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The name of the band was Gibbons' idea. The band had a little apartment covered with concert posters and he noticed that many performers' names used initials. Gibbons particularly noticed B.B. King and Z. Z. Hill and thought of combining the two into "ZZ King", but considered it too similar to the original name. He then figured that "king is going at the top" which brought him to "ZZ Top".

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Posted: 07/28/2021 at 4:35PM

Just a few weeks ago we had a ZZ Top thread...sad news, Dusty gone (link) -- Tuckahokie 07/28/2021 3:42PM

Well shit! -- Hoodeac 07/28/2021 4:54PM

Yep. I started listening to old ZZ Top about -- BocaHoo91 07/28/2021 6:30PM

Try Gibbons Big Bad Blues album (2018). It is excellent. -- Lazarus 07/29/2021 05:38AM

Them and Stevie. ** -- SixerHoo 07/28/2021 5:02PM

I was fortunate enough to see SRV twice -- Hoodeac 07/28/2021 10:18PM

Brutal loss. ** -- HoosQ 07/28/2021 4:28PM

Sad. La Grange is one of my favorite rock tunes. -- TomGlansAski 07/28/2021 4:01PM

My fav of theirs as well. The guitar work is great! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/28/2021 5:44PM

Gibbons is incredible ** -- HokieDan95 07/28/2021 7:30PM

I had to play "Just got Paid" when I saw the news...what a riff ** -- Tuckahokie 07/28/2021 4:04PM

I loved how the band could never quite agree on how they got their name. -- Lazarus 07/28/2021 4:20PM

According to the repository of all human knowledge, Wikipedia… -- SixerHoo 07/28/2021 4:35PM

Hope he wasn’t taking care of that hip issue a la Tom Petty… ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/28/2021 3:58PM

Or Prince. ** -- Plano Hoo 07/28/2021 4:01PM

RIP Bottom of the ‘Top ** -- SixerHoo 07/28/2021 3:49PM

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