ZZ Top (English Wikipedia)

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Blackstock, Peter (May 15, 2019). "ZZ Top at 50: Billy Gibbons takes us back to the beginning". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved May 15, 2019.

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"Dusty Hill's Widow Thanks Fans for Their Support Following ZZ Top Bassist's Death". Blabbermouth.net. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021. Early Wednesday morning my world and yours would lose a great musician and I would lose my greatest love. He woke me up and we talked and as he was sweetly chatting with me he suddenly stopped and he was gone in an instant.

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O'Brien, Glenn (February 1986). "Life at the Top". Spin. Vol. 1, no. 10. p. 40. ISSN 0886-3032.

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Falcon, Gabriel (July 21, 2019). "ZZ Top: After 50 years they've still got legs". CBS News. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
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Dansby, Andrew (February 16, 2013). "Greig, early ZZ Top member, dies at 64". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

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Yonke, David (September 9, 2009). "ZZ Top: Rocking hard since '69". Toledo Blade. Retrieved December 18, 2010.

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"Events". Hardrock.com. June 23, 2008. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.

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Hlavaty, Craig (February 10, 2020). "ZZ Top played its first show together 50 years ago". houstonchronicle.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

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"VH1 to Premiere ZZ Top "Storytellers"" (Press release). AHN. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2010.

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"Elwood Francis on Instagram: "So I'm in Dusty's room on the 3rd floor of a hotel in Amsterdam. It's early summer, fantastic weather outside and the windows were open. Dust didn't smoke weed but on occasion in Amsterdam, he would partake. This was one of those occasions. It was only Dusty, the TM and myself armed with a single joint. We slowly puffed a drag or 2 each and we're probably talking about Andy Griffith or something similar... just casual conversation. I walked over to the window and while looking out noticed this metal bar embedded in the concrete as part of the window frame. It was extended outside the window just below the bottom of the frame. I pulled around on the bar and checked its stability, then sat back down. After I passed the joint to Dusty on the next round, I got up and jumped out the window. They can't see that I had grabbed the rail with my hand as I was passing over it and was just hanging there like I would on monkey bars. Dusty and Pablo freaked out and jumped up not knowing what the heck to do. They ran over to the window expecting to see me splattered on the sidewalk but found me hanging there laughing. They both just remained confused about what happened while I popped back inside. Dusty didn't smoke weed anymore after that. Nor did he let me around any open windows. One of me best pranks, it was."". Instagram. Retrieved January 16, 2023.

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"ZZ Top returning to Venetian in 2019". KTNV-TV. September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

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Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (July 28, 2021). "ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill dies at 72". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

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"ZZ Top Raw live album and new tour announced | Louder". Loudersound.com. March 8, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.

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Bosso, Joe (June 3, 2013). "Billy Gibbons talks ZZ Top: The Complete Studio Albums (1970-1990)". MusicRadar. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2020.

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Johnson, Kevin (August 7, 2021). "Dusty Hill's Bass and Vocals Will Be on Next ZZ Top Album". No Treble. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
Johnson, Kevin (November 6, 2023). "ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd Announce "Sharp Dressed Simple Man" 2024 Tour Dates". No Treble. Retrieved July 19, 2024.

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Cibula, Matt (January 4, 2004). "ZZ Top: Mescalero". PopMatters. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

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Pinfold, William (January 15, 2010). "Double Down Live 1980/2008 – ZZ Top". Record Collector. No. 372. Retrieved May 3, 2022.

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Katsilometes, John (April 20, 2020). "Billy Gibbons says ZZ Top 'cooking up' new album". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

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"Gold & Platinum – ZZ Top". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

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Fricke, David; Helton, Eric; Murphy, Matthew (November 29, 2011). "Billy Gibbons on the band's next album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
Greene, Andy (July 28, 2021). "ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dead at 72". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
Greene, Andy (July 25, 2019). "Flashback: ZZ Top Visit Hill Valley in 'Back to the Future Part III'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
Apple, Steve (September 13, 1973). "ZZ Top: Tres Hombres". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007.
Miller, Jim (July 3, 1975). "ZZ Top: Fandango!". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007.
Hunter, James (September 22, 2012). "La Futura". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 3, 2022.

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"Uncle Joe Benson – The Story: ZZ Top 9-11-15 The Stor". SoundCloud. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.

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"Member News Releases" (Press release). Texas House of Representatives. September 29, 2005. Archived from the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2010.

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Breihan, Tom (July 28, 2021). "ZZ Top's Dusty Hill Dead at 72". Stereogum. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

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Moreno, Ricky (October 22, 2020). "Live Rattlesnakes and Rock n' Roll: The Story of ZZ Top's "Worldwide Texas Tour"". stmuscholars.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

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Patoski, Joe Nick (December 1996). "Still ZZ After All These Years". Texas Monthly.

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Hann, Michael (July 29, 2021). "Dusty Hill's voice, tone and passion for the blues lifted ZZ Top into greatness". The Guardian. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

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"How ZZ Top's First Album Established an Unbeatable Blues-Rock Blueprint". Dig!. January 16, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2022.

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"ZZ Top Debuts New Song in Space". Ultimate Guitar. August 6, 2001. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

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Wilkening, Matthew (April 4, 2015). "Revisiting ZZ Top's Second Album, 'Rio Grande Mud'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
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Giles, Jeff (May 30, 2012). "ZZ Top's New Single Based on '90s Rap Song". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
Giles, Jeff (October 25, 2016). "ZZ Top Announce 2017 'Tonnage' Tour". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
Wilkening, Matthew (October 17, 2017). "ZZ Top Cancel Remaining 2017 Tour Dates". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
Kielty, Martin (June 21, 2020). "New ZZ Top Album Could Contain Song They Started 50 Years Ago". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
Wilkening, Matthew (July 28, 2021). "Dusty Hill Insisted ZZ Top Not Break Up Following His Death". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
Kaufman, Spencer (June 9, 2011). "ZZ Top Premiere New Song 'Flyin' High' on Russian Spacecraft". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
Kielty, Martin (February 26, 2020). "ZZ Top's Frank Beard Details '70s Heroin Addiction: 'A Regret'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
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"Uncle Joe Benson – The Story: ZZ Top 9-11-15 The Stor". SoundCloud. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
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""Eliminator" Reissue Coming March 25th!". ZZtop.com. January 14, 2008. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.
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