In a sense, his love for fuzz isn’t new the first fuzz he used was a Maestro Fuzz Tone, back in the early days of ZZ Top. “‘The Dust’ may have left the building but he’s still very much with us,” Gibbons and Beard added. On some of ZZ Top’s recent albums, Gibbons has experimented a lot with fuzz and octavia effects. The band has dates announced through August. The band, featuring the co-founders with longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis on bass, will hit the road again in May on the ‘Raw Whisky’ tour. We knew right then it was a very special circumstance, all of us in the same place at the same time and what a time it most certainly was! It was as bare bones as when we first started touring in a behemoth Chrysler station wagon, driving vast stretches between those early far-flung shows under blackened Texas skies and first hearing our records on the radio. Gibbons and Beard described the process as “a return to our roots.” The Raw album features a few refreshed versions of ZZ Top classics, as well as some of the band’s early favourites.
Just like in the 2019 Netflix documentary That Little Ol’ Band From Texas, ZZ Top recorded just about every track live from the floor, within sight of each other, over the course of about a day. The album was recorded by ZZ Top’s original lineup of Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard and Hill during intimate sessions at Gruene Hall, one of the oldest continually run music venues in Texas.
Raw, the band’s sixteenth studio album and first new LP since 2012’s La Futura, will arrive July 22. Retrieved November 26, 2021.ZZ Top is moving ahead with the release of the album it was working on prior to bassist Dusty Hill’s death last year. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 26 November 1990".^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing April 15, 1991".^ "Certified Awards Search" (To access, enter the keywords "ZZ Top").^ a b Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008.^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 12th Edition.^ a b allmusic ((( ZZ Top > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles)))."Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (3/3)." (Tweet). ^ "Ö3 Austria Top40: Longplay-Charts - Ö3 Charts".^ "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank".^ "Recording Industry Association of America".For 51 years, the band comprised vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and vocalist.
WikiPedia ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. Australian Recording Industry Association. Next Show: Tue Jun 7,2022 at Hayden Homes Amphitheater in Bend, OR.