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ZZ TOP’S FIRST ALBUM

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 16, 2020…ZZ TOP’S FIRST ALBUM BROKE ON THIS DATE WAY BACK IN 1971. HERE’S SOME INTERESTING ZZ TOP TRIVIA. THEY ARE THE LONGEST RUNNING AMERICAN ROCK BAND WITH NO MEMBER CHANGES. ALL THREE MEMBERS OF ZZ TOP WERE BORN IN 1949. THEY WERE ALL 19 YEARS OF AGE WHEN THEY FORMED THE GROUP. WHEN JIMI HENDRIX WAS ON ‘THE TONIGHT SHOW’, HE CALLED BILLY F. GIBBONS “ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST YOUNG GUITARISTS”. GIBBONS HAD WARMED UP FOR HENDRIX ON A NUMBER OF SHOWS. THEY ALSO OPENED UP FOR JANIS JOPLIN FOR A NUMBER OF SHOWS. ZZ TOP’S MANAGER WAS BILL HAM, AND WAS CONSIDERED THE GROUP’S 4TH MEMBER. HE ACTUALLY HELPED BANKROLL THIS FIRST ALBUM, AND PRODUCED ALL OF THE BAND’S ALBUMS UP TO 1996. HERE’S ZZ TOP IN CONCERT WITH OFFICIAL VIDEO FROM THEIR WEBSITE. BTW,THE VIDEO IS AN HOUR LONG ! WHEN I SAY ZZ TOP IN CONCERT , I REALLY MEAN ZZ TOP IN FREAKIN’ CONCERT.