ZZ TOP

Chrome, Smoke & BBQ: The ZZ Top Box

$59.98 CD

From our friends at Warner Bros. Records:

"That Little Ol' Band From Texas" serves up a heaping portion of hell-raisin' hits and raucous rarities. With four CDs spanning 14 albums released on Tantara, London, and Warner Bros. between 1968 and 1992, this son-of-a-gun's got a huge number of hits -- along with choice album cuts, remixes, live tracks, and other rarities. A beefy 80-page booklet features liner notes, rare archival photos, and a revealing track-by-track bull session with the band. 

In 1970, Billy Gibbons of The Moving Sidewalks joined forces with Dusty Hill and Frank Beard of rival Houston band American Blues, and ZZ Top were born. After two albums of playful, straight-ahead blues-rock, they unleashed a potent sound of their own with 1973's Tres Hombres and its heavy-riffing hit "La Grange." After three more albums and a brief hiatus, they turned in 1979's Deguello, which packed sleek grooves into wise-ass classics like "Cheap Sunglasses" and "A Fool For Your Stockings."

In the '80s ZZ Top's hot rod truly took off. With a synthed up sound and some of the most memorable videos of the era, the bearded band drag-raced up the charts with no-filler albums like Eliminator (1983) and Afterburner (1985), and sizzling singles like "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and "Legs." 

After recording and touring throughout the '90s, ZZ Top are still tearing it up Texas-style. The fall 2003 release of Mescalero, their 15th album, coincides with the arrival of this long-awaited boxed tribute to the biggest "Little Ol' Band" in the land.

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