Fans who saw ZZ Top during their recent tour stop in Huntsville, Ala. witnessed an unusual sight, as bassist Elwood Francis briefly performed using an oversized 17-string bass. The mammoth instrument ...

ZZ Top bass player Elwood Francis has moved past explaining why he whipped out a massive 17-string bass guitar onstage with the classic rock band. Now, he's frankly admitted which YouTuber inspired ...

ZZ Top's Elwood Francis took to social media over the weekend to discuss the headline-grabbing 17-string bass that he used during a recent show. He unveiled the oversized monstrosity during the Nov. 5 ...

The ZZ Top bass player broke one out at the band’s show in Huntsville, Alabama earlier this week on November 5. The musician played the odd-looking instrument when the famed rock band played their ...

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UPDATE (Nov. 16, 2022): ZZ Top's Elwood Francis has now explained why he used the 17-string bass and shared who inspired him to do so. ZZ Top were playing the Mark C. Smith Concert Hall at the Von ...

As American Songwriter reported, ZZ Top’s bassist Elwood Francis played an odd-looking 17-string bass at the band’s recent show on November 5 for the rock group’s 1983 song, “Got Me Under Pressure.” ...

Dusty Hill, the longtime bassist for Texas boogie-rockers supreme ZZ Top, died last year at age 72. But the band has carried on without him, with longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis taking over on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dusty Hill playing a Fender Precision bass guitar. A bass guitar owned and extensively used by late ZZ Top icon Dusty Hill has ...

DALLAS – Fans of ZZ Top or rock n' roll nostalgia are about to have a rare chance to own some of late ZZ-Top's Bassist Dusty Hill's personal collection items. Hill was born and raised in Dallas, and ...

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) — Organizers of the ZZ Top concert in Watertown provided an update regarding who will play bass next month. The DPAO announced on Wednesday that long-time friend of the ZZ Top ...