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Gillette as soon as provided Billy Gibbons $1M to shave his beard – the ZZ High guitarist’s motive for refusing makes a lot of sense Guitar Contact

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Ever puzzled what Billy Gibbons seems like below that mighty beard? Properly, it appears he’s not so certain both. The truth is, everything of ZZ High have been as soon as provided fairly large bucks to shave their facial hair off on TV – a proposal they refused.

Although Gibbons and Dusty Hill have been essentially the most bearded of the trio, Frank Beard (extra so related to a moustache, regardless of the apt surname) was seemingly included within the provide too. Gibbons claims they have been provided a whopping a million {dollars} every.

Gibbons was requested in regards to the hearsay on the Mohr Tales podcast, and stated that it was Gillette who provided them the deal, although he claims the corporate deny ever doing so.

“It’s true. They deny it,” he states. “They needed us to [for a Super Bowl commercial]. It was 1,000,000 {dollars} per man. We known as [publicist] Mr. Merlis and I stated, ‘Bob, we bought this provide.’

“I stated, ‘We’ve been provided 1,000,000 {dollars} every to shave on TV.’ He stated, ‘Properly, the cash’s good.’ He stated, ‘You may as properly take into account doing it, however I’m not so certain any of you guys know what’s below there.’ So, we handed. We handed and our followers beloved it. Phrase bought out,” he says with a smile.

Final yr, Gibbons appeared again on his first assembly with Dusty Hill, after he was beneficial by Frank as a alternative for Billy Ethridge. Gibbons instructed Rock & Roll Excessive College, “Frank stated, ‘Hey, I wish to introduce you to Dusty.’ He’s coming over at three this afternoon. Round 4 o’clock, then 5 o’clock, no Dusty. At 6pm, I stated, ‘Properly, the place’s this man Dusty?’ And, I assume round seven o’clock, there’s a knock on the door. I went and opened it, and this man was standing there.

“He had a gallon jug of wine, and he stepped in and he stated, ‘Hey, man, I needed to let you recognize, I’m Dusty.’ And with that, he fell on the ground and handed out. That is going to be my man! However the subsequent day, we picked up, and we began saying, properly, ‘Let’s jam a quantity or two.’ And we wound up three hours on a shuffling pace. And I stated, ‘Man, that is going to work.’




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