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ZZ Top: Just Got Paid

Long before the beards and Eliminator (the album or the car), ZZ Top was just a modestly hirsute, shit-kickin' band from Texas, grinding out dirrty gems like this one. The riff-tastic song goes into overdrive when Billy Gibbons digs into some of the baddest slide guitar ever played by a white guy. Even more impressive: Reverend Willie G uses a quarter instead of a pick, which is why he sings about having a "pocketful of change."

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Guitarist: Billy Gibbons
Album: Rio Grande Mud
Year: 1972
Length of solo: 1:46
Guitar used: Miss Pearly Gates, a 1959 Gibson Les Paul
Where recorded: Robin Hood Studios, Tyler, Texas
Alternate YouTube version: Live, 2003

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