Born on this day in 1950 – Billy Gibbons, American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. Before forming ZZ Top, he played with Moving Sidewalks, who opened for Jimi Hendrix on his first US tour. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top’s first album in 1971. He was ranked at number 32 on the 2011 Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Gibbons had a recurring role on the Fox network TV series Bones, appearing in seven episodes over nine years. He plays a fictionalized version of himself, as the father of Michaela Conlin’s character, Angela Pearly Gates Montenegro. He is never referred to by name on the show, though; every mention is limited to “Angela’s father.”
Gibbons voiced a character in episode 60 of Metalocalypse.
Gibbons also voiced a fictionalized version of himself in Fox’s animated show King of the Hill which is set in the fictional town of Arlen, Texas. ZZ Top’s appearance on the show was due to Dusty Hill being given the role as the cousin of the show’s main character Hank Hill. Frank Beard also voiced himself for the band’s appearances on the show.
Gibbons appeared as a dining room guest in the season-13 episode of Hell’s Kitchen. Narrator on the TV series Hand Built Hot Rods on the Motor Trend network.
In 2011, Gibbons joined with Texas-based Mojo Products, LLC, to launch a line of hot sauces, barbecue sauces, and other products with his own personal branding, “BFG Brand”. The sauces were sold as BFG No. 44 via his personal website.
In late 2012, Gibbons was featured in a series of television commercials for Fiesta Mart, a Texas supermarket chain. Some of the BFG Brand sauces were seen in these commercials.
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