Imagine stepping
out of an air-conditioned Kwik-E-Mart and into the hot summer sun, cold
soda in hand, when a long-and-low baby blue '62 Chevy Impala slowly
trolls into the parking lot. How about rolling to a stoplight in West
Hollywood and spying a bearded motorist with an 8-ball logo on the louvered
and striped hood
of his BMW? There's no mistaking the common thread in these remarkable
scenarios - Billy F Gibbons, be-shaded axe-man extraordinaire from ZZ
TOP and certified Texas Grade-A gearhead. As with many rockers, Gibbons'
jones for hot rods is the stuff of legend. But beyond this bonafide
bluesman's mastery of the six-string and unrepentant love for internal
combustion is a noted collector whose own designs have manifested themselves
in his cars and in hundreds of mind-bending custom guitars. In "Billy
F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead", Gibbons riffs on his Texas youth,
four-decade recording career, and life on the road, but also reveals
the history behind dozens of guitars, including the Famed Pearly Gates,
the red Gretsch given to him by Bo Diddley, and the Muddywood guitar
commissioned as a fundraiser for the Delta Blues Museum.;Also profiled
are 10 of Gibbons' outstanding rods and customs, including Kopperhed,
CadZZilla, and the Eliminator coupe. In addition to exclusive photography
by Bay Area shooter David Perry, this book is illustrated with dozens
of images from Gibbons' personal archive.
Hardbound, 10 x 12", 192 pages
Photos by David Perry
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