Special

Here are a few ZZ items that are really special to me.

Dusty Hill Multi-Album Finnish Award

A Finnish gold record award presented to Dusty Hill in recognition of sales over 50,000 units each of ZZ Top's Eliminator, Afterburner and Recycler albums.

They get these when they were performing in Oulunkylä, Helsinki, during their Recycler Tour Finland in 1991.

I got this when Dusty's amazing collection was auctioned.

I had to put on "all the cards on the table" to get this, but I am truly grateful and lucky that I got this.

Below is a video from the award ceremony.

Metal picture painting with Billy's signature

I got this "metal" painting as a birthday gift from my sister a few years ago. Billy was on a solo tour in Finland in the summer of 2023. Before Helsinki show I was wondering would I to take that large item with me and drag it around Helsinki. =) Well, why not!

I'm glad that I took it with me. A big thanks to Billy for taking the time to sign it. Now it is complete and perfect! Thank You!

Gretsch Billy-Bo

I bought this Gretsch used on eBay with my first summer job earnings about around 2007. In 2009, during my first ZZ gig in Karlstad, Sweden, Billy signed it. I was there with my friend Jankku Blomgren-Vuong and we saw Pablo. Pablo took the guitar and he returned it signed. =)

After that, I played with it alot, but the signature started to wear off. Nowadays, it's framed on the wall of a finnish bar. The pictures that are below are old.