event ZZ Top
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Craig ONeal
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Sat Aug 7
8 pm
ZZ Top at Crystal Grand Music Theatre
Texan blues-rock beard-farmers ZZ Top have remained together for an astounding 40-plus years, and with the same original lineup—a commendable feat that speaks to the group's shared love of the simpler things, like babes and bitchin' hot rods. The Houston-bred band hasn't released anything new since 2003's Mescalero, but a long-rumored album with the similarly hirsute Rick Rubin at the helm is apparently still in the works. But with such a huge back catalog to pick through, there's still plenty of ways to rearrange the basic ZZ Top formula of Billy Gibbons' hoarse crowing and deft blues-guitar boogie meeting the unbreakable straight line of Frank Beard's and Dusty Hill's rhythm section.
Crystal Grand Music Theatre 430 W Munroe Ave, Madison, WI
Texan blues-rock beard-farmers ZZ Top have remained together for an astounding 40-plus years, and with the same original lineup—a commendable feat that speaks to the group's shared love of the simpler things, like babes and bitchin' hot rods. The Houston-bred band hasn't released anything new since 2003's Mescalero, but a long-rumored album with the similarly hirsute Rick Rubin at the helm is apparently still in the works. But with such a huge back catalog to pick through, there's still plenty of ways to rearrange the basic ZZ Top formula of Billy Gibbons' hoarse crowing and deft blues-guitar boogie meeting the unbreakable straight line of Frank Beard's and Dusty Hill's rhythm section.
Updated 07/27/2011
