That Little Ol’ Band From Texas is coming to the Pinewood Bowl Theater on Sunday, August 21st. ZZ Top has been at it for over a half-century presenting rock, blues, and boogie to millions of fans.
ZZ TOP is virtually synonymous with beards, hotrod cars, spinning guitars and that magic keychain, that transcend geography and language.
In Houston in the waning days of 1969, ZZ TOP coalesced from the core of two rival bands, Billy Gibbons’ Moving Sidewalks and Frank Beard and Dusty Hill’s American Blues.
They’ve been without peer over the past five decades as a touring entity, having performed before millions of fans on four continents. They have been the subject of their Grammy-nominated documentary titled That Little Ol’ Band From Texas. The band’s line-up of the bearded Gibbons and Hill and Beard, who ironically is clean-shaven, remained intact for more than 50 years until Dusty’s passing. The band’s long standing guitar tech, Elwood Francis filled in when Dusty fell ill and he continues to handle the bass duties.
The elements that keep ZZ TOP fresh, enduring, and above the transitory fray can be summed up in the three words of the band’s internal mantra: “Tone, Taste, and Tenacity.”. As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers. Their influences are both the originators of the form – Muddy Waters, B.B. King, et al. – and the British blues rockers and Jimi Hendrix, who emerged the generation before ZZ’s ascendance.
The special guest is Gov’t Mule. Tickets will go on sale Friday, April 22 at 10 a.m. at ticketmaster.com.