Upon forming in Houston in 1969, ZZ Top were among a wave of Southern rock bands outfitting bluesy, British Invasion-schooled riffs with countrified fingerpicking and desert-baked grooves. The strangest thing about ZZ Top is that they can lay claim to being both the dirtiest no-nonsense blues-rock band of the ‘70s and the glitziest camera-ready electro-boogie group of the ‘80s. ZZ Top play Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, NC tonight before touring for full details and tickets, head here.The only member of ZZ Top without a beard is drummer Frank Beard, but that’s just the second-strangest thing about this Texan trio.
Live! Greatest Hits From Around The World is out now on Suretone. You could add that to my list of favourite ZZ Top interpretations."
And he was doing the most… intriguing version of 'Sharp Dressed Man'. "He was at the Sonic Ranch studio in El Paso, Texas.
"I recorded a slide solo with Al," he says. He even recently crossed paths with old friend Al Jourgensen, of industrial metal forefathers Ministry. Yet he remains on a quest as both a musician and listener, collaborating with everyone from Queens Of The Stone Age to Jeff Beck, who appears on Greatest Hits Live with a cover of the old American working-man's classic 'Sixteen Tons'. People often ask about Jimmy Reed and Muddy Waters or even Howlin' Wolf, but it's safe to say that the list of great bluesmen, and the beautiful period of recording between 19, is already on the books."Īs he describes his selection he gives the sense of a man who has seen worlds, from the earliest days of rock, the psychedelic ‘70s or the stadium-sized corporate successes of the ‘80s. "My choices are a little more recent than what might have been anticipated. "It's prudent to precede my list with a disclaimer," he says. While 'Sharp Dressed Man', 'Cheap Sunglasses' and 'Gimme All Your Lovin'' spring immediately and unavoidably to mind, Gibbons' 45-year history with ZZ Top grants an unparalleled overview of rock & roll while also sustaining an appetite for new music that takes his Baker's Dozen off in some surprising directions. When you meet Billy Gibbons you ought to wear a good jacket and inexpensive shades as a way of letting him know that you know more than you're letting on.
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