Following their debut album, the band released Rio Grande Mud, which stopped working commercially and the marketing trip consisted of mainly empty auditoriums. The music and tunes reflected ZZ Top’s blues affects. With the assistance of Ham and engineer Robin Hood Brians, ZZ Top’s First Album was released and saw the addition of the band’s humor, with “barrelhouse” rhythms, distorted guitars, double entendres and innuendo. In addition to assuming the role as the band’s leader, Gibbons ended up being the main lyricist and musical arranger. They performed their very first show together at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Beaumont on February 10. After Hill moved from Dallas to Houston, ZZ Top signed with London in 1970. Reluctant to sign a recording agreement, Ethridge gave up the band and Dusty Hill was picked as his replacement. Right away after the recording of “Salt Lick”, Greig was changed by bassist Billy Ethridge, a band mate of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Mitchell was replaced by Frank Beard of the American Blues.ĭue to lack of interest from record business, ZZ Top existed with a record deal from London Records. They released their very first single, “Salt Lick”, in 1969, and the B-side contained the song “Miller’s Farm” both songs were credited to Gibbons. ZZ Top was handled by Waxahachie-native Bill Ham, who had actually befriended Gibbons a year earlier. There were longstanding reports that, at the end of a tour, Hendrix gave Gibbons the pink Stratocaster he had actually been playing as token of his gratitude for Gibbons’ level of talent. On The Tonight Show, Jimi Hendrix mentioned that Billy Gibbons would be the next most popular guitar player. History Early years The original line-up formed in Houston, by Billy Gibbons, organist Lanier Greig and drummer Dan Mitchell. ZZ Top has actually offered over 50 million albums worldwide. As a group, ZZ Top possesses 11 gold records and 7 platinum records their 1983 album, Eliminator, stays the group’s most commercially successful record, selling over 10 million systems. ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. ZZ Top’s musical style has changed throughout the years, beginning with blues-inspired rock on their early albums, then integrating new wave, punk rock and dance-rock, with heavy use of synthesizers. Of the group, music writer Cub Koda stated “As genuine roots musicians, they have couple of peers Gibbons is among America’s finest blues guitar players working in the arena rock idiom … while Hill and Beard provide the ultimate rhythm area support.” Because the release of the band’s launching album in January 1971, ZZ Top has become understood for its strong blues roots and amusing lyrical concepts, relying heavily on double entendres and innuendo. One of the few major label recording groups to have actually held the very same lineup for more than forty years, ZZ Top has actually been applauded by critics and fellow artists alike for their technical proficiency. The band makes up guitarist and lead vocalist Billy Gibbons, bassist and co-lead singer Dusty Hill, and drummer Frank Beard. ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. ZZ Top, is a guitarist and lead vocalist Billy Gibbons, bassist and co-lead vocalist Dusty Hill, and drummer Frank Beard, the same lineup for more than forty years.
ZZ Top performs Got Me Under Pressure from the 1983 Eliminator album, live from Texas.
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