ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas (Netflix, Documentary)

[davidg 4038]

I'm gonna put this here just as a reference ...

 

[RPM 26353]

Frank Beard: Somehow after the World Wide Texas Tour I wound up with a check for $74,000.

Narrator: What did you do with it?

Frank Beard: I spent it on drugs!

Edited March 22, 2020 by RPM

[El Diablo 4232]

I had a friend who was the youngest of 3 and his older brother turned us onto ZZ Top "Tres Hombres", so probably when I was 13 or so. Then "Tush" from "Fandango" got a lot of radio play and more kids my age started to talk about the band and buy their music. Always been a fan, partly because of the raunchiness and being at that age but the early stuff has stood up in my mind. "Balinese" still gets my blood pumping. My only real complaint about the band was the Deguello tour shirts were such a shitty quality that the thing shrunk up 3 sizes the first time it was washed and I was never able to wear it again.  

"Eliminator" and the whole MTV thing happened while I was in the Navy so I missed that. Came back home and it seemed like ERRBODY was on the ZZ Top train. 

They were the inspiration for a buddy of mine, thought was to write a story about a trio of Texans who didn't play live - only recorded in a secret studio somewhere down around Terlingua. 

I guess I need to watch this now. Good thing we'll all got lots of time on our hands.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

 

[Jerry Callo 8726]

Watched the documentary the other day and really liked it.  If you're a fan of Billy Gibbons, try to check out Billy Gibbons and BFGs go to Cuba.  I think I might have watched it on AXS.

[BoomMF 1399]

SIAP

Nice guitar, Billy.

 

 

Edited March 26, 2020 by BoomMF

[Clintonaldo 2576]

Dusty Hill is pretty fucking cool. 

[Buzzrock 14940]

SIAP
Nice guitar, Billy.
 
 

I watched a ZZ Top rig rundown recently. The relic pattern is actually a decal that is based on a guitar that was ruined in a flood. The same decal is on Dusty’s matching bass.

But yeah cool longhorn logo.

[Pato del Muerto 52596]

On 3/23/2020 at 11:00 AM, SwanderedTalent said:

 

 getting it done with the sticks (skip to 45 sec)

Edited March 27, 2020 by Pato del Muerto

[Deej 76914]

Just watched the King of the Hill where we find out Dusty is Hank's cousin. Much hilarity.

[Clintonaldo 2576]

Been listening to them ever since I watched the documentary. The drumming is now suddenly a little cooler. 

[Wally Pryor 5262]

On 3/21/2020 at 10:10 PM, RPM said:

Frank Beard: Somehow after the World Wide Texas Tour I wound up with a check for $74,000.

Narrator: What did you do with it?

Frank Beard: I spent it on drugs!

But he spent it in a much more economical way than Clapton.

[Deej 76914]