Yesterday’s Band Name Origins repeated The Yardbirds item for ZZ
Top. I don’t know how that happened but
I know that you are all breathlessly waiting to hear how ZZ Top came to be
named. Here is the answer:
ZZ Top
Billy Gibbons (guitar and vocals) had suggested
"ZZ King" as a potential name for the band after looking at posters
of bluesmen Z Z Hill and B B King on his apartment wall.
According to Gibbons' autobiography Rock + Roll Gearhead, he
settled on "ZZ Top" because B.B. King was "on the top". There is also a rumour that they got their
name by combining Zig Zag and Top, two well known brands of
"cigarette" rolling papers.
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