Billy Gibbons at the Grand Ol' Opry

We’re Back, Nashville! Eric Church, Larkin Poe + More Tribute ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons at the Grand Ole Opry

Welcome at the Grand Ole Opry House, as signs outside the historic Nashville venue inform concertgoers) during Sunday night's (May 16) tribute to ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, those words from the show's bandleader and musical director Martin Guigui rang true. Seeing live music in person with other fans on the same weekend COVID-19-imposed mask mandates, capacity limits and other restrictions lifted in Nashville made for an emotional moment.

It was all the moreso because the two-hour event featured not only Gibbons and Guigui's ace band, but also a parade of stars from Eric Church and Lucinda Williams to Larkin Poe and Tim Montana. Everyone was there to honor Gibbons, guitarist and primary vocalist for ZZ Top, the Houston, Texas-bred blues-rockers known for hits including "Sharp Dressed Man," "Legs" and more.