Gillette once offered Billy Gibbons $1M to shave his beard – the ZZ Top guitarist’s reason for refusing makes lots of sense
Ever wondered what Billy Gibbons looks like under that mighty beard? Well, it seems he’s not so sure either. In fact, the entirety of ZZ Top were once offered pretty big bucks to shave their facial hair off on TV – an offer they refused.
Though Gibbons and Dusty Hill were the most bearded of the trio, Frank Beard (more so associated with a moustache, despite the apt surname) was seemingly included in the offer too. Gibbons claims they were offered a whopping one million dollars each.
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Gibbons was asked about the rumour on the Mohr Stories podcast, and said that it was Gillette who offered them the deal, though he claims the company deny ever doing so.
“It’s true. They deny it,” he states. “They wanted us to [for a Super Bowl commercial]. It was a million dollars per man. We called [publicist] Mr. Merlis and I said, ‘Bob, we got this offer.’
“I said, ‘We’ve been offered a million dollars each to shave on TV.’ He said, ‘Well, the money’s good.’ He said, ‘You might as well consider doing it, but I’m not so sure any of you guys know what’s under there.’ So, we passed. We passed and our fans loved it. Word got out,” he says with a smile.
Last year, Gibbons looked back on his first meeting with Dusty Hill, after he was recommended by Frank as a replacement for Billy Ethridge. Gibbons told Rock & Roll High School, “Frank said, ‘Hey, I want to introduce you to Dusty.’ He’s coming over at three this afternoon. Around four o’clock, then five o’clock, no Dusty. At 6pm, I said, ‘Well, where’s this guy Dusty?’ And, I guess around seven o’clock, there’s a knock on the door. I went and opened it, and this guy was standing there.
“He had a gallon jug of wine, and he stepped in and he said, ‘Hey, man, I wanted to let you know, I’m Dusty.’ And with that, he fell on the floor and passed out. This is going to be my guy! But the next day, we picked up, and we started saying, well, ‘Let’s jam a number or two.’ And we wound up three hours on a shuffling speed. And I said, ‘Man, this is going to work.’”
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