The BFG shows also feature a more organic sound, particularly comparing Layton's stripped-down, club-friendly kit to the one ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard uses to replicate the band's digitized post- ...

The band has released 15 studio albums, four live albums and six compilations albums. Combined, they have sold over 50 ...

A chance to see a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer up close and personal packed the house Tuesday night at Jergel’s Rhythm Grille ...

Today, we look at ZZ Top's 1973 album, 'Tres Hombres.' There are generations of music listeners who know ZZ Top as those funny guys with beards and fuzzy guitars who sing about long legs and sharp ...

Welcome to the world of the BFGs. Gibbons introduced the outfit to Lexington audiences in 2016. But this week, a trio-sized rewiring of the troupe sporting a pair of equally wily Texas all-stars is ...

Billy F. Gibbons is, and will always be, the frontman for ZZ Top. But a decade ago he started his own side group, the BFG's ...

Elsewhere, the fluent ease with which Waitin’ For The Bus ceded ground to Jesus Just Left Chicago (both from their 1973 album ...

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With trash can drums and mop handle guitars, the Hoover brothers – Mitchell, Winifred and Bruce – helped me form a ZZ Top cover band ... chart-busting Eliminator album a couple years earlier.