Birth of William Frederick Gibbons

Billy Gibbons as William Frederick Gibbons is a US-guitarist's American blues and singer who was known mainly by the band ZZ Top. Billy Gibbons grew up in an affluent household in which both classical and country music was heard. About an appearance by Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show, he discovered the rock 'n' roll for themselves. This preference was reinforced by other rock 'n' roll musicians like Little Richard, but also by the blues singer Jimmy Reed.

In the second trimester of 1960, he joined in as guitarist for the rock band "The coachmen, were inspired by bands like Jefferson Airplane and The 13th Floor Elevators, but also of Jimi Hendrix. From "The CoachMe" was the band Moving Sidewalks. Moving Sidewalks was a psychedelic and rock band Blue, which appeared as a support act when Hendrix first American tour. Hendrix was one of the first promoters of Gibbons for the U.S. coastal areas.

Together with American blues musicians Frank Beard (drums), and Dusty Hill (bass, second singer) Gibbons founded in late 1969, the band ZZ Top as a style of music it was decided to blues rock, Texas blues and southern rock. As a manager, Bill Ham, worked from 1969 until September 2006 for the band.

Gibbons is in demand as a guest musician on recordings. So he played with BB King on his 1974 album "Friends". In 2002 the album "Lovesick appeared, Broke and Driftin '" by Hank Williams III, with whom he also played guitar. In 2005 he participated in Vivian Campbell album "Two Sides of If". Also in 2005, he played the song "Burn the Witch" one for the album "Lullabies to Paralyze" by Queens Of The Stone Age. In the same year he played on the album "All the Right Reasons" by Nickelback. Together with Revolting Cocks, he took their 2006 album "Cocked and Loaded on". Other musicians who worked with Gibbons, were Les Paul, Kid Rock, John Mayall, Gov't Mule, Luis Fonsi, The Raconteurs, Lou Reed, and Ronnie Dunn.

In addition to his purely musical career since the early 1980s, Gibbons is connected to the film scene. From 1982 to 2007 he steered (and ZZ Top) some songs for soundtracks, such as to An Officer and a Gentleman, The Winner - American Flyers, Knight Rider, Stephen King's The Stand - The Last Battle, Shanghai Noon, The Sopranos and Ghost Rider.