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        ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons: The Big 5
    
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By Premier GuitarJun 11, 2021
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The ZZ Top legend on what makes his "Pearly Gates" Les Paul so special, why he recently had his hands x-rayed, and the "slithering" slide guitarist whose work still inspires him.
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