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Thanks to everyone who picked up their VIP Package for the "Gang of Outlaws" tour. We can't wait to hit the road and get to hang out with you guys!
For the shows that aren't sold out yet -- make sure you get the jump on it and pick up your package today as sales will be closing very soon. Hope to see you at the show!
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ZZ Top has partnered up with Jeremiah Weed to bring you the band's first NEW single in nine years, "I Got To Get Paid"! This is one badass video, follow the link to watch: http://budurl.com/ZZTopVideo
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Cleveland's Rock Hall welcomes new class
Blues guitarist Freddie King was the first to be inducted as an early influence. Nicknamed "The Texas Cannonball," the late King was one of the first bluesmen to be backed by a multi-racial band. He was welcomed into the hall by ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill.
"Freddie taught us how to play like a group," Gibbons said.
King's daughter, Wanda, accepted on her father's behalf.
"We Texans are going to show you how to lay down the blues," she said before ZZ Top was joined by Derek Trucks and Joe Bonnamassa in ripping through King's "Hideaway" and "Goin' Down." -
ZZ Top‘s 1972 sophomore album ‘Rio Grande Mud’ turns 40 this month. The album is best known as home to the longtime concert favorite ‘Just Got Paid,’ which features a particularly thrilling slide guitar showcase from Billy Gibbons.
‘ZZ Top’s First Album’ — yes, that’s what they called it — hadn’t made much of an impression on the charts when it came out the year before, but ‘Mud”s lead track, ‘Francine,’ which featured vocals from bassist Dusty Hill, made a bit of a dent, becoming their first charting single. (Things would really bust open for the group with 1973′s ‘Tres Hombres.’ Read more: HERE
