The acoustic intro is gone here but the spirit remains the same. Here’s a version they played for Howard Stern. It’s one of those songs that not many people try to cover because, well, ZZ Top just owns it.
ZZ Tops First Album: ZZ Top: January 16, 1971: London Records: Videos. La Futura: ZZ Top: September 11, 2012: American. Greatest Hits: ZZ Top: April 14, 1992: Warner Bros. ZZ Top originally did Tramp, I Loved the Woman, Kiko, I Thank You and other songs. Their best song though may have been from their 1973 breakout album, Tres Hombres, called LaGrange. On their 2003 album Mescalero, ZZ Top adopted a more contemporary sound while maintaining their influences from their earlier musical pursuits. ZZ Top covered Tramp, I Loved the Woman, Kiko, I Thank You and other songs. Gibbons and Beard are still in the band Hill was replaced by the musician he chose, Elwood Francis. DSign Said, Yes, indeed JeezHK :) And what about Legs or Gimme All Your Lovin' :D. Give It Up, ZZ Top - Eliminator - Greatest Hits. They stayed together from 1969 to June of 2021, when Hill passed away. Surely a 2CD Greatest Hits should contain ZZ Top’s awesome cover of Viva Las Vegas. Tube Snake Boogie, Zz Top - Viva Las-Vegas -Greatest Hits 1993-, ZZ TOP - 1992 - (Greatest Hits) - 12. In the ‘80s, the band took a different direction, embracing MTV and synthesizers, but without losing touch with their roots. Gibbons’ voice proved to be a perfect match for the band’s style, low, gritty and soulful. Tush is a great song and Blue Jean Blues is a great slow grind of a song. The band had a heavy blues influence that echoed through the following decades as acts like Stevie Ray Vaughn embraced the musical themes and expanded on them.īut no one really matched the early energy of ZZ Top. ZZ Top’s album catalog has averaged close to 300,000 album consumption. A Texas trio comprised of Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, the band played a kind of Texa music that few outside the Lone Star State had heard of. BMG and KKR have acquired all of ZZ Top’s music interests. vinyl available only through Columbia House 26265 Recycler 1990 18.00 BSK3269 Rio Grande Mud 1979 10.