Gazette Time Machine: ZZ Top in Montreal

ZZ Top has been performing in Montreal almost since the southern blues-rock trio was formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. The band is back on Friday, Aug. 17, headlining Laval’s Place Bell. We scoured our archives for some of our favourite articles about Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. Here are some excerpts in a new occasional feature we’re calling Gazette Time Machine.
Industrial-strength rock ‘n’ roll
Saturday, Dec. 7, 1985
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