Early ZZ Top

[Asterix]

On a recommendation I;ve started listening to early ZZ Top stuff - Absolutely awesome!

Brown Sugar from the first album is kick ass rock'n'roll as is most of it!

[gbbird]

Tres Hombres is a classic album

[anonymous-user]

gbbird said:

Tres Hombres is a classic album

Too right, I saw them when they first toured the UK, 1976 I think, great live band.

[ratbane]

So many people only know of them from the Eliminator/Afterburner era.

Albums like Tejas, Rio Grande Mud and Tres Hombres are incredible.

Billy Gibbons is purported to have been Jimi Hendrix favourite geetarist back in the day.

[birdcage]

Not much to add on the music but didn't they all drive Ferrari's? Testarossa's and the like?

[S7Paul]

They're all car nuts. I remember seeing them at Donington in 1985, where the "Eliminator" car was flown across the site suspended from a helicopter just before they came on. Got my ticket for Wembley Arena on 28th Oct.

[Alfanatic]

I think their later stuff can be pretty good too.

Rough Boy from Afterburner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1qkUZZ1aho

[Kinky]

All their pre-Eliminator stuff rocks

Remember seeing them on OGWT must have been late 70's; and that was me sold on them

[Famous Graham]

S7Paul said:

They're all car nuts. I remember seeing them at Donington in 1985, where the "Eliminator" car was flown across the site suspended from a helicopter just before they came on. Got my ticket for Wembley Arena on 28th Oct.

Have you (or anyone else) got any UK tour dates? Their site only goes to late Sept.

I'd happily go down to London but if they're playing Scotland...

[suthol]

birdcage said:

Not much to add on the music but didn't they all drive Ferrari's? Testarossa's and the like?

All car nuts, but the badly named one Frank Beard was the Fezza man

[khevolution]

must say i have only got some of there stuff post eliminator, but just been looking about the stuff before that is just as good if not better, any suggestions on what album i should get

[S7Paul]

Famous Graham said:

S7Paul said:

They're all car nuts. I remember seeing them at Donington in 1985, where the "Eliminator" car was flown across the site suspended from a helicopter just before they came on. Got my ticket for Wembley Arena on 28th Oct.

Have you (or anyone else) got any UK tour dates? Their site only goes to late Sept.

I'd happily go down to London but if they're playing Scotland...

They're only doing 2 UK dates:-

27th Oct Wolverhampton Civic Hall (yes, really)
28th Oct Wembley Arena

I'm not sure if they're sold out. You'd need to have a look on Ticketmaster.

[B Oeuf]

Kinky said:

All their pre-Eliminator stuff rocks

Remember seeing them on OGWT must have been late 70's; and that was me sold on them

first heard them playing Lookin for some Tush on John Peels radio show back in the 70's and love em to bits, late stuff is way too smooth for me

[Furyous]

khevolution said:

must say i have only got some of there stuff post eliminator, but just been looking about the stuff before that is just as good if not better, any suggestions on what album i should get

One foot in the blues is a comp of all early stuff - goo taster album.

[anonymous-user]

Furyous said:

khevolution said:

must say i have only got some of there stuff post eliminator, but just been looking about the stuff before that is just as good if not better, any suggestions on what album i should get

One foot in the blues is a comp of all early stuff - goo taster album.

I love listening to Tres Hombres, the first 2 tracks are just superb heavy blues, Waiting for the bus/ Jesus just left Chicago. Turned up to 11 obviously.

[CobolMan]

Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers - could be the official PH theme.

[unrepentant]

suthol said:

birdcage said:

Not much to add on the music but didn't they all drive Ferrari's? Testarossa's and the like?

All car nuts, but the badly named one Frank Beard was the Fezza man

Always a good pub quiz question - what was the name of the only member of ZZ Top not to have a beard.......

[kiteless]

And Billy G has one of the most sensational custom cars ever created (courtesy of the late, great Boyd Coddington):

[gbbird]

khevolution said:

must say i have only got some of there stuff post eliminator, but just been looking about the stuff before that is just as good if not better, any suggestions on what album i should get

I would suggest Tres Hombres as a good indication of what they were about in their earlier and better days.

[Furyous]

gbbird said:

khevolution said:

must say i have only got some of there stuff post eliminator, but just been looking about the stuff before that is just as good if not better, any suggestions on what album i should get

I would suggest Tres Hombres as a good indication of what they were about in their earlier and better days.

Yep, that and Deguello.