That Little 'Ol Band from Texas

A couple of weeks ago, on an average Wednesday night...Paulster, Hachie Gal, a couple of other friends and I went to see the amazing ZZ Top at Wembley Arena. It was a fantastic show...taking me right back to the days of driving around in my Nissan 280Z with the T-tops off, wearing my Ray Ban Cats sunglasses...blasting the Eliminator cassette tape. Back before I understood what the songs Pearl Necklace or Tube Snake Boogie were really about.

It was an enclosed arena, so pretty darn loud, and our seats were...well, not so close to the stage. So it was perfect to just sit and enjoy the music. Billy Gibbons is turning 60 next month and he's not slowing down one bit. The guitar, bass and drum trio were incredible as ever.

Pearl Necklace was the only song I could think of that I expected to hear...but didn't. The rest were all on the play list that night. Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, Tush, La Grange, Gimme All Your Lovin, Jesus Just Left Chicago--all there!
And a bonus track of Foxy Lady that was as good as Jimi Hendrix himself could have played it.

Here's a video clip of Legs, complete with the fuzzy white guitar & bass:


And a few other shots and videos from the gig.




Video of Foxy Lady:


Turn your computer screen to see the clip of Sharp Dressed Man!




What a great way to spend a Wednesday night!