I just thought I'd give this song another shot at the light. mp3: "La Grange" Taken from ZZ Top's blues classic album Tres Hombres "La Grange" is one of the best blues songs ever written...by white men. From Texas. The reason the song succeeds so well is because of its ability to conjure up a visual image. From the first measure of the "doo doo doo doo doo dee doo" riff, provided by the genius of Billy Gibbons by way of [...]
ZZ Top at The Backyard - more photos... photo by Jeff Barringer - Staff Photographer by jeff barringer club kingsnake staff Well, I didn't get approved to cover Iron Maiden down in San Antonio tomorrow, but I did get approved to cover last Thursday's ZZ Top show at The Backyard. It was hot, humid, and sticky from the preceding days storm's. With the parking area muddy, Jay West, Gary Miller and I all [...]
Billy Gibbons at Roky Erickson's 2008 Ice Cream Social - more photos... photo by Jeff Barringer - Staff Photographer by jeff barringer club kingsnake staff Gee whiz, another venue bites the dust. One of my favorites too. This summer will be the last season for Austin's The Backyard, at least in it's present location. Tim O'Connor owner of The Backyard and Direct Events announced back in April that the venue would close at the [...]
Paula Nelson is at La Zona Rosa tomorrow photo by Jeff Barringer - Staff Photographer Still looking for something to get Mom for tomorrow? How bout a couple of tickest to the Pennywise show over at Emo's. If mohawks and slam dancing aren't her thing Wilco (sold out!) will be at Stubb's and Maroon 5 will be over at the Austin Music Hall. You could even take her out to see Richard Marx out at the One World Theatre. Really though the best mothers day show is [...]
Cars and car troubles have had many a musician singing the blues, here's just a small sampling for you today. ZZ Top - She Loves My Automobile Buy Deguello The Rolling Stones - Black Limousine Buy Tattoo You Steve Miller Band - Mercury Blues Buy Fly Like An Eagle [...]
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top . mp3
Mini-post tonight. ZZ Top Give It Up (2,800 Mile Remix) Give It Up (D.O.R. Remix) ZZ Top was my third concert (first was Survivor, second was Huey Lewis) and it was my favorite until I saw The Smashing Pumpkins five or six years later. It was on the Recycler Tour, and the stage was full of cars getting destroyed and all this other crazy shit. They also had a laser light show that featured a naked lady dancing. When you're 11 that shit is AWESOME. "Give It Up" was originally [...]
A few tunes for fueling those happy hours and workplace holiday parties that are in abundance this time of year. Or maybe you just need something to listen to while you try to forget about that misguided hookup with a co worker that happened there. Either way, rock on. Be safe and Happy Holidays ! 1 : Husker Du - Whatcha Drinkin' Buy New Day Rising 2 : The Ramones - Somebody Put Something In [...]
Please! Puh-leez. Sorry to hijack this thread, Mod, but come on: this "best of the Zeez versus best of Thorogood" concept was dead on arrival. Why? Because the Reverend Billy G and company are so far superior to General George and his band of frat-boy blooz abyoozers that it just ain't fair to throw them both in the steel cage at the same time. Now, a Handicap Match -- *that* might be a little [...]
Okay, it's been two weeks since my last post. I should come clean and tell you all why. The truth is that I've spent the past 14 days in a detox rehab facility undergoing....just bullshitting you, the horribly uninteresting truth is that I've just been busy as all hell with school and settling in to my new house. The fact that Halo 3 came out had absolutely nothing to do with the lack of updates at all...nope, not one bit. Incidentally, if anyone out there wants to play co-op campaign on Halo 3 with me send me a [...]
Black Sabbath - supernaut Zior - I really do T. Rex - Cadillac ZZ Top - Tush Budgie - Breadfan Captain Beyond - dancing madly backwards The Guess Who - no sugar tonight Blue Cheer - summertime blues [...]
Picture taken by an old friend. Check out his stuff here . I love when certain songs take you back to a specific point in your life. Whether it was the best moment of your life or one you'd rather forget, there's no doubt that a song is powerful enough to place you in that one moment of time. Here are some of my music-related memories in the last few years: Eisley - Telescope Eyes from Room Noises [...]
I grew up listening to classic rock music, either through one of my parents, especially my Dad, or through my sister, who spent a very annoying time obsessed with Pink Floyd . As a result, I still like classic rock quite a bit and there are a few songs that I swear I knew the lyrics to at birth. There are songs that I don't know who sings them or what they are called, but when they come on the radio, I know every word and every chord change. Starting May 17 through May 23, [...]
The other day some pictures of ninebullets.net stickers that made it to Vegas tickled me pink. I mailed out a bunch, but getting some pictures of them was a first. I must admit, I'm digging it. It would be cool if I could make it like a Roy Army type gimmick. I wonder if I could get a picture of one in all 50 states. Florida and Nevada down. Going to Georgia next week. If you wanna take part in the 9b.net guerrilla stickering campaign, send me an email and I'll send you a few stickers, [...]
Okay, this post is kind of random and odd. And unless you are die-hard BH Surfers fan or Tears For Fears fanatic it's probably not your thing. School's a mother, so I didn't have time to finish up some big finds I scored last weekend. You'll see them soon. Butthole Surfers The Hurdy Gurdy Man (Jim Melly Re-Mix) I don't think I ever have to do acid now, this song has to be the equivalent. I never knew this was a cover until about a year ago, how sad is [...]
Wow, almost forgot! Yesterday marked the second birthday of Music Of The Moment ! I've started this blog to let the world know about what music I like (don't ask where I got the idea that somebody actually might be interested in that!), and I kept to this most of the time. Over these two years, my list of fellow bloggers grew longer, downloads were added, new features were implemented, visit numbers started to go up and up, and I guess that there really are a few people out there who are interested [...]
ZZ Top have kept with the same manager through their entire career - and why not, as they've stuck doggedly to the same sound and the same joke (he doesn't have a beard, you see) for almost as long. Not now, though: They've sacked manager Bill Ham and quit RCA records . No reason for the split has been given, but Ham seems quite happy despite it all: For nearly four decades we have made music history together," Mr Ham said in a statement. "Lone Wolf will [...]
ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag When I was a kid I totally loved ZZ Top. Looking back, their combination of synth-pop and blues probably served as a gateway drug from 80s pop music to 70s classic rock. This remix of Sleeping Bag is more of the former than the later, but its still fun (and that cover is really something else.) Now if I could just find an extended remix of "Pearl Necklace" I'd be set. New Edition (Muzak) - Funky Town I bought an album [...]
Play it: The New Adventures of Jesus This week, The Onion AV Club put together a fabulous mixtape of songs that use the second coming as a starting point (sort of.) ZZ Top's (13-bar blues) "Jesus Just Left Chicago" is the obvious launching point in this endeaver ("took a jog through Missippi, muddy water turned to wine," but it bobs and weaves through modern interpretations and ireverent "what if's." It ends with a plea from a heroin addict ( [...]
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