* 1949 – Billy Gibbons, American guitarist ( ZZ Top )

It is also used in rock, by bands and artists such as Canned Heat, The Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin, Ry Cooder, Chris Rea, Bonnie Raitt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Little Feat, Eagles, ZZ Top, Whitesnake and AC / DC.

The show highlighted blues music and also had performances by the rock band ZZ Top and singer James Brown.

:* XXX ( ZZ Top album ), a 1999 album by the rock band ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American rock band from Houston, Texas.

ZZ Top formed its initial lineup in 1969, consisting of Gibbons, Anthony Barajas ( bass and keyboards ) and Peter Perez ( drums and percussion ).

ZZ Top incorporated New Wave and punk influences into their sound and performances, and embraced a more iconic image, with Gibbons and Hill sporting chest-length beards and sunglasses.

On their 2003 album Mescalero, ZZ Top adopted a more contemporary sound while maintaining their influences from their earlier musical pursuits.

Maintaining the same members for over forty years, ZZ Top has released 15 studio albums and are among the most popular rock groups, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, half of this figure concerning the United States alone.

VH1 ranked ZZ Top at number 44 in its list of the " 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock ".

ZZ Top formed in Houston on June 20, 1969.

According to Gibbons ' autobiography Rock + Roll Gearhead, he settled on " ZZ Top " because B. B.

Etheridge quit the band in January 1970, and was replaced by Michael " Cadillac " Johnson ; Johnson was replaced by Dusty Hill the following month: The finalized lineup of ZZ Top performed their first show on February 10, 1970 in Beaumont, Texas.

After touring in support of the album, ZZ Top released Tres Hombres in 1973.

Erlewine wrote that the album " brought ZZ Top their first Top Ten record, making them stars in the process ".

ZZ Top recorded the live tracks for their 1975 album, Fandango !, during this tour and showcased their prowess in exciting live audiences.

ZZ Top continued the Worldwide Texas Tour in support of Tejas, though they had been touring for seven years.

In 1979, ZZ Top signed with Warner Bros. Records and released the album Degüello.

In April 1980, ZZ Top made their first appearance in Europe, performing for the German music television show Rockpalast.

According to former stage manager David Blayney ( 15 years with ZZ Top ) in his book, Sharp Dressed Men, sound engineer Linden Hudson co-wrote much of the material on the album as a live-in high-tech music teacher to Beard and Gibbons.

David Sinclair, of the London Times, described in his book The Story of ZZ Top how Linden Hudson drew Billy's attention to the possibility of using a drum machine for the final recording of the Eliminator album.

Deborah Frost, writer for Rolling Stone magazine, described in her book ZZ Top – Bad And Worldwide how Linden Hudson researched popular song tempos, then presented Billy Gibbons with the results of his studies.

ZZ Top contributed a song, " Doubleback ", and appeared as an acoustic band in the wild-west dance scene in the 1990 movie, Back to the Future Part III.

Before arriving at Lud, the ka-tet hear the drum beat from the song Velcro Fly, by ZZ Top, playing from the city, although Eddie at first can't remember where it is he has heard these drums before.

ZZ Top's song " Tush " uses the prosaic and risque meaning in exact equal portion, as in the band's native Texas " tush " has two meanings: when rhyming with " bush " refers to the female buttocks but when rhyming with " rush " is a slang term for " good enough " or " adequate ".

* ZZ Top celebrated the station in their song, " I Heard It On The X ".

* La Grange ( song ), released on the 1973 ZZ Top album Tres Hombres

* " Legs " ( song ), a song by American blues rock band ZZ Top

* " Thunderbird ", a song by ZZ Top on the album Fandango!

* The song playing during the first bar-fight sequence is " La Grange " by ZZ Top, the same song that plays during The Dirty Dozen ( 1967 )- style, and in intro of the characters in Armageddon ( 1998 ), an earlier film which starred Owen Wilson.

* The Brazos is the focal point of a song performed by Gov't Mule and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top called " Broke Down on the Brazos ".

Acuña is referenced in a song called " Mexican Blackbird " on the ZZ Top album Fandango.

The song Bill & Ted play for the Battle of the bands is God Gave Rock ' N ' Roll to You II by Kiss even though they appear similar in appearance to Dusty Hill & Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top.

*" Leila " ( song ), 1981 song by American rock band ZZ Top, from their album El Loco

* " Thug ", a song by ZZ Top from Eliminator ( album ).

This song was actually written by Linden Hudson ( as told by ZZ Tops stage manager of 15 years, David Blayney, in his book " Sharp Dressed Men "-Hyperion Books ).

* " Stages " ( song ), a song by ZZ Top

The Chicken Ranch story was featured in two 1974 issues of Playboy magazine, was the basis for the Broadway and film musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and served as the basis of the song La Grange by ZZ Top.

ZZ Top's 2003 release Mescalero included their version of " Tramp ", citing Fulson's guitar prowess as an inspiration to recreate the song.

It wouldn't be a ZZ Top CD without an ode to women on it and this song accepts that responsibility.

" Dreadmonboogaloo " is the last studio song on the CD and it's a staccato guitar number with lots of spacey ZZ Top effects and vocals.