In 1969 ZZ Top formed in Houston, Texas with Billy Gibbons, bassist Lanier Greig, and drummer Dan Mitchell. Gibbons initially called the band ZZ King after B.B. King and Z.Z. Hill before switching to ZZ Top. Frank “Rube” Beard would later take Mitchell’s place, while Greig was replaced by Beard’s former American Blues bandmate Dusty […]
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