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Red Vinyl LP!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated
398/500!
Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Albums of the Eighties - Rated 39/100!
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 1970
in and around Houston from rival bands the Moving Sidewalks (Gibbons) and
American Blues (Hill and Beard). Their first two albums reflected the strong
blues roots and Texas humor of the band. Their third album (Tres Hombres) gained
them national attention with the hit "La Grange," a signature riff tune to this
day, based on John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen." Their success continued
unabated throughout the '70s, culminating with the year-and-a-half-long
Worldwide Texas Tour.
Exhausted from the overwhelming workload, they took a three-year break, then
switched labels and returned to form with Deguello and El Loco, both harbingers
of what was to come. By their next album, Eliminator, and its worldwide smash
follow-up, Afterburner, they had successfully harnessed the potential of
synthesizers to their patented grungy blues groove, giving their material a more
contemporary edge while retaining their patented Texas style. Now sporting long
beards, golf hats, and boiler suits, they met the emerging video age head-on,
reducing their "message" to simple iconography. Becoming even more popular in
the long run, they moved with the times while simultaneously bucking every trend
that crossed their path. As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers;
Gibbons is one of America's finest blues guitarists working in the arena rock
idiom -- both influenced by the originators of the form and British blues-rock
guitarists like Peter Green -- while Hill and Beard provide the ultimate rhythm
section support.
"Pure Americana: This song cycle about burning rubber, high heels and
adrenaline took fuzzed-out Texas blues guitar and lashed it around rollicking
boogie. ZZ Top's megaplatinum album also had a high-gloss Eighties sheen and
singles like 'Sharp Dressed Man' that would help it sell some 10 million
copies." - 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