Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Nancy Wilson, Don Henley, Iggy Pop, Billy Gibbons, Dave Grohl and Billy Idol are among those honoring the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020 in a broadcast event airing on HBO next month. The extensive lineup of special guests will help induct performer honorees Depeche Mode, the Doobie … Continue reading Ringo Starr, Bruce Springsteen, Nancy Wilson Among Special Guests for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast →

For a lot of us, the Covid-19 pandemic has meant more time on our hands than we know what to do with. So if you’ve been taking this year to finally pick up that guitar in the corner, or you’ve run out of Netflix shows to binge-watch and are looking for something new to fill … Continue reading Top 10 Easiest Rock Songs to Learn on Guitar →

Def Leppard will tour the U.S. this fall with ZZ Top. The bands will make stops in New York, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa, North Dakota, Utah, Oregon and Washington State when they kick off the 20/20 Vision tour in September. Tickets for the U.S. tour go on sale … Continue reading Def Leppard Announces 20/20 Vision Tour with ZZ Top →

ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas, the larger-than-life documentary about a larger-than-life band will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and digitally February 28, 2020, via Eagle Rock Entertainment. Watch the preview in the player below. Produced by the Emmy award-winning Banger Films (Super Duper Alice Cooper; Peabody/international Emmy award-winning Netflix series Hip-Hop Evolution), … Continue reading ZZ Top Documentary to be Released in February →

I listen to more ZZ Top than ANY other band or artist. And I listen over and over again, with seemingly very little burnout.  The music is a combo of rock and blues that I just can’t get enough of.  The new documentary, ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas, states that ZZ Top … Continue reading ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas – Inside The Top →

ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas, a documentary that tells the story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen became one of the biggest, most beloved bands in the world, will premiere August 13th at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, CA. Screenings across the country will follow. All three members of ZZ Top – Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank … Continue reading WATCH: New ZZ Top Documentary Will Premiere Next Month →

A ZZ Top musical is in the works and expected to open in Las Vegas in 2020. The band is working with Caesars Entertainment to develop the show and members Billy F. Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard are serving as executive producers. A press release calls Sharp Dressed Man an “outrageous, bawdy musical romp”. … Continue reading ZZ Top Musical to Hit the Stage in 2020 →

I first got turned on to ZZ Top like most, from the album Tres Hombres in 1973.  And at the time, like most, I thought this was just a good-time boogie band with little under the surface.  That couldn’t have been farther from the truth. And as subsequent albums were released I began to realize … Continue reading ZZ Top 50th Anniversary Tour – Cause For Celebration! →

ZZ Top will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a U.S. tour this summer. Cheap Trick and Southern rock stalwarts Lynyrd Skynyrd will join the tour for select dates.  The extensive 34-show run kicks off August 16th in Ridgefield, WA and wraps up October 20th in West Palm Beach, FL. The tour will stop in 19 different … Continue reading ZZ Top Announce 50th Anniversary Tour →

ZZ Top will take their 50th anniversary celebration to Europe and the UK in 2019. The blues-rock trio has announced three initial dates with the bulk of the dates set to be announced soon. The tour is slated to get underway in early June in Scandinavian countries and heads to central Europe thereafter, concluding in … Continue reading ZZ Top Announce 50th Anniversary UK and European Tour →

As Billy Gibbons prepares for the release of his forthcoming solo project, the ZZ Top guitarist has released a second Muddy Waters cover from the album, this time of “Standing Around Crying”. Gibbons told Ultimate Classic Rock that the song’s cadence called to mind “the rhythm of choppin’ that wood,” inspiring the vintage lumberjack footage featured … Continue reading Hear Billy Gibbons’ New Muddy Waters Cover ‘Standing Around Crying’ →

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and one third of Texas trio ZZ Top Billy F Gibbons has announced a North American for this fall in support of his forthcoming solo album Big Bad Blues. Billy and his band, consisting of drummer Matt Sorum (Guns ‘N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver), left handed guitarist Austin Hanks, and … Continue reading Billy Gibbons Announces North American Tour, Releases New Lyric Video →