Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top is in the news on several fronts: he has announced a collaboration with another artist, reflected on his first meeting with Prince and on his teenage band opening for Jimi Hendrix, and appears alongside Brian May on a posthumous Steve Cropper single. Gibson has also announced a Billy Gibbons 'Pearly Gates' experience at its Nashville garage, and Gibbons has said ZZ Top will continue after the death of Frank Beard.