Elwood Francis
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Elwood Francis is an American guitar tech and bassist. Francis was the longtime guitar technician for bassist Dusty Hill of ZZ Top, who chose Francis as his replacement while on his deathbed in 2021.
Francis with ZZ Top in 2025
Billy Gibbons
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William Frederick Gibbons is an American rock musician who is the guitarist, primary songwriter, lead vocalist and only constant member of ZZ Top. He began his career in Moving Sidewalks, who recorded
Elwood Francis
…with a 17-string bass guitar, an instrument he found "late at night while internet surfing on one of those Chinese websites". He sent the listing to Billy Gibbons and they ordered the bass from China. Francis has admitted that he hates playing the instrument as it is hard to play and he struggles finding the frets…
Gibbons performing in 2025
Gibbons at The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, 2013
Gibbons performing in San Antonio, Texas, in 2015
Gibbons c. 2016