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#32 (permalink) |
Live by the Sword
Join Date: Jan 2011
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No love for ZZ Top?
they're Southern-rock, just because their biggest hits had synths make people forget people that their stuff up to that point and shortly after that were Southern-rock as for the Allmans, i don't think they can be considered prog at all, sure they had 20-minute jam sessions, but the songs are mostly blues-based and not complex enough to be "prog" nor are they suites of many smaller songs, the long jam is one long song, really i just got Eat a Peach and At Fillmore East At Fillmore East seems to fulfill the promise that Duane was the John Coltrane of the blues, but I wished they remastered or doctored it some more, as the guitar tone is very harsh and brittle on that |
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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![]() ![]() ![]() If you can dig some Texas styled down and dirty Rockin Blues music I suggest the album "One Foot in the Blues". One Foot in the Blues is a compilation album by ZZ Top, released in 1994. This album contains a selection of the band's songs which fall into the blues genre. ![]() 1. "Brown Sugar" (Gibbons) – 5:20 Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971) 2. "Just Got Back from Baby's" (Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 4:09 Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971) 3. "A Fool for Your Stockings" – 4:16 Originally from Degüello (1979) 4. "I Need You Tonight" – 6:15 Originally from Eliminator (1983) 5. "She Loves My Automobile" – 2:23 Originally from Degüello (1979) 6. "Hi Fi Mama" – 2:24 Originally from Degüello (1979) 7. "Hot, Blue and Righteous" (Gibbons) – 3:17 Originally from Tres Hombres (1973) 8. "My Head's in Mississippi" – 4:20 Originally from Recycler (1990) 9. "Lowdown in the Street" – 2:49 Originally from Degüello (1979) 10. "If I Could Only Flag Her Down" – 3:39 Originally from Eliminator (1983) 11. "Apologies to Pearly" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) – 2:44 Instrumental, Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972) 12. "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell" (Gibbons) – 6:47 Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972) 13. "Bar-B-Q" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:21 Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972) 14. "Old Man" – 3:32 Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971) 15. "Certified Blues" (Gibbons, Beard, Ham) – 3:25 Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971) 16. "2000 Blues" – 4:42 Originally from Recycler (1990) 17. "Heaven, Hell or Houston" – 2:32 Originally from El Loco (1981) Billy Gibbons – guitar, lead vocals Dusty Hill – bass, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Hi Fi Mama" Frank Beard – drums, percussion ZZ Top "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". "Sounds like the Blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.” ~Billy Gibbons~ |
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#36 (permalink) |
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ZZ Top is great. I have their first album on vinyl. As a Texan, I love that little ol' band from Texas. Gotta love them Texas blues.
I never expected anyone to consider them as prog, I was just trying to make a case for it and demonstrate how they are more technical than most other blues based bands. They're definitely a blues-rock/southern-rock band, and a jazzy one at that. I'd say their music is best described as blues-rock influenced by several elements of jazz. Last edited by blastingas10; 12-10-2011 at 05:45 PM. |
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Horribly Creative
Join Date: Jul 2009
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The boogie blues of 1970s ZZ Top is pretty much a must and they`ve got a lot of great material from that era. I`m also a fan of their 1980s Eliminator stuff, but thats mostly for the sexy women in the videos.
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...here to hear...
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Yes, I have some tracks from Hittin The Note - in fact that was the album that convinced me that the "new" Allmans are just as good as the old. Old Friend was a good choice - one of the best ! I also like the Stompin My Foot clip, SATCHMO. Very neat lyrics ! ![]() and talking of the North Mississippi Allstars, I wonder if anyone knows about this album ? ![]() I think it`s the NMAs, but with Robert Randolph in the star spot, which sounds very promising. Has anyone heard it, or know where I can find it ? |
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Shake Hands With Shorty Polaris Keys To The Kingdom They don`t have it in their store North Mississippi Allstars*Records and CDs*|*Shop the North Mississippi Allstars Official Store but Amazon has some copies of it....http://www.amazon.com/Word/dp/B00005M98F |
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