ZZ TopDusty Hill and Billy GibbonsZZ Top is a rock band, most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, from Houston, Texas. The band members are Billy Gibbons (vocals and guitar, of Moving Sidewalks), Dusty Hill (bass, of The American Blues) and Frank Beard (drums, of The Cellar Dwellers, The Hustlers, and The American Blues). As well as a distinctive guitar sound and hard-driving, innuendo-laced lyrics (many of which are about places and events in their home state of Texas), the band is probably best known for its distinctive look. Gibbons and Hill are always pictured wearing sunglasses, trenchcoats and their trademark waist-length beards. (Frank Beard, interestingly, does not wear a beard.) In 1984, the Gillette company offered Gibbons and Hill $1 million apiece to shave their beards for a commercial, but they declined. The band first gained wide attention with their "Tres Hombres" album, which contained the classic song "La Grange", referencing the same bordello that is the subject of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." They reached new heights of popularity with the 1983 album Eliminator, boosted to prominence by music videos for the tracks "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Legs" and "Sharp Dressed Man" each of which featured a small bright red coupe called The Eliminator (http://www.lowpft.com/FIVE.GIF) and a mysterious trio of beautiful women who travel around helping various people in the videos. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted ZZ Top in on March 15, 2004. Discography
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winning numbers were 22, 28, 32, 33, and 39. The band first gained wide attention with their "Tres Hombres" album, which contained the classic song "La Grange", referencing the same bordello that is the subject of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." They reached new heights of popularity with the 1983 album Eliminator, boosted to prominence by music videos for the tracks "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Legs" and "Sharp Dressed Man" each of which featured a small bright red coupe called The Eliminator (http://www.lowpft.com/FIVE.GIF) and a mysterious trio of beautiful women who travel around helping various people in the videos. Powerball officials initially suspected fraud, but it turned out that all the winners received their numbers from fortune cookies made by the Wonton Food Inc. (Frank Beard, interestingly, does not wear a beard.) In 1984, the Gillette company offered Gibbons and Hill $1 million apiece to shave their beards for a commercial, but they declined. 89 tickets won $100,000, but 21 additional tickets won $500,000 due to the Power Play multiplier option. Gibbons and Hill are always pictured wearing sunglasses, trenchcoats and their trademark waist-length beards. The total came out to $19.4 million in unexpected payouts. As well as a distinctive guitar sound and hard-driving, innuendo-laced lyrics (many of which are about places and events in their home state of Texas), the band is probably best known for its distinctive look. The drawing of the March 30, 2005 game produced an unprecedented 110 second-place winners, all of whom picked five numbers correctly with no powerball. The band members are Billy Gibbons (vocals and guitar, of Moving Sidewalks), Dusty Hill (bass, of The American Blues) and Frank Beard (drums, of The Cellar Dwellers, The Hustlers, and The American Blues). Perhaps most tragically of all, his 17 year old granddaughter died of a drug overdose. ZZ Top is a rock band, most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, from Houston, Texas. Since his Powerball windfall, he has been arrested for drunk driving and assault, been accused of groping women at a racetrack, had more that US$600,000 in cash stolen from his vehicles, and been the target of an alleged plot to drug and rob him as he was drinking at a West Virginia strip club. In a national phone-in poll conducted during the broadcast, the band won by a significant margin. But with his fortune has come well publicized troubles. In a 1984 episode of Saturday Night Live, Father Guido Sarducci "nominated" ZZ Top for the Democratic presidential primary. The annuity value of the jackpot was US$314.9 million, but he chose the lump sum option of US$170 million, which was reduced to US$113 million after taxes. ZZ Top is a sponsor of the Delta Blues Museum. Wealthy West Virginia contractor Andrew "Jack" Whittaker claimed the largest jackpot to date on December 26, 2002. The band appeared in the film Back to the Future Part III. Main article: Jack Whittaker. This brothel is also the subject of the film The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds. The lump sum payment is typically approximately half the annuity value. The real name of the brothel is "Gracie's Chicken Farm". The minimum jackpot prize is a US$10 million annuity disbursed in 30 payments over 29 years. "La Grange" is a song about a brothel. Jackpot winners have the option of receiving an annuity prize or a single lump sum cash payment. He fully recovered. Overall odds of winning a prize are 1:36. In December 1984, Dusty Hill accidentally set off a derringer he kept in his boot and shot himself in the stomach. This multiplier is also chosen randomly. In 2002, he made that title official and was ordained so he could perform a Dallas wedding. The player also has the option to choose a multiplier between 2 and 5 called Power Play by betting an additional dollar. Billy Gibbons has often been referred to as The Reverend Willy G. The player wins according to the following:. Sorry, no release date yet.). To play the game, a player pays one dollar and picks five distinct numbers from 1 to 53 and one number from 1 to 42, (the Powerball number). Publisher: Backbeat Books. Drawings are occasionally scheduled at remote locations; when this occurs, the time may be adjusted, but the day remains the same. "ZZ Top: Fearless Boogie - The Full 30-Year Story of the Great Texas Trio" (Author: Hugh Gregory. Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at the MUSL's headquarters in Urbandale, Iowa, normally at 10:59 pm Eastern Time. "The Best of Zz Top: A Step-By-Step Breakdown of the Guitar Styles and Techniques of Billy Gibbons" (September 1, 2003). Although the MUSL has 30 members, only 26 actually participate in Powerball (24 states, DC, and the Virgin Islands). "The Very Best of ZZ Top" (April 1, 2003). Virgin Islands. "Essential ZZ Top" (April 2003). Powerball is an American lottery operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), a consortium of lottery commissions in 28 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. "ZZ Top - Guitar Anthology" (February 1, 2003). Press release detailing March 30, 2005 payout (http://www.powerball.com/content/pressreleases/show_release.asp?release_id=2113). "ZZ Top / XXX (Authentic Guitar-Tab)" (March 1, 2000). [1] (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/11/nyregion/11fortune.html?ex=1270785600&en=37bef79604f97228&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland). "The New Best of Zz Top for Guitar (Easy Tab Deluxe)" (July 1, 1999). The New York Times. "ZZ Top Greatest Hits" (July 1, 1999). "Who Needs Giacomo? Bet on the Fortune Cookie". "ZZ Top: Elimination" (June 1, 1998). Lee (May 11, 2005). "Sharp-Dressed Men: Zz Top Behind the Scenes from Blues to Boogie to Beards" (May 1, 1994). Jennifer 8. "Elimination: The ZZ Top Story" (December 1, 1991). The Washington Post Magazine, page 14. "ZZ Top" by Robert Draper (July 1, 1989). "Rich Man, Poor Man". "ZZ Top" by Philip Kamin (March 3, 1986). April Witt (January 30, 2005). "ZZ Top" by Mitchell Craven (July 1, 1985). "ZZ Top: Bad and Worldwide" (1985). 9, 2004) - ZZ Top plays on this DVD. "Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival" (Nov. "ZZ Top's Greatest's Hits" (2004). "TV Dinners". "Burger Man". "Rough Boy". "Viva Las Vegas". "Sleeping Bag". "Legs" (1984). "Sharp Dressed Man" (1983). "Gimme All Your Lovin'" (1983). also, the songs listed under "Music Videos" below. "Velcro Fly". "Tush". "Nationwide". "La Grange". "Cheap Sunglasses". Rancho Texicano (2004). Chrome, Smoke & BBQ (2003). Mescalero (2003). XXX (1999). Rhythmeen (1996). One Foot in the Blues (1994). Antenna (1994). ZZ Top's Greatest Hits (1992). Recycler (1990). Afterburner (1985). Eliminator (1983). El Loco (1981). Degüello (1979). The Best of ZZ Top (1977). Tejas (1976). Fandango! (1975). Tres Hombres (1973). Rio Grande Mud (1972). ZZ Top's First Album (1970). |