Spring Break
ZZ Top rocks 'n' rolls into NWA
Lauren James
Issue date: 10/3/07 Section: Life & Style
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Their first international tour "Worldwide Texas Tour: Taking Texas to the People" took concerts to new heights with its circus-esque extravaganza filled with native animals of Texas such as buffalos, buzzards, rattlesnakes, longhorn steers. More than 75 tons of equipment, including a Texas-shaped stage, was hauled around the globe, according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Web site.
After the extensive international tour, ZZ Top took a three-year hiatus and returned on the Warner Bros. record label in 1979 with the album Deguello, which was filled with instant hits, such as "Cheap Sunglasses" and "Fool for Your Stockings."
ZZ Top dominated the '80s as they discovered the digital synthesizer and became an American staple on the new channel MTV. Gibbons' hot-rod, '34 red Ford coupe inspired the title and cover of Eliminator, the group's seventh album and one of the biggest selling albums of the decade. The album, which appealed to fans of many genres with its use of synthesizers and heavy chords, included the major radio and video hits "Gimme All Your Lovin," "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs."
The trio followed with the album Afterburner, another successful feat for the group, yielding the four Top 40 hits "Sleeping Bag," "Stages," "Rough Boy" and "Velcro Fly."
ZZ Top continued to be successful throughout the '90s and earned an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
The trio began their first national tour in years July 14 in Woodlands, Texas, and will end on the West Coast November 14 in Coachella, Calif.
ZZ Top will make a stop in the Natural State as their 90-minute "Greatest Hits" show will begin at 9 p.m. Friday at the Randall Tyson Track Center with the doors opening at 7 p.m. The highly anticipated show will begin with southern rock band Blackberry Smoke at 8 p.m.
The Lynyrd Skynyrd-inspired quartet Blackberry Smoke consists of Charlie Starr and Paul Jackson on guitar and vocals, Richard Turner on bass and vocals and Brit Turner on drums. The band originates from Lanett, Ala., home of Starr; LaGrange, Ga., home to Jackson; and Atlanta, home of the Turner brothers.
TaylorMack Advertising is promoting the rock show as a part of eighth annual Bikes, Blues & BBQ. Liz Boch, copywriter for TaylorMack, said she expects to have a large turnout. "In the first few days of ticket sales, more than 4,800 tickets were sold, which is almost half of the maximum capacity of the center," she said.
The Ticketmaster Web Site began selling the general admission tickets on Sept. 21 for $39.50.
After the extensive international tour, ZZ Top took a three-year hiatus and returned on the Warner Bros. record label in 1979 with the album Deguello, which was filled with instant hits, such as "Cheap Sunglasses" and "Fool for Your Stockings."
ZZ Top dominated the '80s as they discovered the digital synthesizer and became an American staple on the new channel MTV. Gibbons' hot-rod, '34 red Ford coupe inspired the title and cover of Eliminator, the group's seventh album and one of the biggest selling albums of the decade. The album, which appealed to fans of many genres with its use of synthesizers and heavy chords, included the major radio and video hits "Gimme All Your Lovin," "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs."
The trio followed with the album Afterburner, another successful feat for the group, yielding the four Top 40 hits "Sleeping Bag," "Stages," "Rough Boy" and "Velcro Fly."
ZZ Top continued to be successful throughout the '90s and earned an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
The trio began their first national tour in years July 14 in Woodlands, Texas, and will end on the West Coast November 14 in Coachella, Calif.
ZZ Top will make a stop in the Natural State as their 90-minute "Greatest Hits" show will begin at 9 p.m. Friday at the Randall Tyson Track Center with the doors opening at 7 p.m. The highly anticipated show will begin with southern rock band Blackberry Smoke at 8 p.m.
The Lynyrd Skynyrd-inspired quartet Blackberry Smoke consists of Charlie Starr and Paul Jackson on guitar and vocals, Richard Turner on bass and vocals and Brit Turner on drums. The band originates from Lanett, Ala., home of Starr; LaGrange, Ga., home to Jackson; and Atlanta, home of the Turner brothers.
TaylorMack Advertising is promoting the rock show as a part of eighth annual Bikes, Blues & BBQ. Liz Boch, copywriter for TaylorMack, said she expects to have a large turnout. "In the first few days of ticket sales, more than 4,800 tickets were sold, which is almost half of the maximum capacity of the center," she said.
The Ticketmaster Web Site began selling the general admission tickets on Sept. 21 for $39.50.
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MadChinese
posted 10/15/07 @ 4:13 AM CST
ZZ-Top simply the best R&R Band in the World...
don't understand, that they play more often in
Europe, than in Arkansas??? Huh, sorry from
Switz... (Continued…)
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