Same three guys, same three chords, for 50+ years. Best three piece band in Texas. RIP Dusty.
@singluna8888 ай бұрын
Best 3 piece band ever!
@KarlBAndersen7 ай бұрын
Best three piece band - period.
@peterarmstrong69284 ай бұрын
@@singluna888Wynd your neck in,, ever heard of RUSH 🤟🏴
@JustinTruth-sf5nt4 ай бұрын
@@peterarmstrong6928 Yup heard of them...still not ZZ top.
@johndavids47808 ай бұрын
Their drummer is Frank Beard who came up as a jazz drummer. He is an amazing drummer. Strangely he is the only one without a beard.
@Tijuanabill8 ай бұрын
Yet, there are still three Beards in the band. =D
@OgreProgrammer8 ай бұрын
Dusty stopped growing his now.
@egbertwaarsing96138 ай бұрын
and in my opinion very underrated!!
@kennethgodwin77698 ай бұрын
@@Tijuanabill Funny!
@washitokusei68018 ай бұрын
Isn't this the first album after Billy and Dusty grew theirs though? If I recall correctly, they went into a full hermit mode for a while after the "Texas World Tour" or whatever it was called and never shaved again.
@carlomercorio12508 ай бұрын
The riff and the vocal style are homages to bluesman Johnny Lee Hooker
@Musicmanrobert8 ай бұрын
Yes
@proinseasburke26818 ай бұрын
Spot on.
@skevich18 ай бұрын
Boogie Chillin', John Lee Hooker
@StefanPina8 ай бұрын
Canned Heat did a homage in the 60's with their Refried Boogie
@royalway128 ай бұрын
@@StefanPina They also collaborated with Hooker.
@gordonleff92998 ай бұрын
This song is about the brothel in La Grange (The Chicken Ranch) that the Best Little Whorehouse is Texas is based on. It existed for Generations for Texas boys and men between Houston, San Antonio and Austin and points around. Everyone knew about. It needed great song to memorialize it.
@robertfitterman37778 ай бұрын
The vocalist for Sharp Dressed Man and La Grange is guitarist/vocalist Billy Gibbons. The three members on the album cover are Billy Gibbons (guitar/vocals), Dusty Hill (bass/vocals), and the only member without a bread: Frank Beard (drums).
@badbob66898 ай бұрын
Grr-range. First time I saw them I was in High School and they came on stage dressed in Stetson cowboy hats, rhine stone shirts, boots, belt and buckles which threw off the whole crowed because we were wondering how we ended up in a country & western concert. Then they started playing this song and just blew the whole crowd away. This song is about a house of ill repute ( The Chicken house) that was sort of famous or infamous when the fight to close it went all the way to the capital in Austin. There was a play and movie about it with Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds call the "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" The chicken house was shut down in 1973 the same year this song came out.
@jlhilbert18 ай бұрын
The house of ill repute was actually called the Chicken Ranch…
@johnrobb84358 ай бұрын
"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" was actually a Broadway play before it was made into a movie.
@texadan3148 ай бұрын
@@jlhilbert1 Correct
@feedingravens8 ай бұрын
@@johnrobb8435I saw that on Broadway in 1980, when we visited New York. A business friend of my uncle invited us there. I was barely 17 back then. Thought it was a little weird choice, but OK, but as german I did not get much of the intricacies of any lewd remarks anyhow. Was a fascinating city - we also were on the WTC. Is a strange feeling that this no longer exists...
@noelleone13058 ай бұрын
I will describe his voice for you....Iconic!
@gandalf9708 ай бұрын
Rusty gravel in an old sock.
@dionisioiacobelli66898 ай бұрын
Pomposity of a mountain top level . .
@jgsrhythm1008 ай бұрын
The embodiment of Texas Blues
@michaelball86927 күн бұрын
I am 68 years old still rocking strong because I came up in the 70s with this great classic guitar rock and roll
@Cashcrop548 ай бұрын
ZZ Top is a true power trio. Live, they are as powerful as pretty much any band I saw. The Reverend Billy Gibbons has many sounds to his voice.
@declaneric8 ай бұрын
One of the most iconic songs in music, with one of the most instantly identifiable guitar riffs. Best driving music ever.
@robertherring92778 ай бұрын
It was the 1900's... 1970's to be precise... I met these guys in 1980 and spent about 4 days with them. My best friend's dad's best friends. Went shooting, fishing and camping. About 5 days and 4 nights. I was 9. They played around the campfire every night. I had NO clue who they were!
@happymethehappyone83008 ай бұрын
ZZ TOP "Blue Jean Blues"...Nuff Said. 🔥
@johnwjr723 күн бұрын
My favorite ZZ Top song.
@seanmccaulley41958 ай бұрын
That’s Billy Gibbons on guitar and vocals. Anybody that toured and hung out with Jimi Hendrix back in the day, you know is gonna be badass!!
@billenright27888 ай бұрын
one guitar, one bass, one drummer. thats it. fkng texas magic.
@strictlywicked1864 ай бұрын
👊🏻🫡😎🤘🏻
@MrLedotson8 ай бұрын
The riff was in a beer commercial. Heard it on the X or Tush are both great. My absolute favorite is Waiting for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago. They must be played together.
@rubroken8 ай бұрын
I always liked"Legs". The strip clubs always played it, so I've been told 🙃😇
@guitarman84628 ай бұрын
" I'm Bad I'm Nation Wide " ZZ TOP
@ewrekzz73608 ай бұрын
John Lee Hooker and dozens of older, foundational blues players sounded like this. The voice in this one is an affectation that they put on for their most authentic Delta blues songs.
@randybass88428 ай бұрын
This album came out when I was in high school. I was rebuilding a Volkswagen engine at a friend's house, and he put this album on. We didn't have time to go in and change the album, and the turntable was on auto-repeat, so one side played over and over again for hours while we worked. Good times.
@hog72037 ай бұрын
My pot dealer buddy back in the 70s always had Tejas on the turntable playing when I'd stop by. The same side, for several months. I finally flipped it over for him and we listened to that side for a couple of months 😆
@ingobordewick64808 ай бұрын
Earlier ZZ Top stuff is a lot more blues/rock than later stuff, where they got a lot more "poppier".
@curtisanderson43167 ай бұрын
3 guys 1 drummer 1 bass guitar 1 guitar doing lead and rhythm. Badass definitely.
@hobbievk51198 ай бұрын
This tune got A LOT of play on the jukebox when I was a teenager. I think we wore that 45 record out! I still love ZZ's unique sound. 👍
@rickorwig9868 ай бұрын
I’ve always loved the groove and vocals of this song. Every time this comes on the radio my wife has to say how she doesn’t like this song. 😂
@cesarnarro60138 ай бұрын
I would've filed for divorce the first time she said it, lol
@TrianglesAndCircles8 ай бұрын
My wife says turn it up! 😊❤
@wildbill70818 ай бұрын
hahahaha great wife@@TrianglesAndCircles
@danielschaeffer12948 ай бұрын
Play her some John Lee Hooker.
@jimilemons76808 ай бұрын
The riff is ‘Boogie Chillun’ and the vocal style including the ‘How, How, How is from ‘Boom Boom’, both by John Lee Hooker. This is sung by guitarist Billy Gibbons who also sang ‘Sharp Dressed Man’. Thus was recorded in Memphis and he did the bizarre voice with the sound engineer while the record producer was out gathering food. The producer hated it but they insisted it very left in.
@seattanf23488 ай бұрын
My grandfather grew up in the town right next to LaGrange. At that time the "business" mentioned in this song was literally the only business in town.
@gkiferonhs8 ай бұрын
ZZ makes a lot of sound for three musicians.
@boballen8188 ай бұрын
The Biggest Little Band in Texas! That was how the band was referred to in the 70's and this was their sound (more blues based) until the 80's when 2 things magically happened. They weren't afraid of a little modern technology that changed their guitar sound and the explosion of MTV which gained them a ton of new fans. Older sound songs Tush, Pearl Necklace, Heard it on the X, Jesus Just Left Chicago. Newer sound, Legs, Gimme All Your Lovin, Velcro Fly, TV Dinners, Rough Boy, Got Me Under Pressure!
@darkjedi4478 ай бұрын
I first liked ZZ TOP when the ELIMINATOR album came out with all their hit singles like 'Sharp Dressed Man', 'Gimme all your lovin' and 'LEGS'. I then heard THIS song, and my love for them went to another level and I started delving into their older tracks and discovered how truly amazing they are as musicians. Both the guitar work, and the drumming, is just incredible, on a consistent basis. To me, they are simply legendary! Thanks for reviewing their songs here! Keep smiling👍
@kmaj7b58 ай бұрын
Billy himself described his voice as a rusty zipper… Love these guys… Formed in Houston, Texas.
@dalemesserly44255 ай бұрын
Heaven, Hell or Houston
@deltabravo2878 ай бұрын
Awesome - that’s how you describe it. His voice is very deep naturally and he’s just using it in that way - with a little added emphasis
@kylesummers15658 ай бұрын
My first concert. Best three-man band ever. Peace, Love!!
@techknowconsulting48128 ай бұрын
You must check out "Waitin' For The Bus / Jesus Just Left Chicago" on the same album. Two different songs but they meant to be listened to back to back. So good! Enjoying your channel. Thanks!
@jonfazzone51258 ай бұрын
ZZ Top Blues Boogie Rock They have an amazing catalog of songs to react to
@Shabenn8 ай бұрын
This was in the early days when they were a badass blues/southern rock band. Sharp dressed man was after they became a boring pop band. They were great. Good reaction.
@earlfox60308 ай бұрын
got that right
@ralphsmoak51338 ай бұрын
ZZ Top has always been 3 guys. As someone else said, the third member is the drummer. The Tres Hombres album is from their pre-MTV era. "Sharp Dressed Man" however, is from the MTV era. They've got lots of great tunes from both eras. I saw them at the Abilene Civic Center in 1974, great show! Another song you might want to check out is "Tush".
@larryc38605 ай бұрын
"That lil' 'ol Blues band from Texas !" R.I.P., Dusty ...............
@earlacalder668 ай бұрын
Don’t forget “Just got paid today” another short banger.
@jgsrhythm1008 ай бұрын
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom.Boom Was the inspiration for this track and deserves a reaction. Billy Gibbons & Company historians of black blues and founded a blues museaum and Society. Of course they're from Houston.
@bob_garrard8 ай бұрын
"Gimme All Your Lovin'" and "Tubesteak Boogie" would be good next.
@Preachitdude7 ай бұрын
He was in his early twenties singing this song. Crazy hard.
@user-lt2ns7wv9e8 ай бұрын
They formed the band in Houston Texas.
@RockinMamaT8 ай бұрын
I'm bad I'm nationwide is a fire ZZtop song❤Much love from Canada❤🇨🇦
@Jude_1968 ай бұрын
WOOOHOOOO!!! ZZ TOP!!! ENJOY!!! I tend to enjoy ALL their songs - but: I'm particularly fond of their older tunes (like this one)!!!
@denroy38 ай бұрын
'The Chicken Ranch', outside LaGrange, Texas, was an "illegal" brothel tgat was famous. A movie called 'The Best Little Whorehouse' in Texas' is about the place. Movie starred Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.
@billofalltrades26335 ай бұрын
My favorite song from this group!
@cracky_wainwright4 ай бұрын
What a great song. A very brief span of vocals and then the remainder of the song a vehicle for Billy Gibbons' blazing guitar skills. Old timey Texas blues! A+ ~~ I've enjoyed seeing ZZ Top play this song in shows on hot summer nights in Tupelo, Mississippi, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
@waltstilwell49338 ай бұрын
Under pressure live from Texas is an excellent video for appreciating ZZ Top.
@ethylybarra82168 ай бұрын
It's one guitar and one bass and one drummer. That Lil ol band from Texas 🎉
@Gort-Marvin0Martian8 ай бұрын
Texas Blues at their finest. As we say down here, It don't get much better!! Great reaction guys. As we say here in Texas; y'all be safe. Hope you had a wonderful holiday.
@chandravargas30408 ай бұрын
i’ve been listening to zz top since i was 3 yrs old, i absolutely love them
@BigTimeRushFan21128 ай бұрын
Please, please, please do a review of ZZ's "Waitin' For the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago" trust me, its a fan fave for sure!
@beckiramsey95618 ай бұрын
ZZ Top is just too cool! 😎 Unique sound!! Both in looks and in sound! 🔥🔥🔥 Great reactions!!👍👍
@barrycounts4908 ай бұрын
This is the first song i learned to play on acoustic guitar back in the 70's =) Great Song Great Reaction !
@Roh_Echt8 ай бұрын
This one's always been my #1 ZZ Top song.♥
@jeffnaslund8 ай бұрын
I was in a band and we played this song nearly every gig. It’s fun to play
@BlackieNuff8 ай бұрын
I'm with you, Phil - that voice took me by surprise the first time I heard it, too. I don't know how to describe it either... although "congested" comes to mind...
@scotthatcher50438 ай бұрын
Great 3 piece legendary band ..great sound..yes southern accent..great reaction guys
@crisbarber54048 ай бұрын
I’ve seen them probably 20 times since the 70’s and they are still touring with Lynyrd Skynyrd. Last time was in Lubbock Texas with Skynyrd about 10 years ago. Fantastic show!
@CH3NO2Semonious8 ай бұрын
When I seen them in San Diego ZZ Top with opening acts:Blue Öyster Cult and Johnny & Edgar Winter! It was by far the loudest, rockingest, party I've ever been to! Wanted to share something back. I really enjoy getting to watch people discover new music. And look forward to seeing you guys in my notifications.
@staceyrudd46428 ай бұрын
I have been to the studio where ZZ Top recorded their first several albums. It was almost a religious experience knowing that songs like La Grange, Jesus Just Left Chicago, and Hot Blue and Righteous were bouncing off of those walls. The studio is in Tyler, Texas, about 200 miles north of Houston.
@Hornsfan647 ай бұрын
I went to TJC. Our R/TV/F class went to that studio. I appreciate it now more than I did then!!
@crazydale10008 ай бұрын
I've been playing guitar since 1965. This is one of my favorite solos. Fun to play
@gracothebull8 ай бұрын
ZZ top just good rock'n roll. Grate for driving, road music.
@porgy8 ай бұрын
His voice definitely isn't twangy. Best three piece rock band in my lifetime. 🇨🇱🎸🎵🇺🇲
@ajaxfernsby40788 ай бұрын
Since everyone is talking about ZZ Top, I’m gonna plug a 1971 album called Hooker ‘N Heat that John Lee Hooker made with Canned Heat. Double Vintage!
@realbser19568 ай бұрын
Billy Gibbons on lead vocals. You cannot go wrong with a ZZ Top song. Loved that shuffle gallop on the drums by Frank Beard. A classic guitar riff and they have a lot of them.
@russellmorgan56118 ай бұрын
Pre "Gimme all your lovin'" is where it's at.
@BlehgarySD7 ай бұрын
This is my dads favorite band and something I heard very often growing up. I’ve been able to see them multiple times live and they are just the dope at dudes. Billy is legendary guitarists favorite guitarist. Sad we lost Dusty, but he left us with some of the greatest jams ever made.
@guitarman84628 ай бұрын
The song they have " THANK YOU " is also great. Although ZZ TOP has many great songs.
@jgsrhythm1008 ай бұрын
Thank You is a blues cover. How about I'm Bad I'm Nationwide.
@guitarman84628 ай бұрын
@@jgsrhythm100 regardless , they still did a great cover of " Thank You "
@jgsrhythm1008 ай бұрын
@@guitarman8462 Agreed. Love the whole album. I have spent time with Billy Gibbons in Houston. Most down to earth cat you could meet.
@JODYCARROLL3 ай бұрын
You two need this more than any two i have ever seen. Good job! That’s a famous John lee Hooker riff!!!!
@BlackieNuff8 ай бұрын
Fun irony for you : Of the 3 guys in the band, the guitarist and bassist have those long iconic beards... but the drummer does not, his name is Frank BEARD.
@George-kv6gm8 ай бұрын
When I was a teenager in a small town in the Hill Country of Texas, in the '60's, the Chicken House in La Grange was legendary. I'm sure someone has mentioned that there was a movie about it starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. Thanks for reacting to La Grange!
@CorwinPatrick8 ай бұрын
"Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" was the movie.
@maineman94478 ай бұрын
Sharp Dressed Man was from the 80s, when several 70s bands (Heart, Yes, Aerosmith, ZZ) went with more of a pop/rock sound. This album, Tres Hombres, came out in '73, and is pure Texas blues/rock. The whole album kicks ass. I much prefer it to their 80s stuff, although don't dislike that, just like their 70s stuff a lot more.
@wildmountainsky6 ай бұрын
Visiting Texas years ago, driving down the highway, and La Grange comes on the radio just as I am passing the La Grange EXIT! 😄
@daseguin8 ай бұрын
One of the biggest songs of 70s rock radio 👍💯🔥 The only ZZ I take seriously is 70s ZZ. These guys were killers. Tejas is favorite ZZ album.
@TexasMagnolia8 ай бұрын
Creators of the Texas Blues. That’s the sound you hear from ZZ Top and SRV. Y’all have to go down this amazing rabbit hole! First, learn the band and members first through a documentary…Sill blow your mind!
@John-hr9ec8 ай бұрын
Had the good fortune of seeing them live in 77’ , at a small venue in Portland OR. One of my first 8 tracks from Columbia records 🤣
@roykilgour97908 ай бұрын
Ther are always 3 peple inn ther videos. They are 3 members and 2 of them are singing. They are an old band. Born Joe Michael Hill in Dallas, he, Gibbons and Beard formed ZZ Top in Houston in 1969, naming themselves in part after blues singer Z.Z. Hill and influenced by the British power trio Cream. Their debut release, “ZZ Top's First Album,” came out in 1970.
@vickiroman1898 ай бұрын
Imagine hearing this blast out over the radio for the first time. Even in times of so much creativity and experimentation in music, this sounded like nothing we had heard -- so fresh and raw. I saw them shortly after this came out and was blown away by the wall of sound coming from 3 people.
@academyofshem8 ай бұрын
I do remember. It was awesome.
@Tdub09118 ай бұрын
I think my dad played this when I was about six or so. I didn't really. get into them until Eliminator but knew a lot of their songs. This one still is my favorite. Billy Gibbons was the shit. I read that at one time Jimi Hendrix said that Billy was the best guitarist on the planet at that time while he was in the band Moving Sidewalks. That's crazy. Still one of my favorite bands ever.
@wallacewhipps12068 ай бұрын
Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers off of this album Tres Hombres is another great rocker by ZZ Top
@CuttinEJ8 ай бұрын
Billy Gibbons does most of the guitar work. Dusty Hill (RIP) did the bass and some guitar work. Frank Beard did drums and, ironically, is the only one who doesn’t have a beard. Next on your list should be Waiting On The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago. It’s kind of a matched pair, so you have to listen to both. Much love ❤️ and hope you had a very Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 😊
@annmariemills15546 ай бұрын
This song ALWAYS makes me think of the movie Armageddon 😂😂"FOUR!"
@davidschmidbauer39308 ай бұрын
“Blue Jean Blues”. Give it a listen. Good as it gets
@cyndianderson70567 ай бұрын
This is my JAM right here.
@scuppernog18 ай бұрын
“Heard it on the X” is a great song by them. It’s about the late night radio stations in Mexico back in the day that were much more powerful than the stations in the USA were allowed to be. They blasted blues music and could be heard all over Texas. Cheers from West Texas!🇺🇸🇨🇱🤘🏻😎
@allystravelcountry8 ай бұрын
Guaranteed speeding ticket song on blast!!!
@tommccafferty55918 ай бұрын
Nest song you need to hit from them is Tush. That was sung by their late bassist, Dusty Hill. He died back in 2021. The three members, Billy Gibbons on guitar and Frank Beard on drums were together for more than 50 years.
@joelliebler56908 ай бұрын
Legendary tune and band! My brother lives in a town called LaGrange, though not Texas!Back in the day great music did not have to be filled with nonsense vocals that filled every second of a song. They used to let the music breathe!
@vernhoke77308 ай бұрын
My favorite ZZ Top tune, just ahead of "Rough Boy".
@user-hj1sw1xb7i5 күн бұрын
You guys have got to hear the first two songs on this album, "Waiting for the Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago". They're always played together and they're great.
@hosehead588 ай бұрын
the album is a must-have
@hog72037 ай бұрын
That album, Tres Hombres, is a genuine classic. No telling how many copies I've worn out in my lifetime. This is earlier ZZ Top, before Sharp Dressed Man. I prefer this era of their career but I love all their music. One of my favorite bands.
@terrypeckham47446 ай бұрын
Around fall of 1974 I was cutting and selling firewood in my friends old dodge pick-up and he had this tres hombres album on 8 track tape. First time I heard it I was blown away! We had made a huge sign selling firewood for $35 a cord. A woman asked us to deliver it so we did. Her husband came out of the house and said That isn't a cord! We didn't know a cord of wood had actual dimensions! We thought it was just however much you could cram into a pick-up bed
@TZ618 ай бұрын
What you heard before by them was MTV ZZ Top, by which time they had become a caricature of themselves for the masses. This is beer drinking, hell raising ZZ Top, which was a whole different kind of animal. On that note, I would suggest "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" for more of THAT ZZ Top. Thanks for the upload.
@richarddaugherty85836 ай бұрын
There's a backstory on this song... the guys were on a break in the studio and just fooling around with this John Lee Hooker sound and the engineers had kept the tape running. When the engineers heard this they made "keep going, keep going" motions to them. What you just listened to is what they originally did fooling around. They tried several different takes but none of them were as good as the original. This is Texas Blue Rock! Love it! You should also listen to John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom (which has it's own backstory!). It's a classic blues!
@williamjones60317 ай бұрын
My first concert was ZZ Top. $8 Ticket/$12 Concert T-shirt Before the "Eliminator" album. RIP Dusty.😇
@jimflores90988 ай бұрын
They formed in Houston, I think. My sister lives in La Grange....it's a very cool little German town between Austin and Houston. ZZ Top finally, for the first time, played "La Grange" in La Grange at the County Fair about 6 years ago...lol.
@JohnBullard8 ай бұрын
70's teenager in Texas at the corner store- "Hey man, what kinda rolling papers ya got?" Cashier - "All we got is Zig Zag and Top."
@js67292 ай бұрын
Zz Tops first album was recorded at Rose City studios in Tyler, Tx. One of their first (maybe their first) live performance was at the high-school coliseum in Alvin, Tx
@wentibbetts78338 ай бұрын
Little town called Houston, TX. 👍🏽 Narly, and pays tribute to John Lee Hooker (try "Boom Boom"). Saw these guys a few times. Any ZZ Top is fine by me.
@alekhidell8 ай бұрын
This is ZZ Top before they became mainstream. I wasn’t ever told about the vocal homage to John Lee Hooker, but being a huge fan of The Blues Brothers movie as soon as I heard “haw haw haw haw” in this I knew it was. I imagine live this is a song that only ended when they’d had enough of playing. It could go on for ever. Great reaction. Now go watch the John Lee Hooker sequence in Blues Brothers…