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FANDANGO!

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 18, 2020- ON THIS DATE 45 YEARS AGO ZZ TOP RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘FANDANGO!’ IT WAS THE GROUP’S FOURTH ALBUM, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU IT WAS A BRILLIANT MOVE ON BEHALF OF THE BAND. UP TO THIS POINT IN THE BAND’S CAREER THEIR LIVE SHOWS WERE WHERE THE BAND REALLY SHINED, SO WITH THIS RECORD ZZ TOP RELEASED AN “IN CONCERT” A-SIDE, AND THE “STUDIO” B-SIDE. THE ALBUM FEATURED TRACKS LIKE ‘BLUE JEAN BLUES’ ‘HEARD IT ON THE X’ AND THE MONSTER HIT ‘TUSH’ WHICH VAULTED THE ALBUM TO TOP 10 STATUS ON THE ALBUM CHARTS AND LAID THE WAY FOR 50 YEARS OF HIT MAKING. ‘TUSH’ WAS ZZ TOP’S FIRST TOP 20 HIT ON THE SINGLES CHART, AND REMAINED IT’S ONLY TOP 20 HIT UNTIL THE ONSLAUGHT OF SUCCESS WITH THE ALBUM ELIMINATOR, AND THE SINGLE ‘LEGS.’ 

THE LIVE PORTION OF ‘FANDANGO!’  WAS RECORDED IN NEW ORLEANS AND WAS DESCRIBED BY  “ROLLING STONE” MAGAZINE AS “captured as it came down-hot, spontaneous and presented to you honestly, without the assistance of studio gimmicks”.

THIS IS ZZ TOP FROM 1975 PERFORMING IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A NIGHTCLUB