ZZ Top - Blue Jean Blues

Sunday, time for a classic.

"Blue Jean Blues" is a tune taken from the fourth studio album "Fandango!" by the American blues-rock band ZZ TOP, released in 1975. Half the tracks are selections from live shows, the rest are new songs from the studio. A remastered and expanded edition of this album was released on February 28, 2006.

A sturdy American blues-rock trio from Texas, ZZ Top specialized in down-and-dirty blues-rock during the '70s, then scored colorful MTV hits during the 1980s. Formed in Houston in 1970 by Billy Gibbons (guitar), Dusty Hill (bass), and Frank Beard (drums), the trio came from a pair of rival bands the Moving Sidewalks (Gibbons) and American Blues (Hill and Beard). Their first two albums reflected the strong blues roots and Texas humor of the band. Their third album (Tres Hombres) gained them national attention with the hit "La Grange," a signature riff tune to this day, based on John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen." Their success continued unabated throughout the '70s, culminating with the year-and-a-half-long Worldwide Texas Tour.

"Blue Jean Blues" was also released as a B-side on the single "Tush".

As always, the trio is out on the road and a visit to Sweden rock next month. Enjoy today's tune.


Upcoming tourdates:

Dos Equis Pavilion Dallas, TX
MAY18 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Woodlands, TX
MAY19 Austin 360 Amphitheater Austin, TX
JUN4 Hartwall Arena Finland, Helsinki
JUN6 Botanical Garden Sweden, Uppsala
JUN7 Sweden Rock Festival Sweden, Solvesborg,
JUN8 Tjuvholmen Arena Norway, Hamar,
JUN11 Zitadelle Germany, Berlin
JUN13 Hessentag State Fair Hessen, Germany
JUN14 Holland International Blues Festival Netherlands, Grolloo,
JUN15 Peissnitz Insel Germany, Halle (Saale)
JUN17 Barclaycard Arena Germany, Hamburg
 JUN19 Prague Rocks Czech Republic, Prague
JUN21 France, Paris La Seine Musicale
JUN22 Hellfest Festival France, Clisson
JUN23 Le Printemps De Perouges France, Perouges,
JUN25 Brussels, Belgium Forest National
JUN26 Viadukt Germany, Bietigheim,
JUN28 Frankenhalle Nürnberg
JUN29 Linz, Austria Castle Clam
JUL1 Olympiahalle Germany, Munich,
JUL2 Auditorium Stravinski Montreux, Switzerland
JUL4 Festival de Nimes France, Nimes,
JUL5 Rock Fest Barcelona, Spain
JUL6 Festival Les Deferlantes France, Argles Sur Mer
JUL8 Zenith Nancy France, Nancy
JUL9 Tanzbrunnen Germany, Cologne,
JUL10 Rockhal Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette,
JUL12 London The SSE Arena
AUG16 Sunlight Supply Ampitheatre Ridgefield, WA
AUG17 Northern Quest Casino Theater Airway Heights, WA
AUG20 Yakima Valley SunDome Yakima, WA
AUG21 Chateau Ste Michelle Woodinviile, WA
AUG23 FivePoint Amphitheatre Irvine, CA
AUG24 Concord Pavilion Concord, CA
AUG25 Vina Robles Amphitheatre Paso Robles, CA
AUG27 Arlington Theater Santa Barbara, CA
AUG28 Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre San Diego, CA
AUG29 Comerica Theatre Phoenix, AZ
SEP1 Starlight Theatre Kansas City, MO
SEP2 Minnesota State Fairgrounds St. Paul, MN
SEP4 BMO Harris Pavilion Milwaukee, WI
SEP6 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Maryland Heights, MO
SEP7 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL
SEP8 Michigan Lottery Amphitheater at Freedom Hill Sterling Heights, MI
SEP10 Rose Music Center at the Heights Huber Heights, OH
SEP11 KeyBank Pavilion Burgettstown, PA
SEP13 Ocean City BikeFest Ocean City, MD
SEP14 Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Gilford, NH
SEP15 BB&T Pavilion Camden, NJ
SEP18 Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion Boston, MA
SEP19 Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY
SEP21 Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica Cleveland, OH
SEP22 Bourbon and Beyond Festival Louisviile, KY
OCT5 Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre Raleigh, NC
OCT6 PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte, NC
OCT9 Volvo Cars Stadium Charleston, SC
OCT11 Harrah's Cherokee - Event Center Cherokee, NC
OCT12 Exit 111 Festival - Great Stage Park Manchester, TN
OCT13 Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Alpharetta, GA
OCT15 The James Brown Arena Augusta, GA
OCT16 Saint Augustine Amphitheatre Saint Augustine, FL
OCT18 Hertz Arena Estero, FL
OCT19 MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre Tampa, FL
OCT20 Coral Sky Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL

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ZZ Top - I Gotsta Get Paid

ZZ TOP is an American rock band from Houston, Texas. Formed in 1969, the group consists of Billy Gibbons (guitar and vocals), Dusty Hill (bass and vocals), and Frank Beard (percussion). ZZ TOPs early sound was rooted in blues but eventually grew to exhibit contemporary influences. Throughout their career they have maintained a sound based on Hill's and Beard's rhythm section support, accentuated by Gibbons' guitar and vocal style. Their lyrics often gave evidence of band's humor and thematically focus on personal experiences and sexual innuendos.

La Futura is the fifteenth studio album by American rock band ZZ TOP, and its first in nine years, following Mescalero. La Futura was recorded at The Foambox Recordings in Houston, Texas. The album was released on September 11, 2012, and contains 10 tracks. “We thought long and hard about what this album should be,” Gibbons says in a press release. “We wanted to recall the directness of our early stuff but not turn our backs on contemporary technology. The result of this melding of the past and the present is, of course, La Futura.”

Four of the new tracks—“I Gotsta Get Paid,” “Chartreuse,” “Consumption,” and “Over You”—debuted June 5, 2012 as an iTunes-only collection titled Texicali, which met with strong sales and glowing reviews. Music Radar summed up the tunes as “ZZ TOP crankin’ up some fresh, vital roadhouse blues.” Another track, "Flyin' High,” appropriately made its world premiere in space, when the then-unfinished song played on board a Soyuz spacecraft during its launch to the International Space Station in June 2011 at the request of NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, a long-time ZZ TOP fan and friend.

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ZZ Top - I Thank You

Sunday, time for a classic.

"I Thank You" is a song written by David Porter and Isaac Hayes originally recorded by Sam & Dave, released in early 1968. The single was Sam & Dave's final release on Stax Records, reaching #9 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and #4 on the R&B chart. Shortly after its release, Stax severed its distribution deal with Atlantic Records and Sam & Dave, who were actually signed to Atlantic and loaned out to Stax, began recording for Atlantic proper. The song begins with Sam's spoken introduction that goes: "I want everybody to get off your seat,/ And get your arms together,/ And your hands together,/ And give me some of that old soul Clapping". First, Sam sings the Refrain, plus the first verse, and the refrain, while Dave sings the second verse, the refrain, and the third verse, with both Sam and Dave sharing on the repeated "Thank Yous" portion. Following a brief instrumentalist, Sam sings the Refrain, with Dave, joining him, on the Coda with the repeated "Thank Yous".

ZZ TOP covered the song on their 1979 album "Degüello". The band released the song as a single the next year. Like the original, it too charted, reaching #34 on the singles chart, becoming the band's second Top 40 hit (after "Tush", four years earlier).

Today's tune "I Thank You", taken from the sixth studio album "Degüello", released November 1979, enjoy!


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