On this eerie day of rattling strings and dust-kissed memories, we at Grateful Web raise a jubilant howl to the man with the brim and the beard, Billy Gibbons, now 75 years deep into the cosmic groove. Oh, how the guitar shivers and wails beneath his knowing fingers, as if it’s whispering old blues secrets into a hot desert wind. He has long strolled through sonic territories where oil-slick riffs meet smoky barroom laments, a conjurer of tones that hang like ghosts in the rafters of roadhouse ceilings.

The boys are back with a vengeance! ZZ Top stormed into the Bank of America Performing Arts Center on October 29, 2024, bringing with them a fiery dose of red-hot blues-rock that left the audience electrified.

Rhino High Fidelity (Rhino Hi-Fi) returns with the latest addition to its acclaimed limited-edition, high-end vinyl reissues with the first-ever boxed set release. ZZ Top From The Top: 1971-1976 includes ZZ Top’s First Album (1971), Rio Grande Mud (1972), Tres Hombres (1973), Fandango! (1975), and Tejas (1976). This Hi-Fi release celebrates their musical excellence and includes detailed liner notes by James Austin in conversation with frontman Billy Gibbons.

In this its fifth incarnation, the BeachLife Festival, May 3 to 5, brought a splendid mingling of ocean vibes, colorful people and unique, multi-genre mélange of music to the Seaside Lagoon at Redondo Beach, Calif.

Today, the titans of American classic rock ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd have announced additional appearances of their joint co-headlining tour – The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour – adding two stops in Colorado on Friday, September 27 at Blue Arena in Loveland, CO (Lynyrd Skynyrd to close) and Saturday, September 28 at Sunset Amphitheater in Colorado Springs, CO (ZZ Top to close).  The tour kicked off last Friday, March 8 at Enmarket Arena in Savannah, GA and will continue with

On Thursday, January 11th, the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles was transformed into a treasure trove of rock and roll, pop culture, and American history. The occasion was a special one-day exhibition of the collection of Jim Irsay, owner of the N.F.L.'s Indianapolis Colts and a passionate collector of music memorabilia, American pop culture, and historical artifacts.

The Declaration of Independence. Rocky Balboa’s boxing boots. Instruments used by members of the Beatles. John F. Kennedy’s rocking chair. These are just a few of the items I saw last Thursday night at the Jim Irsay collection at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, has amassed an incredible assortment of relics that would make Indiana Jones blush.

As we celebrate the 74th birthday of William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons, the legendary guitarist and vocalist of ZZ Top, it's a perfect time to delve deeper into his extraordinary career and the band's influential discography. Billy Gibbons, a true icon in the world of rock and blues, has left an indelible mark on music with his distinctive playing style and charismatic stage presence.

Billy Gibbons: The Guitar Innovator

With so many high-profile tours and new releases competing for our attention in the early half of Summer 2023, it’s more than forgivable if you’ve let a few of them get by you. (We here at Grateful Web certainly feel the ‘crush of the new’, and we sense all too well the summer shooting by, bullet-wise. Y’know, sometimes, we just have to shoot backward to catch up!) However, one rock album that you shouldn’t let slip off your personal radar – especially if your head and heart favor a well-percolated mixture of Classic and progressive rock, blues, jazz and folk – is Peace.