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Member of: ZZ Top
aka: William Gibbons, William Frederick Gibbons
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William Frederick Gibbons (born December 16, 1949), professionally known as Billy Gibbons, is an American rock musician, best known as the guitarist and primary vocalist of ZZ Top.
He began his career in the Moving Sidewalks, who recorded Flash (1968) and opened four dates for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top‘s First Album in early 1971. He has also maintained a solo career in recent years, starting with his first album Perfectamundo (2015).
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Billy Gibbons possesses a gravelly bass-baritone singing voice and is known for his bluesy, groove-based guitar style. Gibbons is also recognized for the chest-length beard he has worn since 1979, a look he shared with ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill until Hill’s death in 2021.
Gibbons has made appearances with other artists and acted on television shows, most notably Bones. In 2001, Rolling Stone named him the 32nd greatest guitarist of all time.
On November 2, 2006, Gibbons was the guitarist during singer Luis Fonsi‘s presentation at the seventh Latin Grammy awards held in Madison Square Garden, New York.
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In 2007, Gibbons was featured in the documentary feature film The 1959 Burst alongside Les Paul guitar legends like Slash, Rick Nielsen and Eric Johnson.
Gibbons performed with Hank Williams III on the song “Trashville” from his album Lovesick, Broke and Driftin’.
Billy Gibbons was a guest vocalist on Kid Rock‘s “Hillbilly Stomp” from the album, Kid Rock.
In 2008, Gibbons sang background vocals on Sammy Hagar‘s CD, Cosmic Universal Fashion, during the song “Switch on the Light”.
Gibbons collaborated with Ronnie Dunn, of Brooks & Dunn fame, for Dunn’s first solo work, playing guitar and singing along on the song, “Honky Tonk Stomp”.
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In 2009, Gibbons played guitar on “Broke Down on the Brazos”, the opening track of Gov’t Mule‘s album, By a Thread. Also, in 2009, he joined Jeff Beck onstage at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert with a version of Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady”.
On January 22, 2010, Gibbons joined Ben Harper, Jeff Beck, Conan O’Brien and others on the final episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien playing a Will Ferrell-led rendition of Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s “Free Bird”.
On December 15, 2012, Billy Gibbons made a guest appearance at Social Distortion‘s concert at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip.
In November 2021, Gibbons appeared alongside Dion DiMucci on “My Stomping Ground” which is featured in DiMucci’s “Stomping Ground” album.
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