Hairy Godfather of Rock: Billy Gibbons looks sultably goofy in sunglasses, black suit, white guitar, pink baseball cap and two-foot-long beard, at Maple Leaf Gardens

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Hairy Godfather of Rock: Billy Gibbons looks sultably goofy in sunglasses, black suit, white guitar, pink baseball cap and two-foot-long beard, at Maple Leaf Gardens

Date10/11/1990

Names

Gower, Patti (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Hairy Godfather of Rock: Billy Gibbons looks sultably goofy in sunglasses; black suit; white guitar; pink baseball cap and two-foot-long beard; at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Subject

Entertainment

Men

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0100600F

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