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The Buddy Holly Connection Behind ZZ Top’s First Hit

In a chat with Dan Rather, Billy Gibbons reveals how Buddy Holly's 'Peggy Sue Got Married' inspired ZZ Top's 'La Grange,' connecting Lubbock's musical roots with pride.
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Remembering the night tres hombres by the name of John Mayer, Slash and Billy Gibbons gave ZZ Top’s La Grange a triple-guitar glow-up

ZZ Top’s 2009 show at the House of Blues in West Hollywood was already blazing hot by the time the encore rolled around. They opened with Got Me Under Pressure. Waitin’ for the Bus, Jesus Just Left ...
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Watch Alvvays Cover “La Grange” In Costume As ZZ Top

Alvvays are currently on tour in support of their excellent new album Blue Rev, and on Saturday night they stopped in Los Angeles for a show at the Wiltern Theatre. They got in the Halloween spirit by ...
Rolling Stone

Keith Urban Plays Some Wicked Guitar on ZZ Top’s ‘Rough Boy’

ZZ Top were never really a ballad band. Think “La Grange,” “Tush,” and “Legs.” But for 1986’s Afterburner they tried their hand at a power ballad with “Rough Boy” — this was the Eighties after all.