hayes’ “I Thank You” and Robert Johnson/Elmore James’ song “Dust My Broom”.Read more
The Zombies had broken up before their song “Time of the Season” became a massive hit, so before Dusty Hill & Frank Beard were 2/3rds of ZZ Top, they masqueraded as the British psych-rock band on a U.S. tour to cash in on demand from unsuspecting fans.Read more
ZZ Top was once sued by the co-songwriter of John Lee Hooker’s famous “Boogie Chillun” (much to Hooker’s dismay), who claimed “La Grange” sounded too similar. The courts disagreed.Read more
1997’s Superbowl Halftime show in New Orleans featured The Blues Brothers’ Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi & John Goodman, joined by ZZ Top, James Brown and Catherine Crier.Read more
ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons had a guitar, “Muddywood”, made from a board in Muddy Water’s former 1-room cabin. It’s now in the Delta Blues Museum.Read more
