RAW ('That Little Ol' Band From Texas' Original Soundtrack)

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VH1 to Premiere ZZ Top "Storytellers" " (Press release). AHN. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011 . Retrieved December 18, 2010.

Bosso, Joe (June 3, 2013). "Billy Gibbons talks ZZ Top: The Complete Studio Albums (1970-1990)". MusicRadar. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014 . Retrieved October 30, 2020. a b c d Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.348. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. That’s the real miracle,” he says. “The irony was that it was not so different to what brought ZZ Top into this whiskered imagery in the first place. It started because Dusty and I simply got lazy. And when I quizzed Elwood he said: ‘Yeah, I wasn’t doing much. Just hanging around the house. And I just got out of the habit. Next thing I knew I had a doormat hanging from my chin.’”

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Rotman, Natalie (January 23, 2010). "O'Brien ends run on 'Tonight' show after 7 months" (Press release). Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017 . Retrieved May 9, 2015. After gaining additional acclaim with the release of their tenth album, Recycler (1990), and its accompanying tour, the group's experimentation continued with mixed success on the albums Antenna (1994), Rhythmeen (1996), XXX (1999), and Mescalero (2003). They most recently released La Futura (2012) and Goin' 50 (2019), a compilation album commemorating the band's 50th anniversary. By the time of Hill's death in 2021, ZZ Top had become the longest-running band with an unchanged lineup in the history of popular music. [1] Per Hill's wishes, he was replaced by their longtime guitar tech, Elwood Francis, on bass. ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved November 27, 2021. Johnson, Kevin (August 7, 2021). "Dusty Hill's Bass and Vocals Will Be on Next ZZ Top Album". No Treble . Retrieved August 9, 2021.

I believe it’s an issue of playing catch-up,” he says. “The promoters are having to deal with having had so many postponed shows over the last couple of years. As soon as we get the green light, we’d love to come and see you, brother.” Falcon, Gabriel (July 21, 2019). "ZZ Top: After 50 years they've still got legs". CBS News . Retrieved March 4, 2020. Aside from the recording session that led to the Raw album, Gibbons says his favourite part of That Little Ol’ Band From Texas was revisiting the story of the band’s trip to Hawaii, where they supported the Rolling Stones for three shows in 1972. Their manager at the time, Bill Ham, had imposed a two-drink limit on the band members for each night of their stay. But the boys found a bar that served a specialty drink called Chimp In Orbit that was so massive it was served in a three-foot-tall container that sat on the floor and could only be drunk through a long straw. Dusty Hill's Widow Thanks Fans for Their Support Following ZZ Top Bassist's Death". Blabbermouth.net. August 3, 2021 . Retrieved August 3, 2021. Early Wednesday morning my world and yours would lose a great musician and I would lose my greatest love. He woke me up and we talked and as he was sweetly chatting with me he suddenly stopped and he was gone in an instant.King of the Hill" Hank Gets Dusted (TV episode 2007)". Internet Movie Database. 2007 . Retrieved July 28, 2014.

The director said ‘Give us a few minutes, we’re still getting our end of things sorted out.’ So we just began playing,” Gibbons recalls. “Little did we know that the technicians had set up the recording gear and were actually capturing all this.” a b Steffen Hung. "Die Offizieel Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch . Retrieved August 13, 2011. Hlavaty, Craig (February 10, 2020). "ZZ Top played its first show together 50 years ago". houstonchronicle.com . Retrieved May 25, 2022. The Guardian described ZZ Top as "part traditional, part contrary, and part of the deep seam of Texas weirdness that stretched from the 13th Floor Elevators through to the Butthole Surfers". [65] Texas Monthly described their music as "loud, macho, greasy, and distorted", with "unrepentant misogynistic references". [66] In the early 1980s, ZZ Top embraced synthesizers and drum machines, drawing inspiration from British electronic acts such as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Depeche Mode (while deriving their dance moves from the former). [19] [67] Hill and Gibbons worked as a kind of double act, looking similar and employing simple stage choreography that Hill described as "low-energy, high-impact". [65]Breihan, Tom (July 28, 2021). "ZZ Top's Dusty Hill Dead at 72". Stereogum. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021 . Retrieved August 22, 2021.