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Although first published in 2005, Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead received an expanded re-release in 2020 for the 50th anniversary of ZZ Top. The book is packed full of custom guitars and hotrods that are now the stuff of legend.

As the title would lead you to believe, this is a book about all the cool stuff Billy Gibbons owns. Yes, that would be the same Billy Gibbons – sorry, Billy F Gibbons these days – from ZZ Top. Obviously, a working musician builds up a guitar collection whether they want to or not, but if you’re a guy like Gibbons, your guitars will be inspired by hotrods. Gibbons is a noted gearhead, being one of the first people to bring Boyd Coddington into a wider public view, who later was the star of American Hot Rod on TLC.
Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead could have been a self-serving ego trip, but it’s much better executed and with a lot more depth than that.

The Lotto Garage

Look at the situation this way: Say you get rich. And I mean real rich. Like, cashed in your Microsoft stock options, and now you’re worth tens-of-millions of dollars, rich. What would you do with all that money" Well, I know what I, and any other self-respecting gearhead would do: Buy cars! Lots of very cool cars. Carl Anthon...