THE MOVING SIDEWALKS
''FLASH''
1968
53:46
1/Flashback
Steve Ames/4:46
2/Scoun da Be
Tom Moore/2:07
3/You Make Me Shake
Billy Gibbons/3:04
4/You Don't Know the Life
Tom Moore/3:56
5/Pluto-Sept. 31st.
Steve Ames / Billy Gibbons/5:13
6/No Good to Cry/4:32
7/Crimson Witch
Billy Gibbons/3:06
8/Joe Blues
Billy Gibbons / Tom Moore / Don Summers/7:37
9/Eclipse
Steve Ames / Billy Gibbons/3:37
10/Reclipse
Steve Ames / Billy Gibbons/2:30
11/99th Floor
Billy Gibbons/2:17
12/What Are You Doing to Do
Billy Gibbons/2:29
13/I Want to Hold Your Hand
John Lennon / Paul McCartney/3:20
14/Need Me
Billy Gibbons/2:14
15/Every Night a New Surpise
Steve Ames/2:58
Billy Gibbons /Guitar, Vocals
Dan Mitchell /Drums
Tom Moore /Keyboards, Organ, Piano
Don Summers /Bass
REVIEW
by Jim Smith
The sole album by the Moving Sidewalks is as fascinating as it is unremarkable. As the birthing ground for legendary blues-rock guitarist Billy Gibbons, one would expect at least a taste of what would later make ZZ Top one of the best touring and recording bands on the planet; sadly, the album offers little in the way of revelation in its 15 tracks. Admittedly, at the time of ZZ Top's 1970 debut, Gibbons' transformation from a journeyman bandleader into a boogie-blues demigod was still not fully realized, but his chops were miles away from what is heard here. Part of that lies in the fact that ZZ Top was less about psychedelia than straight blues; whatever psychedelic touches made their way onto the studio albums were largely an accessory. (They would eventually fully integrate on 1979's Deguello.) the Moving Sidewalks, on the other hand, were psychedelic rockers whose songs hinted at the blues without fully diving in. The songs show little of Gibbons' future promise, and in fact are so thoroughly mediocre (both in writing and playing) that it's amazing to think he was only a few years away from international success. "Pluto-Sept. 31st" shows a clear Hendrix influence (the two guitarists openly admired each other), and as a bonus, Akarma's reissue includes five bonus singles that are some of the strongest material on the album, especially "Need Me," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and the legendary single "99th Floor."
BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
Before forming ZZ Top, Billy Gibbons was the lead guitarist of this Houston, TX, group, which released one album and a few singles in the late '60s. Their single "99th Floor" became one of the most famous vintage garage 45s after its inclusion on Pebbles, Vol. 2, but the Sidewalks actually leaned much more heavily toward psychedelic and blues-rock. In fact, the group supported Jimi Hendrix at one of his early U.S. gigs and Gibbons became one of Hendrix's first boosters on U.S. shores; strange as it may seem, Hendrix was quite impressed with Gibbons himself, even at this early juncture. The Moving Sidewalks never developed into anything more than a regional act, and are known primarily as a starting point for Gibbons.
''FLASH''
1968
53:46
1/Flashback
Steve Ames/4:46
2/Scoun da Be
Tom Moore/2:07
3/You Make Me Shake
Billy Gibbons/3:04
4/You Don't Know the Life
Tom Moore/3:56
5/Pluto-Sept. 31st.
Steve Ames / Billy Gibbons/5:13
6/No Good to Cry/4:32
7/Crimson Witch
Billy Gibbons/3:06
8/Joe Blues
Billy Gibbons / Tom Moore / Don Summers/7:37
9/Eclipse
Steve Ames / Billy Gibbons/3:37
10/Reclipse
Steve Ames / Billy Gibbons/2:30
11/99th Floor
Billy Gibbons/2:17
12/What Are You Doing to Do
Billy Gibbons/2:29
13/I Want to Hold Your Hand
John Lennon / Paul McCartney/3:20
14/Need Me
Billy Gibbons/2:14
15/Every Night a New Surpise
Steve Ames/2:58
Billy Gibbons /Guitar, Vocals
Dan Mitchell /Drums
Tom Moore /Keyboards, Organ, Piano
Don Summers /Bass
REVIEW
by Jim Smith
The sole album by the Moving Sidewalks is as fascinating as it is unremarkable. As the birthing ground for legendary blues-rock guitarist Billy Gibbons, one would expect at least a taste of what would later make ZZ Top one of the best touring and recording bands on the planet; sadly, the album offers little in the way of revelation in its 15 tracks. Admittedly, at the time of ZZ Top's 1970 debut, Gibbons' transformation from a journeyman bandleader into a boogie-blues demigod was still not fully realized, but his chops were miles away from what is heard here. Part of that lies in the fact that ZZ Top was less about psychedelia than straight blues; whatever psychedelic touches made their way onto the studio albums were largely an accessory. (They would eventually fully integrate on 1979's Deguello.) the Moving Sidewalks, on the other hand, were psychedelic rockers whose songs hinted at the blues without fully diving in. The songs show little of Gibbons' future promise, and in fact are so thoroughly mediocre (both in writing and playing) that it's amazing to think he was only a few years away from international success. "Pluto-Sept. 31st" shows a clear Hendrix influence (the two guitarists openly admired each other), and as a bonus, Akarma's reissue includes five bonus singles that are some of the strongest material on the album, especially "Need Me," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and the legendary single "99th Floor."
BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
Before forming ZZ Top, Billy Gibbons was the lead guitarist of this Houston, TX, group, which released one album and a few singles in the late '60s. Their single "99th Floor" became one of the most famous vintage garage 45s after its inclusion on Pebbles, Vol. 2, but the Sidewalks actually leaned much more heavily toward psychedelic and blues-rock. In fact, the group supported Jimi Hendrix at one of his early U.S. gigs and Gibbons became one of Hendrix's first boosters on U.S. shores; strange as it may seem, Hendrix was quite impressed with Gibbons himself, even at this early juncture. The Moving Sidewalks never developed into anything more than a regional act, and are known primarily as a starting point for Gibbons.
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