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While not their best-selling or most renowned album, ZZ Top's 1970 debut, ZZ TOP'S FIRST ALBUM, showed that the Texas trio had already nearly perfected their signature down n' dirty, blues-boogie-rock style. Like ZZ Top's other classic '70s albums, this one's an ass-kicker from beginning to end, especially on such standouts as the album-opening twang of "Shaking Your Tree," the vicious "Brown Sugar," the big rock of "Goin' Down to Mexico," and the fat blues groover "Bedroom Thang." Also of note is guitarist Billy Gibbons' supreme guitar tone and tasty playing; few other rock guitarists have sounded as confident on their debut as Gibbons does on ZZ TOP'S FIRST ALBUM.
ZZ Top was formed by guitarist Billy Gibbons, who had won praise from no less than Jimi Hendrix for his guitar work with the Houston band, Moving Sidewalks. After the break-up of Moving Sidewalks, he recruited fellow Texans Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. Inspired by Muddy Waters, the Rolling Stones and Texas blues legend John Lee Hooker, they played a solid brand of blues-rock that won them a devoted local following.
ZZ Top: Billy Gibbons (vocals, guitar); Dusty Hill (vocals, bass); Frank "Rube" Beard (drums).
ZZ Top's First Album Music ZZ Top's First Album Songs ZZ Top's First Album Music ZZ Top's First Album Music Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews remix or remaster?.
you either want a remaster or a remix because i am no sound quality lunatic. anyway i loved the album. i first heard of the songs on rancho texicano, brown sugar and just got back from baby's are really awsome blues songs. it reminds me of black snake moan with christina ricci. i hope they remaster this in 2010 or something. cool album.
Submitted by davidandino83 (chicago)
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Just an amazing album. Hendrix didn't call "The Reverend" the best guitarist he had heard for nothing. Classic Billy Gibbons Les Paul tone. If ya havent heard ZZ Tops "roots" you are missing way out. My favorite album from ZZ. One of my personal favorite albums of all time.
Submitted by John (California)
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But the 1st is still the best, in my humble opinion. Was stationed on Treasure Island in the Marine corps in 71. The Padre was from Texas and made sure 4 or 5 of us went along with him to Winterland in San Francisco to see his favorite band. It was like an old gymnasium with small bleachers on each side of the floor and a balcony. You could sit or stand anywhere and we ended up about 20 feet back from the center of the stage with ZZ rocking away. Three young guys with short hair and no beards. They looked like some college kids. my 1st concert, ZZ, Wild Turkey and the headliner was Ten Years After. What a night....jim barron
Submitted by bgdoors (Edmonds, Wa. USA)
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Because I must have heard it a thousand times or more! I first bought it back in 1980 at age 15, and I'm not tired of it yet. It's simply the best ZZ Top album, and one of my all time favourites.
Submitted by Blues/Rock fan (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No In my opinion, its their best one!!!!!
I was 11 years old and I discovered ZZ Top in a video show. It was "Gimme all your lovin" and I was floored by the music and dug the video. I was an instant fan. Then a year or two later I saw the ZZ Top's first album on cassette and took it home and It kicked my ass!!! The songs! the way it was produced! Frank's drums never sounded that good again! Billy and Dusty display their musicianship brilliantly! I wish Billy didnt remix the songs. They sounded great the way they were!
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