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Billy Gibbons

Nestled beneath a pair of black shades and long beard, ZZ Top front man Billy Gibbons has been chugging out blues-rock boogies since the early 1970s, but made a surprise change of direction into the world of afro-Cuban jazz when he turned solo in 2015. He was born December 16, 1949 in Houston, Texas to a father who was a concert pianist and conductor for MGM film studios. Gibbons started out playing drums before getting his defining musical education when his housekeeper began taking him to R&B clubs to see the likes of T-Bone Walker, Ray Charles, and Albert Collins. Like many of...