1960s High School Yearbook w senior BILLY GIBBONS ~ ZZ TOP ~ singing 99th FL !!

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1960's High School annual
with great photographs and text showing the students and faculty, activities and sports, candids and graphics, pictures of school and surrounding, and local advertisement. And including the graduating senior and future guitarist, singer, and songwriter for ZZ Top, who appears in class and in performance of his hit song "99th Floor," which he recorded with his first band Moving Sidewalks who were popular with the Texas rock and roll teen scene. Moving Sidewalks recorded their first album
Flash
in 1969 and they opened for a notable acts including Jimi Hendrix. You can get a listen to "99th Floor" online. Top condition yearbook with great pictures and period design.
ZZ Top
has, since 1970, consisted of vocalist/guitarist Billy Gibbons
(the band's leader, main lyricist and musical arranger), bassist/vocalist Dusty Hill
, and drummer
Frank Beard
. As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers, and
Gibbons is one of America's blues rock guitarist greats
.
The band released its first album
in 1971, beginning as blues-inspired rock trio, then incorporating
new wave, punk, and dance-rock into their repertoire.
Their songs have a reputation for containing humorous lyrics laced with
double entendres
and
innuendos
.
The band's top-selling album is their 1983 release
Eliminator
, which sold more than 10 million copies in the United States, followed by
Afterburner
,
Recycler,
and
Antenna
. Top is among the top-100-selling artists in the U.S., including
11 gold, seven platinum and three multi-platinum albums. They were
inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 2004. Besides Top, Gibbons has played with other guitar greats like B.B. King, Johnny Winters, Jeff Beck, and others. He has also guested on work by Nickleback, Kid Rock, Queens of the Stone Age, 13th Story Elevators Roky Erickson, and others.
Excellent condition
hardback
with tight binding and text and clean pages; with no must or mildew, with very mild wear. Clean and Solid.
Great rarity giving a great look at the early life and times of one of the Rock and Roll originals.
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