Looking Back With Billy Gibbons
Alan Paul, Guitar School, March 1995
FORMED IN 1969, ZZ Top rode lascivious, raucous tunes like Tush and La Grange to stardom in the early and mid-Seventies, culminating in 1976 with the "Worldwide Texas Tour," featuring 75 tons of gear, a Texas-shaped stage and live animals, including buffaloes and buzzards.
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