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Rancho Texicano
''Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top'' is a greatest hits album by the rock band ZZ Top. It was released in 2004 on Rhino Entertainment. The title is a portmanteau of "texan" and "mexicano", meaning "Tex-mex Ranch". The 2-CD compilation is essentially a pared-down version of the 4-CD box set ''Chrome, Smoke & BBQ'', released the previous year. All songs are original mixes that have been digitally remastered. Track listing All tracks are written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted. Personnel *Billy Gibbons - guitar, vocals * Dusty Hill - bass, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Goin' Down to Mexico", "Tush", and "Viva Las Vegas", co-lead vocals on "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers", "Heard It on the X", and "It's Only Love" * Frank Beard - drums, percussion Charts Album - Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZZ Top
ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. For 51 years, they comprised vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and vocalist-bassist Dusty Hill, until Hill's death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons' blues guitar style and Hill and Beard's rhythm section. They are popular for their live performances, sly and humorous lyrics, and the matching appearances of Gibbons and Hill, who wore sunglasses, hats and long beards. ZZ Top formed after the demise of Moving Sidewalks, Gibbons' previous band, in 1969. Within a year, they signed with London Records and released ''ZZ Top's First Album'' (1971). Subsequent releases, such as ''Tres Hombres'' (1973) and ''Fandango!'' (1975), and the singles " La Grange" and " Tush", gained extensive radio airplay. By the mid-1970s, ZZ Top had become renowned in North America for its live act, including the Worldwide Texas Tour (1976— 1977), which was a critical and commercial success. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Cordray
Kenneth Cordray (July 21, 1954 – May 21, 2017) was an American instrumental guitarist and songwriter, who shared the stage with notable musicians and performers such as John Mayall, John Lee Hooker and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Cordray became the lead guitarist for The Children under the ATCO label and later on ODE records produced by Lou Adler. He co-wrote the song "Francine", which peaked at 69 on the Billboard Hot 100, with Steve Perron for ZZ Top's album ''Rio Grande Mud''. Cordray performed and wrote music with Jaco Pastorius and played in Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Rider band at Pastorius' request. While playing with the C.C. Riders, Cordray backed up Jerry Lee Lewis on an episode of the ''Midnight Special'' and in concert. He moved to New Orleans to play with the former C.C. Riders and Edgar Winter's White Trash band members before forming his own group, Cordray. Members included Clay Hemphill, David Lee Watson, Allyn Robinson and Mark Campbell. Cordray's first nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Loco
''El Loco'' is the seventh studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1981. The title means "The Madman" in Spanish. The band's guitarist/singer Billy Gibbons has said that the recording of this album was the first time the three members of the band were isolated from one another in the studio, rather than recording simultaneously in the same room. It also foreshadowed ZZ Top's synthesizer-driven direction later in the decade, with early experimentations in synthesizer backing on certain tracks. Background ''El Loco'' was produced by Bill Ham and recorded and originally mixed by Terry Manning. The biographer David Blayney explains in his book ''Sharp Dressed Men'' that the recording engineer Linden Hudson was involved as a pre-producer on this album.Blayney, David (1994). ''Sharp Dressed Men''. New York: Hyperion. pp. 196–203. . Hudson did not receive credit for engineering the tracks on "Groovy Little Hippie Pad" which were used on the final album mix. In 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tube Snake Boogie
"Tube Snake Boogie" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top from their 1981 album '' El Loco''. It was released as a single the same year and reached No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart. While the lyrics seem to imply sexual innuendo or double entendre, in the liner notes for the band's 1992 '' Greatest Hits'' album, it is explained that "'tube snake' is gnarly lingo for a surfboard, or 'boogie board.' Either way, it's good clean fun." However, this claim of surfing belies the lyrical content clearly indicating that the 'boogieing' is done at night. The song was produced by Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. Cover versions * Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack recorded a version on their live cover album ''DisCover'' in 2002. * Canadian blues guitarist Bill Durst recorded a version on his 2005 album, ''The Wharncliff Sessions''. Charts Personnel *Billy Gibbons - guitar, lead vocals * Dusty Hill - bass, backing vocals * Frank Beard - drums, percu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheap Sunglasses
"Cheap Sunglasses" is a 1979 single by ZZ Top from their 1979 album '' Degüello''. The song captures many of the sounds and beats for which ZZ Top is famous. It is also featured on the greatest hits collections '' ZZ Top's Greatest Hits'', '' Chrome, Smoke & BBQ'', and ''Rancho Texicano''. In addition, a live version of the song appears on ''Chrome, Smoke & BBQ'' and ''Rancho Texicano''. In a ''Guitar World'' article, lead guitarist Billy Gibbons said that he used a Marshall Major amplifier and a Maestro ring modulator on this song, and that the amplifier had a blown tube during recording which added to the tonal character of the song. The Marshall Major is a slightly taller, 200-watt version of the classic Marshall 100-watt head. ''Cash Box'' called it "smoldering, blues-rock" with humorous lyrics. ''Record World'' said that it "offers wry wit and earthy rock riffs." The opening somewhat resembles the opening of " Hot Stuff", a 1976 song by The Rolling Stones. Charts Cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Degüello
''Degüello'' is the sixth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in November 1979. It was the first ZZ Top release on Warner Bros. Records and eventually went platinum. It was produced by Bill Ham, recorded and mixed by Terry Manning, and mastered by Bob Ludwig. Returning from a two-year hiatus, the band began to showcase the influence they have collected during the time away; Gibbons' time in Europe introduced him to punk music, the influences of which seeped into the creation of the album. The band also consciously tried experimenting with technology: Gibbons saw an episode of ''The Phil Donahue Show'' where a person's identity was protected using silhouette and a pitch shifter; liking the sound, he asked engineer Manning to call the show and find out what the effects unit was. Manning eventually convinced a reluctant show producer to reveal it, and the effect was used for both vocals and guitars on songs like "Manic Mechanic". The album marked the first ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Porter (musician)
David Porter (born November 21, 1941) is an American record producer, songwriter, singer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Porter was a 2005 inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, with catalog sales exceeding 400 million units. In 2015, ''Rolling Stone'' listed him among the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. He is best known for songwriting, having written Sam & Dave's " Soul Man" (1968 Grammy winner), and "Hold On, I'm Comin'". His songs have been sampled in Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" (1993 Grammy winner), and Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" (1999 Grammy winner). He is also the founder of the Memphis-based Consortium MMT, a nonprofit organization seeking to develop the music industry in Memphis. Porter has over 1700 songwriter and composer credits for a range of artists, including Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Celine Dion, Otis Redding, Drake, ZZ Top, Tom Jones, Ted Nugent, Bonnie Raitt, Wu-Tang Clan, Eminem, Patsy Cline, Albert King and Eurythmics. Biography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and composer. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Hayes and Porter were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and others. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. " Soul Man", written by Hayes and Porter and first performed by Sam & Dave, was recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was also honored by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, and by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as one of the Songs of the Century. During the late 1960s, Hayes also be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Thank You (song)
"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. Bowman, Rob (1997). ''Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records.'' New York: Schirmer Trade. . Pg. 138-142 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 instru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tejas (album)
''Tejas'' is the fifth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top. It was released in late November 1976, on the London label. The title is a Caddo language word meaning "friends", which is the origin of the name of the band's home state, Texas. Background and release Frontman Billy Gibbons said about the album: It's fair to say that this is a transitional record, although I'm not really sure what we were transitioning from and what we were becoming. (laughs) It may be representative of how rapidly things were changing in the studio. The equipment was becoming more modernized, and the way that music was being recorded was different – things were moving faster. It was still pre-digital, but there was better gear that was more readily available. We made use of it all. This period was the wrinkle that kind of suggested what was to come, and change would become a necessary part of the ZZ Top fabric. ''Tejas'' was produced by Bill Ham and recorded and mixed by Terry Mannin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tush (ZZ Top Song)
"Tush" is a song by American blues rock band ZZ Top and was the only single from their fourth album ''Fandango!''. The song was named the 67th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. Composition The song is a twelve-bar blues in the key of G in standard tuning. Bassist Dusty Hill has said the song was written at a sound check in about ten minutes. The recording was produced by Bill Ham and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. The title is a double entendre, referring both to slang for buttocks (with the connotation of "a piece of ass"), and slang for "luxurious" or "lavish", according to a 1985 interview with Hill in ''Spin'' magazine. Gibbons said "We were in Florence, Alabama, playing in a rodeo arena with a dirt floor. We decided to play a bit in the afternoon. I hit that opening lick, and Dave Blayney, our lighting director, gave us the hand wirls a finger in the air "Keep it going." I leaned over to Dusty and said, "Call it 'Tush.'" The Texas singer Roy Head had a flip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fandango!
''Fandango!'' is the fourth album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1975. The album's first side consists of selections from live shows, with the second side being new studio recordings. A remastered and expanded edition of this album was released on February 28, 2006. Album title Fandango, from which the album gets its name, is a type of dance similar to flamenco. Background Frontman Billy Gibbons said of the album: The live capture wound up being in the can first. We had enough live material to make up one side of the disc, so we decided to go with the unusual move of making the album half live, half studio. It turned out to be a winning combination for us. The album's opening song "Thunderbird", despite having ZZ Top writing credit, was originally written and performed by The Nightcaps, a band formed in the 1950s when the members were teenagers.Dabou/sb v. Gibbons, 42 F.3d 285, 287 (5th Cir. 1995). The Nightcaps performed the song and distributed it on their alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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