Jamal - watching you listen to this for the first time so joyfully is a true delight. We are ZZ Top's publicists and just shared this with the band. They will be thrilled to know that you so appreciate their "stank."
That's so awesome--often wonder if these reaction vids are seen by the artists. I grew up in the same part of H-town as Billy and Dusty--went to the same high school 16 years after them. Knew where their first studio was. My first boyfriend's older brother went to school with them and had the Cadillac featured in "Mexican Blackbird" ...HOMETOWN BOYS! ...There was this other episode when I was 14, they were majorly famous, and Dusty was visiting his mom and I was biking to my friends and when I jumped off my bike to walk in the complex and saw him (and was like WHOA!) and he asked if I knew where to get some coke. LOL. I did NOT unfortunately, as that ended the convo ;-)
I imagine friends sittin on a porch somewhere in Mississippi, on a moonlit night a hundred years ago, singin the same exact song, with only a banjo and guitar, sounding almost as good as this.
@@bustedup Publicist is not why people are here. We appreciate Bob and team for what they do, but we are here because of ZZ Top. 21 subscribers does not surprise me. Those 21 maybe ZZ Top and company. Pretty cool the publicist responded.
When Waitin' ends and breaks into Jesus... possibly one of the greatest moments in rock music ever. Still gives me chills after 40 years. Billy's tone on both of these songs is second to none.
I had a band in the 80s that covered " Sharp dressed Man, waitin for the Bus & Jesus left chicago as a trilogy to ZZ.. I recall now how tired my voice would be after the first 2.....but Jesus always soothed me for that final round & it was always religious for me...
Jamal, your reactions are priceless. It's so good to see someone younger enjoying the same music we "boomers" grew up on. ZZTop, that little ol' band from Texas.
When they got their "Eliminator" stage in their career, they have never been the same, and it broke my heart, they were THE BADDEST three piece band in the 70's
I agree. Saw them a few times in the 70's and I think they worked harder in concert than after MTV. ZZ TOP was one of several bands I saw in concert before I knew anything about them. They opened for URIAH HEEP in Rochester NY in 1973. They killed.
They were booked to a blues festival in Memphis early Their career , promoter didn’t know they were white ..crowd and old blues acts were slightly stunned by their appearance but once they kicked into gear , they were quickly lauded and embraced and that’s what started their Texas to Memphis connection
@IAmTheLiquor Lahey I guess that maybe it was on an album cover 😂😂 Joking. I do miss those . I would look at everything who produced , sang backup Before , google , Netflix 😎😎😎🤓
IAmTheLiquor Lahey That's why I typically tell first-person stories, such as, "I saw these guys on their first tour with the beards. 1981, El Loco Tour. Still have the program. Loverboy opened(!). The Top had a helluva laser show that night. I saw them in '82 with Tommy Tutone opening, who was roundly booed off the stage in my Texas hometown, because nobody came to see his lame ass." ha ha ha haaaaaa Everybody saw the documentary. Tell me about YOUR experiences. :) Peace out, Liquorman!
"You might not see him in person But he'll see you just the same You might not see him in person But he'll see you just the same Yeah, yeah You don't have to worry 'cause takin' care of business is his name!"
Mine are in the living room ( Infinity SM-152's ) and they'll BLOW your garage speakers away !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 138 Db SPL at 1 meter ! Top THAT without blowing YOUR speakers UP ! My kids leave the house when Dad's jamming LOL Oh ! It helps to have a CDC-835 CD player at 118 Db S/N, TOO !
I still get goosebumps when ZZ shifts from Waiting on the Bus Into Jesus just left Chicago. Have Mercy! That's Powerful Stuff! Can I get another Have Mercy!
Have Mercy, I've seen them 4 times, going back to the days of Levi's, Boots and western snap shirts. Each show was better than good, as I've said in another post, their music was always studio quality, but live. Say that of Bob Seger, too. .
and Jimi also essentially called Rory Gallagher the world's greatest guitarist. It's always heartwarming when the greats give all due respect to their influential peers and predecessors, in a truly humble way.
The guitarist here, Billy Gibbons was in a band that was at one time the opening act for Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix called him the most promising new guitarist of the time. That's some decent creds.
How about Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers how about Thug from The Eliminator how about arrested for driving while blind have football for Real by Lil Uzi and a Blues Clues moods after the rain feel about that
I'm 64 now. But I'm also still a 6'4" 300 pound Finn. I was 18- 19 seeing ZZ, Aerosmith and Foreigner in 3 Rivers Stadium. Saw Stevie Ray in the 80's in Arizona and I can't call it.Both are gods.
I just love the way Jamel appreciates great music. His reactions are honest and it gives me hope that maybe others in the younger generation will not let the music from our past die. I want to see him do some early 60's Motown songs...the 4 tops, the Supremes, the Temptations, Smokey Robinson, etc. When I was a kid in the 60's, I loved all great music and did not care about the skin color of who was making it. I am in my 60's now and still feel the same way.
Pirate labs, I share your feelings as well, I am 62 having two older brothers growing up I listened to all types of music, especially the music you mentioned. I heard this saying that goes along with what you said, here it is "Soul has no Color"
Yeah Brother, I first heard this in early/mid 70s it melted my face too!! Billy Dusty and Frank wrote the book on tight nasty down and dirty funky BLUES
Utterly CLASSIC ZZ Top! These guys nail it! "Jesus Just Left Chicago" is incredible and I hope everyone can see them perform it live someday, because it will bring down the house, including YOUR house!
This is PURE Texas FUNK! "Jesus Just Left Chicago" is an amazing song! You are expected to have smoked a few bong hits before you get to the chorus of the song! It hits like a hammer! ZZ Top are one of the best bands capable of doing this! GOD - You should see them performing this on stage! There is NOTHING like this, anywhere!
Frank Beard is absolutely one of the baddest drummers in rock and roll that nobody ever talks about. That man's pocket is as big as Texas. He is the slow-smoked barbecued Texas truth. With beans on the side.
They call them "That Little Ol' Band From Texas" for a reason, man! They are steeped in rockin' blues. I can only think of two three-piece bands with that much of a powerful sound, and they are ZZ Top and Rush. Both bands have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by the way.
@@leehanson1416 Just thinking you must be a drummer. 'Cause that means taking the '2' out of the 1-2-3 high hat thing. I'm a bass player, which means I've listened to a LOT of drummers. AND I'm born and raised in LA. But I'm also Latino, so this 'Tejas' stuff automatically makes sense to me. Thanks for the info.
@@boblozaintherealworld3577 Thanks, I'm a guitar player, I can't even keep a straight 4/4 backbeat on drums, let alone a Texas Shuffle. Like you, I concentrate on what the drummer is doing, because feel is everything.
Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers Thug from The Eliminator arrested for driving while blind nasty dogs and funky Kings and the football Go real Boise let's go let's go let's do after the rain fell from the mud album need you to know it's pretty cool
I Was seventeen when I bought this album and am still rocking out to it to this day and I am hitting seventy in a few days . Love it , keep on rocking in a positive manner .
Love you brother! Love your reactions to this set! As a rocker for all my life, I find incredible joy in watching you dig a ZZ Top’s two’fer. Keep it up my friend!
Thank you Uncle Lar! I've been putting a bug in his ear every chance I get to listen to Robin Trower, particularly, "Too Rolling Stoned". Also hoping he gets a gander at Larkin Poe, "Preachin' Blues"
Well, to be fair, humble Mr. Hendrix (R.I.P.) said that about quite a few artists he respected. Don't get me wrong . . . ZZ Top is g r e a t !! I bought all their LP's when first pressed into vinyl and still play them, 50 years later; scratchless. Rock ON! 😍👍🏼🎸🎧🎵
You should have seen them LIVE back in 70's when they played onstage with livestock and snakes and a windmill! They were so f'ing tight! Just the 3 of them!
“Took a jog thru Mississippi, well muddy water turned to wine” - best lyric in rock, such a good turn of phrase. Muddy Waters was a major influence on the band, and this ties in so perfectly. So good.
I was always told as a youngster that Billy G wrote Jesus Just Left Chicago as a tribute to Eric Clapton, and that it is telling the musical journey that Eric went through... that gives new meaning to Muddy Waters turned to wine!
That lyric "You might not see him in person but he'll see you just the same. .You don't have to worry 'cause takin' care of business is his name'. Must be be about JC.
Whats even more clever is that the JC here is actually a dope dealer making the rounds. Back in the day when I was an addict, I went to many dark places to buy my fix, and the seller would not see me in person, but he would see me just the same, meaning he would still do business thru a 3rd party for his own protection. Hope this sheds light on what the song is really about.
@@two_thongs_dont_make_a_kite Wow Brother, that is kind of a haunting story. I hope you're doing well these days. I never knew all that about this song.
It's been my experience that it is the rare hip-hop fan who is as into blues and funk as Jamal is. Props to him. Lots of rap and hop fans are ignorant of the progression of music because they think if it's old it's dumb. And that just ain't so. I can give you a musical history progression that'll get you from Buddy Holly to Kanye West, with stops by Johnny Cash and Sex Pistols in addition to the people you expect [Chuck Berry, Isaac Hayes, etc.]. And watching Jamal explore that progression one song at a time is an awful lot of fun.
@@wauzers Oh, I wouldn't say that. Musical roots go all the way back to humans developing voices enough to sing along with the drums around the fire 😁 But yeah, you can immediately connect all modern music to 1850's dance hall music, jazz, and the blues. Like they say, 'Ain't nuthin' new under the sun...'
Netflix has a documentary about ZZ Top if you've not watched it you need to bro! ZZ Top was the first concert I ever saw. And my father's, RIP, favorite band.
My first concert also about 44 years ago. Saw them 3 more times after, over the years. It was cool to watch them progress from jeans and straw cowboy hats to pimp suits lol
Oh that was instant Stank Face! That harmonica, oooo-eeee! And you need some Muddy Waters in your life, baby! And maybe a little George Thorogood too, best smile in rock n roll! OH LAWD, I KNOW! Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind Live at Montreux 1975, you will LOVE this, it's another StankFaceMaximus
Blown away the first time I heard this song as a 14 year old in 1975; still listening to ZZ Top often al of these years later. What an amazing threesome. Saw them 10 times live- never an extra musician. Both Billy and Dusty had those great blues voices, and Billy is an acknowledged all time great guitarist (he was buddies with Hendrix,, who called him the best guitarist!)
How about some Robin Trower? I highly recommend Day of the Eagle, Too Rolling Stoned, Bridge of Sighs, The Fool and Me, or A Little Bit of Sympathy. You will not regret it.
It's only Money, Hannah. I love all the Trower albums. I saw them at the Berkeley Community Theater in 1980 for Victims of the Fury tour. I took a hit and a half of Purple Microdot.
Early ZZ Top so funky.....when I first heard them I was blown away. I was so sure that the lead vocalist was black . Bought the album saw the cover ... wait a minute where the black guy??? Billy Gibbons has so much soul in his voice and of course one of best guitar players to ever been born. Listen to the only cover that I know of “ I Thank You” the Sam and Dave hit. Soulful and with a little bit Texas blues added for flavor. So smooth.....
Saw them in March of 1991, one of the best concerts I've ever been to. The Black Crows opened for them but we missed most their set due to the traffic jam getting into the arena. My ears were ringing for 3 days after the concert, from a 3 man band. It was worth it though...such a powerful, funky, bluesy...beardy band!
The best part? In concert, they sound exactly like that. I've seen Metallica, REM, Tom Petty, Jimmy Buffet, Molly Hatchet, Charlie Daniels and others live, and they were good, but ZZ Top was the best concert I've ever been to. Definitely the best seats I ever had. My buddy and I swapped our nosebleeds and cash for 13th row center. They played a bunch of songs off the album they were touring to support (Recycler), but then got into a greatest hits / greatest B-side blues fest. Amidst the standing, cheering, swaying floor crowd, Rob and I looked at each other like "what are we doing?," and 5 seconds later there we were, sitting down, feet kicked up, just getting soaked in unfiltered ZZ Top blues greatness.
In my Life I have seen them 7 times. Truly unreal! They are other Rockstar's fans orite band. One concert they were in greasy looking coveralls with rag hanging outta the back pocket. Like they had worked on the tour bus.
I Know I Have A lot more to do, but this is what I’ve done so far👍🏾ua-cam.com/play/PLAY_hpVvjQqBMk8vzOCPIXNLG7u-AiEKC.html
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You should do A Fool For Your Stockings by these cats. You won't be disappointed.
Check out ZZ top Heard it on the X one of my favs, or Mexican blackbird
Tush!! It's a Great one,you will like it!!🎶🎶
@@deelawson4551 Si, Dee!
Jamal - watching you listen to this for the first time so joyfully is a true delight. We are ZZ Top's publicists and just shared this with the band. They will be thrilled to know that you so appreciate their "stank."
That's so awesome--often wonder if these reaction vids are seen by the artists. I grew up in the same part of H-town as Billy and Dusty--went to the same high school 16 years after them. Knew where their first studio was. My first boyfriend's older brother went to school with them and had the Cadillac featured in "Mexican Blackbird" ...HOMETOWN BOYS! ...There was this other episode when I was 14, they were majorly famous, and Dusty was visiting his mom and I was biking to my friends and when I jumped off my bike to walk in the complex and saw him (and was like WHOA!) and he asked if I knew where to get some coke. LOL. I did NOT unfortunately, as that ended the convo ;-)
Right on!
I imagine friends sittin on a porch somewhere in Mississippi, on a moonlit night a hundred years ago, singin the same exact song, with only a banjo and guitar, sounding almost as good as this.
Bob Merlis yeah, you’re the publicist of one of the greatest rock n roll bands and you got 21 subscribers on ya little UA-cam channel there..
@@bustedup Publicist is not why people are here. We appreciate Bob and team for what they do, but we are here because of ZZ Top. 21 subscribers does not surprise me. Those 21 maybe ZZ Top and company. Pretty cool the publicist responded.
This is the song that introduced Cadillac as a verb:
"Well, I'll be ridin' on the bus till I Cadillac"
Good catch
Been listening to this for nearly 50 years and I'm just now finding out what he says there! 😆😁
Have mercy!
sold my mustang so i can toyota
In an interview Jimmie Hendrix was asked “ How does it feel to be a guitar god?” His answer “ I don’t know ask Billy Gibbons”.
supposedly Hendrix was intimidated by Terry Kath of Chicago too.
Perfect!
Amen.
@les cook yeah, but he was wrong
@les cook yeah like Terry who?? Not even in the same league as Jimi. But then, few are. I love that Jimi appreciated Billy though. Warms my heart. 🌹
I'm not saying, "Turn it up" anymore when ZZ comes on the radio, I'm saying, "Crank the stank!"
Good idea. I'm going to use that with your permission
"Too much stank for one setting!" lol, classic!
That’s that biscuits and gravy with a side of grits blues
Amen
Yes sir
It's that 12-pack of Natural Ice, Joe-Dirt-watchin' blues.
Cheesy grits...
Wit a fried dippy egg on top
When Waitin' ends and breaks into Jesus... possibly one of the greatest moments in rock music ever. Still gives me chills after 40 years. Billy's tone on both of these songs is second to none.
Damn right. 😎👍🏻
That transit is etheral: perfect. Feels like the pauses for a half-step...and resets.
I don't know how I could do it, but I always tweaked the volume at the turn!
I had a band in the 80s that covered " Sharp dressed Man, waitin for the Bus & Jesus left chicago as a trilogy to ZZ..
I recall now how tired my voice would be after the first 2.....but Jesus always soothed me for that final round & it was always religious for me...
This
The joke in Houston in the 80s was that this was the unofficial theme song for the Houston Transit Authority.
Jamal, your reactions are priceless. It's so good to see someone younger enjoying the same music we "boomers" grew up on. ZZTop, that little ol' band from Texas.
I’m a boomer from Texas
Yes, 1970’s ZZ Top is their best work. Stay in this lane, so many awesome songs
Word
Love it all but the early stuff is hard core git down
When they got their "Eliminator" stage in their career, they have never been the same, and it broke my heart, they were THE BADDEST three piece band in the 70's
Tony French Word!
I agree. Saw them a few times in the 70's and I think they worked harder in concert than after MTV. ZZ TOP was one of several bands I saw in concert before I knew anything about them. They opened for URIAH HEEP in Rochester NY in 1973. They killed.
You might not see him in person, but he'll see you just the same, word!
"I got my brown paper bag and my take-home pay"
...oh, that's what he's sayin'.
Thx.
That funky soulful blues from deep in Billy's soul flowed effortlessly across his guitar strings. Damn fine southern music.
They were booked to a blues festival in Memphis early Their career , promoter didn’t know they were white ..crowd and old blues acts were slightly stunned by their appearance but once they kicked into gear , they were quickly lauded and embraced and that’s what started their Texas to Memphis connection
@Eric Nelson
They have a special on
Netflix right now
IAmTheLiquor Lahey Almost verbatim! LOL I said the same thing. ha ha haaaaa
@IAmTheLiquor Lahey
I guess that maybe it was
on an album cover 😂😂
Joking. I do miss those .
I would look at everything
who produced , sang backup
Before , google , Netflix
😎😎😎🤓
I saw that Netflix documentary today. It was great.
IAmTheLiquor Lahey That's why I typically tell first-person stories, such as, "I saw these guys on their first tour with the beards. 1981, El Loco Tour. Still have the program. Loverboy opened(!). The Top had a helluva laser show that night. I saw them in '82 with Tommy Tutone opening, who was roundly booed off the stage in my Texas hometown, because nobody came to see his lame ass." ha ha ha haaaaaa
Everybody saw the documentary. Tell me about YOUR experiences. :)
Peace out, Liquorman!
"taking care of business is his name"...pure gold...
"You might not see him in person
But he'll see you just the same
You might not see him in person
But he'll see you just the same
Yeah, yeah
You don't have to worry 'cause takin' care of business is his name!"
I don't know when these guys got old but they have been the coolest old guys my whole life.
They still super cool! Even though we lost one of them this year. RIP!
Kid: Turns on this video
Dad: Turn off that crap video
Kid: Why tho?!
Dad: I have bigger better speakers in the garage!
Hazardarea LoL!
...cranked to 11... You're welcome, neighbors
Mine are in the living room ( Infinity SM-152's ) and they'll BLOW your garage speakers away !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 138 Db SPL at 1 meter ! Top THAT without blowing YOUR speakers UP ! My kids leave the house when Dad's jamming LOL Oh ! It helps to have a CDC-835 CD player at 118 Db S/N, TOO !
@@JohnSmith-ye5ft party at your house
Hell yah son... The phase lenear has 400 watts baby... Lol
I still get goosebumps when ZZ shifts from Waiting on the Bus Into Jesus just left Chicago. Have Mercy! That's Powerful Stuff! Can I get another Have Mercy!
Have Mercy, I've seen them 4 times, going back to the days of Levi's, Boots and western snap shirts. Each show was better than good, as I've said in another post, their music was always studio quality, but live. Say that of Bob Seger, too.
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It's religious!
V Vogt
Mercy, mercy me!
Couldn’t agree more. I get chills.
Me too!!!
Jimmy Hendrix said " best guitarist he's ever heard"
I think he said of Terry Kath, late great lead guitarist of Chicago
@@qatesta ZZ TOP OPENED FOR JIMI. CHICAGO NO
And Billy said the same about Jimi. They was buds.
and Jimi also essentially called Rory Gallagher the world's greatest guitarist. It's always heartwarming when the greats give all due respect to their influential peers and predecessors, in a truly humble way.
The guitarist here, Billy Gibbons was in a band that was at one time the opening act for Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix called him the most promising new guitarist of the time. That's some decent creds.
Yes, The Moving Sidewalks.
Billy was 17 or 18 and had said Jimi taught him to play.
I heard that Billy Gibbons used a quarter instead of a pick to get that twangy sound.
Never ceases to amaze that 3 dudes can make that kind of sound and music! Nothing like these guys! ZZ Top......badass to da bone!
You cannot believe the sound produced by "That Little Ol' Band From Texas"!!
Then you have never listened to RUSH!
ELP...
@@teddroysen379 preach brother !!! And a shout out to Triumph as well !!!
@@teddroysen379 we’re not talking about rush. They were futuristic, we are talking about the dirty down south blues
"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
"Pearl Necklace"
How about Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers how about Thug from The Eliminator how about arrested for driving while blind have football for Real by Lil Uzi and a Blues Clues moods after the rain feel about that
The whole Deguello album. My favorite.
TV dinners!
When I was a teen I bought the Tres Hombres album for La Grange, but this is my favorite track on the album.
I'm 64 now. But I'm also still a 6'4" 300 pound Finn. I was 18- 19 seeing ZZ, Aerosmith and Foreigner in 3 Rivers Stadium. Saw Stevie Ray in the 80's in Arizona and I can't call it.Both are gods.
Oh my yes, the real ZZ Top. This was parking lot concerts at its best
I just love the way Jamel appreciates great music. His reactions are honest and it gives me hope that maybe others in the younger generation will not let the music from our past die. I want to see him do some early 60's Motown songs...the 4 tops, the Supremes, the Temptations, Smokey Robinson, etc. When I was a kid in the 60's, I loved all great music and did not care about the skin color of who was making it. I am in my 60's now and still feel the same way.
If it's good music,it doesn't matter what color they are,if it makes you feel like Jamel at the end of this,then you got some good music
Pirate labs, I share your feelings as well, I am 62 having two older brothers growing up I listened to all types of music, especially the music you mentioned. I heard this saying that goes along with what you said, here it is "Soul has no Color"
Yeah Brother, I first heard this in early/mid 70s it melted my face too!! Billy Dusty and Frank wrote the book on tight nasty down and dirty funky BLUES
Utterly CLASSIC ZZ Top! These guys nail it! "Jesus Just Left Chicago" is incredible and I hope everyone can see them perform it live someday, because it will bring down the house, including YOUR house!
Best ZZ Top song ever and I'm an Atheist lol.
Are you also a vegan crossfitter?
@@michaelgrimm No I'm an Atheist vegan crossfitter, how dare you!
The one he did the other day is also a good one for an athiest..Jesus is Just All Right by the Doobie Brothers.
Athiest here, Just finding that vibe in a song
You may not see Him in person, but He'll see you just the same...
"Too much 'Stank' in one sitting..." That should be a T-shirt...
It should be!
LOL !
YAAASSS!!
🤣🤣🤣👍
I'd wear the he'll out of that Tshirt.
This is PURE Texas FUNK! "Jesus Just Left Chicago" is an amazing song! You are expected to have smoked a few bong hits before you get to the chorus of the song! It hits like a hammer! ZZ Top are one of the best bands capable of doing this! GOD - You should see them performing this on stage! There is NOTHING like this, anywhere!
The bass is the heartbeat and the guitar is the blood flow.
"These guys are so deep in the pocket it would take mining equipment to get them out!!"
jeff Scott they were asked if they dabbled in real estate, they said yeh, we have a few acres, oh yeh ? Where ? Downtown Dallas
Damn straight!
@@deborahchesser7375 AND Houston ! Lol
@@deborahchesser7375
I have heard that they own their own private island off of the Texas coast.
Heard It On the X...Essential ZZ Top!
Great choice forgot about that one.. Love ZZTOP seen them in Concert several times
My favorite ZZ Top song ever! My brother turned me on to this and took me to my first ZZ concert. I was 15 now 60. It was Badass!
Those two songs will be with you forever...Tingly, heebie, jeeebies up the spine when it comes on.
LAWD........That was some JAMMMMMMM. I forgot how much ZZ freakin Jams DEEP.
Dusty Hill and Frank Beard are the best locked-in, in the "pocket" rhythm section in rock and roll.
Frank Beard is absolutely one of the baddest drummers in rock and roll that nobody ever talks about. That man's pocket is as big as Texas. He is the slow-smoked barbecued Texas truth. With beans on the side.
@@joeday4293 Beard is another Ringo, always spot on allowing the others to do their thing.
Two men very lucky to have known Billy Gibbons.
Don't forget the man without a beard,Frank Beard!
They should be they been playing together since 1968, before ZZTop.
that "little ole band from Texas", took me 48yrs to see them live and man they are still rocking it !!!!
They call them "That Little Ol' Band From Texas" for a reason, man! They are steeped in rockin' blues. I can only think of two three-piece bands with that much of a powerful sound, and they are ZZ Top and Rush. Both bands have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by the way.
"Jesus Just Left Chicago" is the definition of Texas blues. Thank you for the review; I love your channel.
Really think about what you just said
Freaking incredible! One of the finest songs that I saw them perform live, with the steers and the rattlesnakes on stage with them! Bliss!
That Texas Shuffle. It's all about losing the middle triplet.
@@leehanson1416 Just thinking you must be a drummer. 'Cause that means taking the '2' out of the 1-2-3 high hat thing. I'm a bass player, which means I've listened to a LOT of drummers. AND I'm born and raised in LA.
But I'm also Latino, so this 'Tejas' stuff automatically makes sense to me. Thanks for the info.
@@boblozaintherealworld3577 Thanks, I'm a guitar player, I can't even keep a straight 4/4 backbeat on drums, let alone a Texas Shuffle. Like you, I concentrate on what the drummer is doing, because feel is everything.
“Tube snake boogie” and “just got paid” to complete the set
Til now , forty some odd years later, its tube "snake" boogie not tube "steak". Thanks for enlightening me.
With some "Pearl Necklace" as a chaser.
You’re right there’s too many!
Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers Thug from The Eliminator arrested for driving while blind nasty dogs and funky Kings and the football Go real Boise let's go let's go let's do after the rain fell from the mud album need you to know it's pretty cool
I Was seventeen when I bought this album and am still rocking out to it to this day and I am hitting seventy in a few days . Love it , keep on rocking in a positive manner .
ZZ Top's Manic Mechanic from 1979, blows the doors off of EVERYTHING!!
This is the 1-2 punch to start their 1973 master album Tres Hombres. Next up Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers. La Grange is also on this album.
“You don’t have to worry cuz takin’ care of business is His name.”
Watching Jamels reactions puts a huge smile on my face!
Loved those 3 guys from Texas for years!!!
To this day, it's still one of the all time best segues. Going from ridin on the bus, to Jesus just leaving Chicago.
"I'll be ridin' on the bus till I Cadillac"
ZZ Top and SRV, the best of Texas Blues and rock and roll. Long live ZZ Top AND god we miss SRV.
Jonny Winter
“We ain’t going to waste any more time so let’s jump into it”. That’s always music to my ears.
Been a long time since I listen to that thank you. Try Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers or heard it on the X.
You're gonna love A Fool For Your Stockings.
Another great song!
Yes please!
That's a great slow blusey tune. Different from the other songs you've done.
My favorite ZZ top song besides I'm bad I'm nationwide
Love you brother! Love your reactions to this set! As a rocker for all my life, I find incredible joy in watching you dig a ZZ Top’s two’fer. Keep it up my friend!
"Bride of Sighs"- Robin Trower - You must hear it!
Too Rolling Stoned
Seen Trower 3 times! Bridge of Sighs album definitely my favorite of all time!
That’s “Bridge of Sighs”...it’s actually a real place...in Venice,Italy
@@marko4706 Yes, of course.
Thank you Uncle Lar! I've been putting a bug in his ear every chance I get to listen to Robin Trower, particularly, "Too Rolling Stoned". Also hoping he gets a gander at Larkin Poe, "Preachin' Blues"
Jimi Hendrix was asked who he thought the best up and coming guitar player was and you're listening to who he thought of.
any chance at you doing a review of Mastodon "Blood and Thunder" or "Seabeast"?
ZZ Top opened for Hendrix waaaaay back in the day. Google it. 🤘
Well, to be fair, humble Mr. Hendrix (R.I.P.) said that about quite a few artists he respected. Don't get me wrong . . . ZZ Top is g r e a t !! I bought all their LP's when first pressed into vinyl and still play them, 50 years later; scratchless. Rock ON! 😍👍🏼🎸🎧🎵
He gave Billy Gibbons a guitar.
Hendrix said there's this old boy down in Texas
You should have seen them LIVE back in 70's when they played onstage with livestock and snakes and a windmill! They were so f'ing tight! Just the 3 of them!
I have loved their music ever since the 70’s and are twice as good live!
That's the gospel truth! I saw them in the 1970's late 70's
"Ain't No Denying Da Stank!" . . . needs to be on a shirt
I'd buy that shirt👍🇨🇦
I'd buy one
🤣 slogan is gold!
“Took a jog thru Mississippi, well muddy water turned to wine” - best lyric in rock, such a good turn of phrase. Muddy Waters was a major influence on the band, and this ties in so perfectly. So good.
I think he said " jaunt " , just sayin' ....
@@shermansanders3783 👍
I think every rock band loves muddy waters
I was always told as a youngster that Billy G wrote Jesus Just Left Chicago as a tribute to Eric Clapton, and that it is telling the musical journey that Eric went through... that gives new meaning to Muddy Waters turned to wine!
ZZ ALWAYS played these 2 back-to-back.....R.I.P., Dusty
I will never tire of the music and watching you!
Just Got Paid is another great one from ZZ Top
2 cool tracks from "Tres Hombres", great album!
The best ZZ Top album
There isn't a bad song on that album, a classic of all time.
Tres Hombres is their best album forsure!
Yeah, the gear shift from the boogie into Jesus Left Chicago is a great one.
That lyric "You might not see him in person but he'll see you just the same. .You don't have to worry 'cause takin' care of business is his name'. Must be be about JC.
Whats even more clever is that the JC here is actually a dope dealer making the rounds. Back in the day when I was an addict, I went to many dark places to buy my fix, and the seller would not see me in person, but he would see me just the same, meaning he would still do business thru a 3rd party for his own protection. Hope this sheds light on what the song is really about.
@@two_thongs_dont_make_a_kite Wow Brother, that is kind of a haunting story. I hope you're doing well these days. I never knew all that about this song.
It's been my experience that it is the rare hip-hop fan who is as into blues and funk as Jamal is. Props to him.
Lots of rap and hop fans are ignorant of the progression of music because they think if it's old it's dumb. And that just ain't so. I can give you a musical history progression that'll get you from Buddy Holly to Kanye West, with stops by Johnny Cash and Sex Pistols in addition to the people you expect [Chuck Berry, Isaac Hayes, etc.]. And watching Jamal explore that progression one song at a time is an awful lot of fun.
Truths
Well put together.
The roots all come from the Blues.
@@wauzers Oh, I wouldn't say that. Musical roots go all the way back to humans developing voices enough to sing along with the drums around the fire 😁
But yeah, you can immediately connect all modern music to 1850's dance hall music, jazz, and the blues.
Like they say, 'Ain't nuthin' new under the sun...'
@@carlhicksjr8401 or some form of folk music.
Billy is my favorite blues guitarist ever... can't help it, to me his shit is THE shit.
no words to describe the joy you show listening to some of ZZ top's finest. I am nodding along with you.....
Netflix has a documentary about ZZ Top if you've not watched it you need to bro! ZZ Top was the first concert I ever saw. And my father's, RIP, favorite band.
My first concert also about 44 years ago. Saw them 3 more times after, over the years. It was cool to watch them progress from jeans and straw cowboy hats to pimp suits lol
My first concert too, went with my dad when I was 15
The ZZ Top pimpin' ain't easy 😂😂
@@bradleymcconnell470 Pimpin' ain't easy,but sometimes it's necessary!
Just saw them in OC Maryland for a concert during Bike Week. They are still awesome performers.
Jimi Hendricks called Billy Gibbons the best guitarist he’d ever heard. That interview is on youtube.
Hendrix, your welcome.
Max Wattage ok. It was a mistake.
@@luisdeleon4546 no problem, in case you didn't know.
Max Wattage I did and do know. I was just tired.
He said the same thing about Terry Kath. I think Jimi was sandbagging.
50 plus yrs of these Blues Brothers.They still pack the houses.
The Texas Top! ZZ Top! I saw them open for the Rolling Stones in '81. best concert ever
Oh that was instant Stank Face! That harmonica, oooo-eeee!
And you need some Muddy Waters in your life, baby! And maybe a little George Thorogood too, best smile in rock n roll!
OH LAWD, I KNOW! Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind Live at Montreux 1975, you will LOVE this, it's another StankFaceMaximus
Stankface on Govt' Mule's cover of "I'd rather go Blind" too
@@Mike-et6jg Yes! And their cover of John the Revelator.
Yes! Going old school ZZ Top!
The good stuff.
Yep the good stuff...beer drinker and hell raisers...
early ZZTop is best ZZ Top
Blown away the first time I heard this song as a 14 year old in 1975; still listening to ZZ Top often al of these years later. What an amazing threesome. Saw them 10 times live- never an extra musician. Both Billy and Dusty had those great blues voices, and Billy is an acknowledged all time great guitarist (he was buddies with Hendrix,, who called him the best guitarist!)
One of the legendary 3 piece bands. Those 3 pieces have/had to sound good. They had to be good to hang with the great bands.
We told you! Waiting/Jesus is one of my all time favorites.
How about some Robin Trower? I highly recommend Day of the Eagle, Too Rolling Stoned, Bridge of Sighs, The Fool and Me, or A Little Bit of Sympathy. You will not regret it.
It's only Money, Hannah. I love all the Trower albums. I saw them at the Berkeley Community Theater in 1980 for Victims of the Fury tour. I took a hit and a half of Purple Microdot.
Trower is the unsung blues hero.
Ooooo, good idea!
Damn straight.
Too rolling stonef!!!
Do you see why our generation had the best music?
This is the kind of music I grew up listening to and my kids love this kind of music too!
"There is too much stank in one setting" Says all that needs to be said...
Amen!
It was a great time to be a teenager. :)
I saw these guys play in Omaha in 1978. Best concert ever! Never got so high!
Billy Gibbons is one under rated guitarist! Amazing three piece band.
"Hold on one second... how am I supposed to make my face to last? There's too much stink in one setting..." Ha ha. Perfect! :]
"Mexican Blackbird" for some of the best of the Lil ol Band from Texas.
Drive that old Chrysler to Mexico boys!
Arguably the best trio in rock history.
Ain't many bands can pull off a harmonica solo like that. Gotta love that li'l ol' band from Texas!
Early ZZ Top so funky.....when I first heard them I was blown away. I was so sure that the lead vocalist was black . Bought the album saw the cover ... wait a minute where the black guy??? Billy Gibbons has so much soul in his voice and of course one of best guitar players to ever been born. Listen to the only cover that I know of “ I Thank You” the Sam and Dave hit. Soulful and with a little bit Texas blues added for flavor. So smooth.....
"Takin care of business is his name" Always love rock/blues/gospel
That’s a dirty dirty riff.. I had the exact same reaction as J when I first heard this genius of a song 🎸
Saw them in March of 1991, one of the best concerts I've ever been to. The Black Crows opened for them but we missed most their set due to the traffic jam getting into the arena. My ears were ringing for 3 days after the concert, from a 3 man band. It was worth it though...such a powerful, funky, bluesy...beardy band!
The best part? In concert, they sound exactly like that. I've seen Metallica, REM, Tom Petty, Jimmy Buffet, Molly Hatchet, Charlie Daniels and others live, and they were good, but ZZ Top was the best concert I've ever been to. Definitely the best seats I ever had. My buddy and I swapped our nosebleeds and cash for 13th row center. They played a bunch of songs off the album they were touring to support (Recycler), but then got into a greatest hits / greatest B-side blues fest. Amidst the standing, cheering, swaying floor crowd, Rob and I looked at each other like "what are we doing?," and 5 seconds later there we were, sitting down, feet kicked up, just getting soaked in unfiltered ZZ Top blues greatness.
In my Life I have seen them 7 times. Truly unreal! They are other Rockstar's fans orite band. One concert they were in greasy looking coveralls with rag hanging outta the back pocket. Like they had worked on the tour bus.
Now your getting to the meat of ZZ Top!!!
Billy and Dusty with the iconic facial hair, drummer without facial hair( mostly) Frank BEARD, gotta love it
Jesus just left Chicago is my favorite ZZTop song. Butt rockin’ at it’s finest!
Can’t beat ZZ! Especially the early music like this. Same time frame as Little Feat. Another one of my favorites from back in the day!
10 years after