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"ZZ TOP"
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 2004, ZZ Top plays red-hot Texas boogie rock and
blues, and no one does it better - or has done it longer
- than this “little ol’ band from Texas.” The trio’s
enduring appeal owes much to their mastery of and feel
for rootsy forms. From the beginning they took a
hard-rocking power-trio approach to the blues,
cultivating a new audience for it in the Seventies and
Eighties with superior musicianship as well as attitude,
style and some devilishly funny songs. Together in their
original form for 35 years they continue to pack arenas
for their live shows.
The genius of ZZ Top is that they’re
reverential about the blues but loose and funny about
the subject matter of their songs. Their songs are laden
with pop-culture references, sexual double entendres and
the determined pursuit of a good time. They have written
about fast cars, fishnet stockings, sharp clothes, TV
dinners, cheap sunglasses and “tush.” They visually
connected with the MTV generation by virtue of Hill’s
and Gibbons’ long beards and fur-lined guitars. For
many, ZZ Top have been the premiere party band on the
planet. Certainly, they have been Texas’s foremost
cultural ambassadors.
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