ZZ TOP
''LIVE IN GERMANY 1980''
JUNE 21 2011
56:50
1/El Degüello
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/0:56
2/I Thank You
Isaac Hayes / David Porter/3:10
3/Waitin' for the Bus
Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/2:33
4/Jesus Just Left Chicago
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/4:02
5/Precious and Grace
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/2:35
6/Manic Mechanic
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/3:19
7/Lowdown in the Street
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/2:54
8/Heard It on the X
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/2:28
9/Fool for Your Stockings
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/5:51
10/Cheap Sunglasses
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/4:21
11/Arrested for Driving While Blind
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/4:41
12/Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/3:03
13/La Grange/Sloppy Drunk/Bar-B-Q
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/8:08
14/Dust My Broom
Elmore James / Robert Johnson/3:22
15/Jailhouse Rock
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller/1:48
16/Tush
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/3:39
Frank Beard/Drums
Billy Gibbons/Guitar, Vocals
Dusty Hill/Bass, Vocals
REVIEW
by Greg Prato
Interestingly, while always priding themselves on being a kick-ass live band, ZZ Top never got around to issuing a full-length live album during their 1970s/1980s peak. But as they say, it's better late than never, and 2011 finally saw the arrival of an archival live ZZ Top recording, Live in Germany 1980. Featuring half of the audio portion of their 2009 Double Down Live DVD, Live in Germany 1980 does a fantastic job of displaying all of the group's pre-Eliminator classics in a concert setting. And as expected, the tunes take on a life all their own throughout -- "Jesus Just Left Chicago," "Precious and Grace," and "Cheap Sunglasses" sound even more muscular and strut-heavy on a concert stage. The word "explosive" springs to mind upon coming in close contact with "Heard It on the X" and "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers," and the hits that made ZZ Top synonymous with classic rock radio are included as well -- "La Grange," "Tush," etc. Shortly after this concert was recorded, ZZ Top got a bit handcuffed by gimmicks (long beards, wacky-looking guitars) and electronics. But in 1980, ZZ Top were one of the (if not the) most powerful trios in all of rock, and Live in Germany 1980 helps confirm this claim once and for all.
BIOGRAPHY
by Cub Koda
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.
The only rock & roll group that's out there with its original members still aboard after three decades (an anniversary celebrated on 1999's XXX), ZZ Top play music that is always instantly recognizable, eminently powerful, profoundly soulful, and 100-percent American in derivation. They have continued to support the blues through various means, perhaps most visibly when they were given a piece of wood from Muddy Waters' shack in Clarksdale, MS. The group members had it made into a guitar, dubbed the "Muddywood," then sent it out on tour to raise money for the Delta Blues Museum. ZZ Top's support and link to the blues remains as rock solid as the music they play. A concert CD and DVD, Live from Texas, recorded in Dallas in 2007 and featuring a still vital band, were both released in 2008. The Rick Rubin and Gibbons-produced La Futura, the band's 15th studio album, and the group's first new studio outing since 2003's Mescalero, appeared in 2012.
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''LIVE IN GERMANY 1980''
JUNE 21 2011
56:50
1/El Degüello
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/0:56
2/I Thank You
Isaac Hayes / David Porter/3:10
3/Waitin' for the Bus
Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/2:33
4/Jesus Just Left Chicago
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/4:02
5/Precious and Grace
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/2:35
6/Manic Mechanic
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/3:19
7/Lowdown in the Street
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/2:54
8/Heard It on the X
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/2:28
9/Fool for Your Stockings
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/5:51
10/Cheap Sunglasses
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/4:21
11/Arrested for Driving While Blind
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/4:41
12/Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/3:03
13/La Grange/Sloppy Drunk/Bar-B-Q
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/8:08
14/Dust My Broom
Elmore James / Robert Johnson/3:22
15/Jailhouse Rock
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller/1:48
16/Tush
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill/3:39
Frank Beard/Drums
Billy Gibbons/Guitar, Vocals
Dusty Hill/Bass, Vocals
REVIEW
by Greg Prato
Interestingly, while always priding themselves on being a kick-ass live band, ZZ Top never got around to issuing a full-length live album during their 1970s/1980s peak. But as they say, it's better late than never, and 2011 finally saw the arrival of an archival live ZZ Top recording, Live in Germany 1980. Featuring half of the audio portion of their 2009 Double Down Live DVD, Live in Germany 1980 does a fantastic job of displaying all of the group's pre-Eliminator classics in a concert setting. And as expected, the tunes take on a life all their own throughout -- "Jesus Just Left Chicago," "Precious and Grace," and "Cheap Sunglasses" sound even more muscular and strut-heavy on a concert stage. The word "explosive" springs to mind upon coming in close contact with "Heard It on the X" and "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers," and the hits that made ZZ Top synonymous with classic rock radio are included as well -- "La Grange," "Tush," etc. Shortly after this concert was recorded, ZZ Top got a bit handcuffed by gimmicks (long beards, wacky-looking guitars) and electronics. But in 1980, ZZ Top were one of the (if not the) most powerful trios in all of rock, and Live in Germany 1980 helps confirm this claim once and for all.
BIOGRAPHY
by Cub Koda
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.
The only rock & roll group that's out there with its original members still aboard after three decades (an anniversary celebrated on 1999's XXX), ZZ Top play music that is always instantly recognizable, eminently powerful, profoundly soulful, and 100-percent American in derivation. They have continued to support the blues through various means, perhaps most visibly when they were given a piece of wood from Muddy Waters' shack in Clarksdale, MS. The group members had it made into a guitar, dubbed the "Muddywood," then sent it out on tour to raise money for the Delta Blues Museum. ZZ Top's support and link to the blues remains as rock solid as the music they play. A concert CD and DVD, Live from Texas, recorded in Dallas in 2007 and featuring a still vital band, were both released in 2008. The Rick Rubin and Gibbons-produced La Futura, the band's 15th studio album, and the group's first new studio outing since 2003's Mescalero, appeared in 2012.
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