Red Vinyl LP!
Featuring “Legs”, “Sharp Dressed Man”, “Gimme All Your Lovin'” & More!
This sturdy American blues-rock trio from Texas consists of Billy Gibbons(guitar), Dusty Hill (bass), and Frank Beard (drums). They were formed in 1970in and around Houston from rival bands the Moving Sidewalks (Gibbons) andAmerican Blues (Hill and Beard). Their first two albums reflected the strongblues roots and Texas humor of the band. Their third album (Tres Hombres) gainedthem national attention with the hit “La Grange,” a signature riff tune to thisday, based on John Lee Hooker’s “Boogie Chillen.” Their success continuedunabated throughout the ’70s, culminating with the year-and-a-half-longWorldwide Texas Tour.
Exhausted from the overwhelming workload, they took a three-year break, thenswitched labels and returned to form with Deguello and El Loco, both harbingersof what was to come. By their next album, Eliminator, and its worldwide smashfollow-up, Afterburner, they had successfully harnessed the potential ofsynthesizers to their patented grungy blues groove, giving their material a morecontemporary edge while retaining their patented Texas style. Now sporting longbeards, golf hats, and boiler suits, they met the emerging video age head-on,reducing their “message” to simple iconography. Becoming even more popular inthe long run, they moved with the times while simultaneously bucking every trendthat crossed their path. As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers;Gibbons is one of America’s finest blues guitarists working in the arena rockidiom — both influenced by the originators of the form and British blues-rockguitarists like Peter Green — while Hill and Beard provide the ultimate rhythmsection support.
“Pure Americana: This song cycle about burning rubber, high heels andadrenaline took fuzzed-out Texas blues guitar and lashed it around rollickingboogie. ZZ Top’s megaplatinum album also had a high-gloss Eighties sheen andsingles like ‘Sharp Dressed Man’ that would help it sell some 10 millioncopies.” – Rolling Stone
Features:
Red Vinyl
Musicians:
Billy Gibbons, guitar, vocals
Dusty Hill, bass, vocals
Frank Beard, drums
Selections:
Side A:
1. Gimme All Your Lovin’
2. Got Me Under Pressure
3. Sharp Dressed Man
4. I Need You Tonight
5. I Got The Six
Side B:
1. Legs
2. Thug
3. TV Dinners
4. Dirty Dog
5. If I Could Only Flag Her Down
6. Bad Girl
