Jimmie Tramel

Tulsa World Scene Reporter

Christopher McKittrick, who recently crafted a biography of Oklahoma actress Vera Miles , also is the author of “Gimme All Your Lovin’: The Blues, Boogie and Beard of ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons.”

ZZ Top is returning to Tulsa for a Friday, Sept. 5 performance at River Spirit Casino’s concert venue, The Cove.

McKittrick provided responses to five ZZ Top questions in advance of the River Spirit show.

Who is in ZZ Top

these days? ZZ Top was famous for having one of the most stable band lineups in rock ’n’ roll. The trio of guitarist Billy F. Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard played together continuously from 1970 until Hill died in 2021. Longtime band associate Elwood Francis, who also sports a long beard, has taken Hill’s plac

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