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Back in the 1970's I was in high school when ZZ Top first started out. There were rock concerts just about every weekend at the Providence Civic Center and my friends and I went to as many of them as we could afford, so I saw ZZ Top about three times back then. I saw the "Fandango", "Tres Hombres" and "Degüello" tours. They were a straightforward blues-rock power trio and really had the Texas southwestern theme going on, with cattle and vultures on the stage. They really rocked the place. Billy Gibbons was (still is) a great guitarist and Dusty Hill (R.I.P.) and Frank Beard really pumped the rhythm along. I always had a lot of respect for that band. You never heard about "tabloid" stories about any of the guys. They just made a lot of money and put it into the band, keeping it going strong. When MTV came out and everything was about videos they reinvented themselves and really made the most of the medium. The music was still hard driving, but a little less bluesy, with lyrics and imagery of hot rods and hot girls.M1956G wrote: Sat Jan 25, 2025 9:24 pm The other night, there was a very nice docu about the band ZZ Top on the german TV.
I am a fan since their first album, in our circle of friends we watched the boys in the year 1986 in the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund.
50.000+ fans getting crazy...![]()
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My fav. record still is "Degüello" from the year 1979, for me the best album of the band, there is no better music, never!
Mike
PS Rest in peace, Dusty Hill![]()
* In later years I learned, that the "Degüello" was a horn signal, used by the mexican army. And the signal stood for "No mercy, not even for the defeated soldiers!"
(The cover of the record tells the story...)