[kj] OT: This is MadneZZ

[Jerry Butson]

If you hold up a lighter during "Rough Boy" you could always set light to
their beards...

2009/2/2 Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com>


> heh heh..

>

> OK that was the sort of answer I was looking for. I think my split-second

> decision was based entirely on when they appeared on the Tube in the UK

> (the tv show, not the transport system) around the time of Sharp Dressed

> Man etc,

> and Billy Gibbons's sound was fucking fantastic - I'm sure it is on YouTube

> somewhere.

> I have a few of the pre-mega stardom albums which I listen to every now and

> then,

> so I don't mind those Texass blues... I think I was more worried about the

> cheese

> factor. I've always liked his guitar playing so as long as he's still

> cranking it up and out, I figure it'll be a good night.

>

> N

>

> PS And cheese matures with age, right?

>

> 2009/2/2 The Mighty TB <planetary at socal.rr.com>

>

>   "Neil Perry" wrote:

>>

>>

>> Hello everyone and  belated New Year greetings.

>>>

>>> What I want to know is, has anyone here ever, in the last two or even

>>> three

>>> decades, ever seen ZZ Top play?

>>>

>>> I was sat at the computer the other morning and girlfriend happens to

>>> mention that ZZ Top are playing here in Oslo. I didn't think much of it

>>> but then checked

>>> it out and they are playing a club, I guess it holds around 400 people.

>>> The tickets

>>> were going on sale that particular morning at 9am - I looked at the clock

>>> and it

>>> was 8.59, so WITHOUT THINKING I immediately went and bought a pair of

>>> tickets

>>> for um, cough, a moderately large amount of cash. (A day later, it was

>>> sold

>>> out.)

>>>

>>> What have I done? Should I be happy/excited?

>>>

>>> Someone reassure me, please...

>>>

>>

>> You'll have fun.  I've seen ZZ Top a few times since the late 70's, always

>> in arenas, usually in decent to excellent seats and have enjoyed their shows

>> but it's never been anything special. Usually, their arena stage show was

>> littered with ridiculously over the top props and gimmicks. However, a

>> couple years ago, I saw them in a House Of Blues club (the same one KJ

>> played in Hollywood last year) and it was outstanding.  Billy Gibbon's is

>> still an understated master on guitar and overall the band is still pretty

>> sharp live.  They do a few of the old goofy moves onstage during songs like

>> in the old MTV videos but it never crosses the cheese factor line.  The band

>> really shines in a club setting these days.

>>

>> The only negatives I can come up with is that they use backing tapes and

>> even a hidden singer or prerecorded vox for several of their "Eliminator"

>> mid 80's era songs (Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Gimme All Your Lovin) usually

>> played during the encore.  And of course, you gotta like their style of

>> Texas blues, otherwise you may be in for a tough evening.

>>

>> T.B.

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