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Book Tells ZZ Top Frontman Billy F Gibbons' Life Story
Billy F Gibbons' hot rods and custom
car fixation is the stuff of rock 'n' roll legend. Beyond this
bona fide bluesman's mastery of the six-string and his unrepentant
love for internal combustion one discovers a noted collector
whose own designs have manifested both in his cars and in hundreds
of mind-bending custom guitars.
In Billy F Gibbons: Rock and Roll Gearhead, ZZ Top's iconic ax
man riffs on his teenage garage-band years, his four-decade recording
career, his experiences with icons like Jimi Hendrix and Chuck
Berry and life on the road. He reveals the tales behind dozens
of guitars from his collection of more than 600. These include
the famous "Furry One," the "Muddywood,"
constructed from a timber fallen from Muddy Waters' childhood
home and commissioned as a fundraiser for the Delta Blues Museum,
and, of course, the creme de la creme, "Pearly Gates,"
his cherished musical companion.
Gibbons also gives the lowdown on 10 of his outstanding rods
and customs, including Kopperhed, CadZZilla and the famous red
Eliminator Coupe. In addition to exclusive photography by Bay-Area
shooter David Perry, the book features dozens of images from
Gibbons' personal archive.
Billy F Gibbons: Rock and Roll Gearhead by Billy F Gibbons with
Tom Vickers, photography by David Perry
Jacketed hardcover / 10 1/2 x 12 / 192 pages / 175 color, 25
black-and-white photos
ISBN 0-7603-2269-4 / $29.95 / $396.95 (CAN) / pounds Sterling
18.99 (UK)
Available October 2005 in bookstores everywhere or through www.motorbooks.com.
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