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ZZ Top's First Album

Seeking inspiration from Fleetwood Mac, ZZ Top began recording the album at Robin Hood Studios in Tyler, Texas.


Back to the Future Part III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

It also features the orchestral version of the song "Doubleback" performed at the festival in 1885 during the film, but does not feature the ZZ Top version of the song performed over the credits.

CHNM-DT

A leather-clad Sikh motorcyclist who boards his bike to the Channel M jingle, arranged and performed in a style mixing ZZ Top-style blues rock with East Indian music

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

Much like in his other games, Bobby Prince "borrowed" music from popular composers; the title screen music is based on ZZ Top's "Tush".

Dean Z

ZZ Top asked Dean Zelinsky to create a guitar that was covered in sheep's wool.

Delta Blues Museum

The Texas-based rock band ZZ Top, especially front man Billy Gibbons, have made this museum their pet project and have raised thousands of dollars in support.

Duke Jupiter

After the release of their first album Sweet Cheeks in 1978, Duke started touring with national acts, including, ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Bowie, Bob Seger, Robert Palmer, B. B. King, Toto, Sea Level, Huey Lewis and the News, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Blue Öyster Cult, The Charlie Daniels Band, Outlaws and John Lee Hooker.

Genuine Classic Rock

Its playlist comprises classic rock music released from the 1960s to the 1980s from artists such as ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Petty and Eric Clapton among others.

Hotel Congress

ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons has said that the Tap Room at Hotel Congress is his favorite bar.

Jimmy Clanton

Clanton was inducted into The Museum of the Gulf Coast Hall of Fame, which also has inducted such performers as Tex Ritter, Janis Joplin, ZZ Top and B. J. Thomas.

Mudmen

Mudmen have opened for many well-known bands, including ZZ Top, Tool, Dropkick Murphys and Bowling for Soup, as well as fellow Canadians Nickelback, Sum 41 and The Guess Who.

Nicky Moore

"Gimme All Your Lovin'" (Included on Gimme All Your Top - A Tribute To ZZ Top)

Nobody's Fools

They toured constantly, often on packages with the likes of Aerosmith, ZZ Top and Black Sabbath.

Pavillon Baltard

Notable artists to have performed at the hall include ZZ Top, Bob Marley, Thin Lizzy and UFO.

People of Walmart

The website was founded in August 2009 after three men in their 20s--Andrew Kipple, his brother Adam, and their friend Luke Wherry--noticed at a South Carolina Wal-Mart a woman who looked like a stripper to them in a t-shirt that read "go f*** yourself" with a 2 year old in a harness and a man with a beard reminiscent of those worn by ZZ Top.

Rancho Texicano

Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top is a best of album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music).

Rhein-Neckar-Halle

During the 1970s and 1980s some of the biggest acts in the music industry performed at the hall, including Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Genesis, Rush and AC/DC.

Ross Mitchell

ZZ Top has also spotlighted Mitchell, featuring a clip of his introduction of the band on an album.

Simone Cecchetti

In the same year his picture of ZZ Top was selected to be in the book Music:Box, edited by Gino Castaldo and published by Contrasto.

SpiritBank Event Center

Since opening in 2008 it has been the site of numerous concerts and events, including ZZ Top, Stone Temple Pilots, Jason Mraz, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Chris Tomlin.

The Best of ZZ Top

The Best of ZZ Top (subtitled 10 Legendary Texas Tales) is a greatest hits album by the American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1977.

The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands

Before arriving at Lud, the ka-tet hear the drum beat from the song Velcro Fly, by ZZ Top, playing from the city, although Eddie at first can't remember where it is he has heard these drums before.

Trash Box

The lamented deletions include legendary bands like Zakary Thaks and the Moving Sidewalks (where Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top started out), plus the remarkable track called "Makin' Deals" by the Satans that opened that LP, which has the same general theme and even some of the same lyrics as the later Stones classic, "Sympathy for the Devil".

WABX

107.5 WABX plays classic rock from the late 60s, the 70s, the 80s selected rock of the 90s and today, featuring artists like: Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, Rush, Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, Boston, ZZ Top, Bad Company, Ozzy Osbourne, Styx, Pink Floyd, and more.

ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends

Upon release, ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends debuted at number 121 on the Billboard 200, and number 8 on the Top Hard Rock Albums, selling 4,000 copies.


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