He formed his first band, the Saints, when he was fourteen and eventually moved on to the Coachmen. Gibbons was born in Houston, Texas, and, after being bitten by the Elvis bug at the age of seven, began playing guitar. King was on the "top," Gibbons settled with the name "ZZ Top." King posters, Gibbons favored "ZZ" and "King," and came up with "ZZ King," though it was too much like the guitarists' names. Gibbons, however, revealed the true origin of the group's name in his autobiographical book Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead. The band's name was rumored to have derived from Zig-Zag and TOP rolling papers. They were formed in 1970 in and around Houston from rival bands the Moving Sidewalks (Gibbons) and American Blues (Hill and Beard). This sturdy American blues-rock trio from Texas consists of Billy Gibbons (guitar), Dusty Hill (bass), and Frank Beard (drums). ZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas".
The album scored the band peaking at #10 on Billboard charts. Fandango, from which the album gets its name, is a type of dance similar to flamenco.
The most overlooked on the record.You know, my baby be bringin' 'em home to me.īlue Jean Blues, "Tush" and "Heard It on the X," three of their greatest songs that build on Fandango by consolidating their sound and amplifying their humor.įandango! is the fourth album by blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1975. “It’s Too Easy Mañana” is a cliché on the floor, with a folded and soaked vocal. What It Is Kid is the most oft-overlooked song from this record. Let’s be honest, there are ridiculous songs like Dreadmonboogaloo, which do nothing but fall a little badly despite the overexploitation of the same resources of seventies albums.Īn album that does not disappoint, aims well and is not boring at all if it is heard with real feeling. The harmonica of “What’s up with that” does not hide the Cyber identity of the title, one of the worst of the TOP. There isn’t really much to highlight about this album, but we picked Cherry Red just in case you might overlook it when you listen to the album. This is synth-pop at its finest, probs ZZ Top near to worst, but it could work extraordinarily as background music for any video games.įour minutes and forty-eight seconds of oft-overlooked track from the album that doesn’t merit any of ZZ Top musical terms. But the instrumental sections make the song work well. The track doesn’t have tangent enough material to sustain the over six minutes of playtime. There’s nothing profound working on here, but the nice groove makes it something. The deserted redeeming features of the El Loco album is Tube Snake Boogie. One of those blues songs about an automobile that’s just pleading to be written around it. She Loves My Automobile - Degüello (1979) However, Blue Jean Blues is not without its followers – this is because of Billy Gibbons’ vocals having a smooth pure-blues groove.Ī jazzy song from ZZ Top’s second-most courageous record, Snappy Kakkie’s though doesn’t fit adequately on the album. This is not to say Move Me on Down the Line is horrible, and it is not, it’s just oft-overlooked.Īnother slowed-down ZZ Top tune that doesn’t truly work for ZZ Top enthusiasts. Move Me on Down the Line - Tres Hombres (1973) ZZ Top had a way of complicating witticisms or ambiguities with brilliance, and you see some of that pop up in their early music as well. Old Man feels isolated even ruled against the age in which it was recorded in a manner that’s unusual for the fifth track on a group’s debut album. Advertisement Old Man - ZZ Top’s First Album (1971)
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