Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State's borders. Today, we look at ZZ Top's 1973 ...

Still, there's no reason to settle for the Top 40 when you can hit the Top 10. So they enthusiastically embraced experimentation on their eighth album in a way that led to the biggest hit of ZZ Top's ...

ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, left, and guitarist Billy Gibbons perform at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in 2015. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Dusty Hill, the bass player who anchored ...

After more than a half-century, ZZ Top’s lineup was intact. From 1970 until 2021, it was vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard as ZZ Top. But Hill passed away ...