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GOLDMINE MAGAZINE: ZZ TOP COVER EDITION – FALL 2023
"Dusty [Hill] had said, ‘Listen, although I’m feeling out of sorts, if I’m gonna be a little late getting back to the bandstand, hand my guitar to Elwood [Francis]. He knows what to do.’" — ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons
It took ZZ TOP’s guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard a few years to absorb the loss of bassist Dusty Hill. But band tech Elwood Francis came to the rescue by filling Dusty’s giant shoes and it now seems that the band is set to never let up on the gas. Read an interview with ZZ Top leader Gibbons about the new groove.
Also in this issue:
FEATURES / INTERVIEWS
• EAGLES' MOST VALUABLE AND DISTINCTIVE VINYL; PLUS, AS AN IN MEMORIAM, A FULL ARCHIVAL INTERVIEW WITH THE LATE RANDY MEISNER
• A BILLY GIBBONS-LED ZZ TOP NEVER LETS UP ON THE GAS
• LYNYRD SKYNYRD CELEBRATE THEIR HARD-EARNED LEGACY
• THE GUESS WHO KEEP THE SPIRIT OF CLASSIC ROCK ALIVE
• SHEL TALMY: AN AMERICAN RECORD PRODUCER WHO PUT HIS STAMP ON BRITISH ROCK
ALSO:
• NORTHERN SOUL IS A STRONG GENRE FOR RECORD COLLECTORS
• MOBY GRAPE’S PETER LEWIS PICKS THE 10 ALBUMS THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE
• BOOK EXCERPT: The Who & QUADROPHENIA
• SPIN CYCLE: THE BEST OF THE LAST YEAR (SO FAR)
& More!