Today is one of the saddest days in rock and beyond. We lost a musician, a singer, one tough hombre, a legend and a hero. Thank you for all that you have given us all these decades. RIP Dusty Hill May 19, 1949 - Jul 28, 2021 We love you and you will be sorely missed.
I was at this show. They were totally unknown to me at 16, but being a guitar player myself and quite aware of Hendrix and Clapton at the time, Billy certainly was a new guitar hero that caught my attention. No trademark beard, but huge mutton chops, pointy cowboy hat, burning sunburst Les Paul licks, and a diamond encrusted guitar strap that, when the spotlight hit it just right, created its own low-fi light show into the Honolulu crowd that evening at the HIC arena. Excellent set. Bought the album the next day. Billy's been a top player for me ever since. Thanks for the upload!
how long does it take to get to scoffield barracks from where they played. you know.... U S Army barracks...... man you musta seen a bunch of walking dead during that time in hawaii
Gotta love these brutally honest early days of ZZ! It became so polished later on and I think Billy stopped taking it down like he used to. Still gotta love these guys at any point in their career. Damn nice to hear this early stuff tho. Sitting here with my 58 Les Paul and a Fender tube amp cranked up stealing licks.... Thanks to the OP for these !
Nine people gave this live recording a thumbs down? What’s wrong? You don’t like good Texas blues slow jams? Open your ears! Listen to something else besides Katy Perry and Justin Bieber. No charge for the free advice. I’m glad this song was rendered available. This is ZZ Top when they were wild and woolly.
I believe your right...some of Jimi's magic & soul musta rubbed off on Billy. Back in the day it just poured out of him. He could take alot of risks cause he knew he had probably the best rythem section on the planet backing him up. Parts of this tune sounds alot like 'Red House'
Thank you for posting this. Billy's tone, phrasing and 'feel' here is nothing short of magnificent. Rock'n'roll perfection. Could listen to this all day long...
I saw them in Fort Wayne IN. 12/5/1973. The were supposed to open up for Captain Beyond, but the Captain got snowed in in Pittsburg. When they made the anouncement they said were were going to have twice as much of a little band out of Texas ZZ Top! It was great. I was there to see ZZ.
Saw them in 1973 in Milwaukee. They were opening for Deep Purple but, Billie Preston who was supposed to be the opener was sick so ZZ Top played instead. They were only known by a few back then and I think they blew DP away that night. I think after that year, they were the main act. Everyone knew who they were after that year.
@@richardtoland2624 I looked back at the archives and,evidently, it was The Who do we think we are tour. This was the only concert record I could find of them playing in Milwaukee. ZZ Top was evidently out promoting their Tres Hombres album at the time. Still was a great show from what I remember. 😬
Got that right. Always that Les Pauls, in the right hands, sounded much better than the "other" common guitar brand, especially for this type of music, and for jazz also...
@@dannyolsen5543 My comment was a reference to the '59 Les Paul in general. Not saying that "Pearly Gates" was better than any other '59 LP. Certainly Paul Kossoff's and Peter Green's LP's are at the top of the list for remarkable tone.
Your taste, your opinion. I love Koss tone. Tons of vids on my channel to prove it. I strongly disagree with you. Neither better, nor worst just different.
Gotta apprecaite this good ole bluezz, goin' way back. 'Cuz these days LIve they have to play the hits one after another. What the latter day fans want to hear. But we all know the First Album to Tres Hombres is the Real Deal!
Seen them in '75 at Tampa Stadium ,The wife was 7 or 8 months pregnant with the first kid , Maybe thats why my Daughter likes ZZ too. Doobie Brothers were there too and I think 4 other bands.
Best Les Paul tone - ever. Thank the Lord that this amazing instrument went to a worthy player and not to some rich kid or guitar collector that just shows it off. And I never realized how good Mr. Gibbons is...how good all three of these musicians are. But these extended blues leads still hold up today...and I'd rather listen to this than the souless "shredding" thats taken over...
My first concert at 16 years old, was Rory Gallagher (RIP Rory, Lou, Rod. thanks) opening for these guys in spring of '73. It was about six months before Tres Hombres came out. Back when they were one of the most badass blues bands that ever was. Straw hats, jeans, no beards(but Frank. lol), and BG in a white tshirt w/ pack of Marlboros rolled up in the sleeve(lol). Blues rock, slide guitar nut ever since. Became less of a fan after the beards, sunglasses, and they, I hate to say it 'cause I love 'em, quit playing from the heart and started playing events.
I think most that play guitar, and still shake our heads at a soulful lick, we from the get have a need that drives us...yet, Billy and them boys, well, they'll motivate your ass..Real Quick...
saw them in a dirt arena in 74 b4 the release of Tres Hombres and after the release of Rio Grande Mud, if you've seen better outta Clapton or HENDRIX, convince me...
Johnny Winter... But, seriously, ZZ Top in the early days was a force to be reconed with. The recordings that has survived is testimony enough. A damned pity they're not properly acknowledging their earliest past. I mean, there MUST be a pro- grade recording of a gig somewhere... Release it, dammit! We want to hear it!
Tres Hombres was released in July 1973, so that concert you saw was well after the release! I know this because I saw them in Detroit in July 73 when they opened for Savoy Brown at the Ford Auditorium and I immediately went out and bought Tres Hombres! They were VERY LOUD! I still think it is their best effort overall, though I like everything they have done old and new.I first saw them in May 1972 in Huntsville, AL at the Madison County Coliseum on their Rio Grande Mud tour! It was awesome and was also one of the LOUDEST concerts I have ever experienced!!!In BOTH shows, they played their usual LARGE auditorium setup with a massive wall of Rio Grande double stacks and a massive PA which was about 500% MORE power than they really needed for those relatively small venues! It was deafening, but still AWESOME!I saw them several more times in their later, more famous era of the 80s, 90s and 00s and they had greatly reduced the number and size of their guitar amps, relying more on their large PA system than their instrument stacks and had reduced their previously LOUD sound levels onstage! I'll bet their ears thanked them! Mine certainly did.Don't get me wrong, I am a guitar player myself and I LOVE loud guitar rock! I have played huge Marshall amp stacks onstage myself, but I learned the hard way how difficult it is to hear the monitors, sing in tune and properly blend with your band mates during such extreme sound levels! There is also the PAIN! and RINGING! OUCH! Thankfully , there is a moderate and sensible limit to everything, including LOUDNESS and as we all got older, we eventually came to our senses and reduced our stage performance volumes to simply LOUD instead of absurdly PAINFULL! Did I mention my partial loss of hearing? Sometimes we live and learn, and other times, not so much...
Back then it was likely a wall of Marshall stacks. Either Super Leads or Super Basses. And I don't think he switched to lighter strings till much later on. This is definitely with some fat strings.
Back then, their guitar rigs were stacks of Rio Grande amps, which were basically Marshall Plexis that had been modified by Jake Stack in Corpus Christi who renamed their custom amps "Rio Grande" and replaced the Marshall logo with theirs. Whatever they did to juice up the gain on those amps really sounded awesome when Billy and Dusty got a hold of them!...
Yeah he didn't switch to super light strings until his encounter with BB King who told him he didn't need heavy strings because that's what the volume knob on your amp is for.
I'm sure somebody else has written this somewhere, but if you didn't know it, you'ld swear this was Jimmy P. on guitar (which does Billy a disservice, for he's as fine a R&R guitarist as anyone ) .....
Today is one of the saddest days in rock and beyond. We lost a musician, a singer, one tough hombre, a legend and a hero. Thank you for all that you have given us all these decades. RIP Dusty Hill May 19, 1949 - Jul 28, 2021 We love you and you will be sorely missed.
I was at this show. They were totally unknown to me at 16, but being a guitar player myself and quite aware of Hendrix and Clapton at the time, Billy certainly was a new guitar hero that caught my attention. No trademark beard, but huge mutton chops, pointy cowboy hat, burning sunburst Les Paul licks, and a diamond encrusted guitar strap that, when the spotlight hit it just right, created its own low-fi light show into the Honolulu crowd that evening at the HIC arena. Excellent set. Bought the album the next day. Billy's been a top player for me ever since. Thanks for the upload!
how long does it take to get to scoffield barracks from where they played. you know.... U S Army barracks...... man you musta seen a bunch of walking dead during that time in hawaii
Me 2
Yep, I don't here Peter in this set, Hendrix and Clapton on something other than a Strat.....
They are well known but so underrated the whole dang band .most of the good songs never saw raido
Gotta love these brutally honest early days of ZZ! It became so polished later on and I think Billy stopped taking it down like he used to. Still gotta love these guys at any point in their career. Damn nice to hear this early stuff tho. Sitting here with my 58 Les Paul and a Fender tube amp cranked up stealing licks.... Thanks to the OP for these !
That’s why we do it brother. I love when you stumble on what they’re doing. Good ear training
Couldn't agree more. I don't listen to anything really ZZ top post 1978
Still not wanting to let go…Lots of memories…Feels down to the bone…Such music woven over lifetimes…Rest gently Dusty…
Nine people gave this live recording a thumbs down? What’s wrong? You don’t like good Texas blues slow jams? Open your ears! Listen to something else besides Katy Perry and Justin Bieber. No charge for the free advice. I’m glad this song was rendered available. This is ZZ Top when they were wild and woolly.
WTH???!!!
Master of sparks and precious and grace are two of the best rock songs ever
Great Songs both of them. "ZZTop 6 Pack" is a great album, tape, cd, download whatever your doing these days
I believe the spirit of Jimi snuck on into this man! Fine blues and loud amplifier’s! Grand sounds for sure!
I believe your right...some of Jimi's magic & soul musta rubbed off on Billy. Back in the day it just poured out of him. He could take alot of risks cause he knew he had probably the best rythem section on the planet backing him up. Parts of this tune sounds alot like 'Red House'
@@dmilstone5709 yessiree the vibe and spirit was on the money! For me to be honest a certain era of The Top outdid Cream and honored Jimi :-)
Early ZZ great raw blues rock. Billy like Johnny Winter brought good clean playing to the blues.
Best blues I've heard in awhile. Tearing it up. Texas, thank you for ZZ Top and Johnny Winter, Janis Joplin, Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Thank you for posting this. Billy's tone, phrasing and 'feel' here is nothing short of magnificent. Rock'n'roll perfection. Could listen to this all day long...
I see the same comments in social media all the time... "Do people still listen to this kind of music?".
I say "Hell Yeah Brother! Everyday."
Wow!! Now that's some guitar playin' right there people.
Yes your right.. seen and heard..
I saw them in Fort Wayne IN. 12/5/1973. The were supposed to open up for Captain Beyond, but the Captain got snowed in in Pittsburg. When they made the anouncement they said were were going to have twice as much of a little band out of Texas ZZ Top! It was great. I was there to see ZZ.
Unreal how clear that voice is... Just beautiful! Not the beard coverup gravel of today.
You got some cool pics on here. 😎👍🏻
Saw them in 1973 in Milwaukee. They were opening for Deep Purple but, Billie Preston who was supposed to be the opener was sick so ZZ Top played instead. They were only known by a few back then and I think they blew DP away that night. I think after that year, they were the main act. Everyone knew who they were after that year.
Deep purple was touring the Machine Head album. Saw there 73 show at the Palace in Waterbury, CT. If ZZ Topped em, it must have been a great show!
@@richardtoland2624 I looked back at the archives and,evidently, it was The Who do we think we are tour. This was the only concert record I could find of them playing in Milwaukee. ZZ Top was evidently out promoting their Tres Hombres album at the time. Still was a great show from what I remember. 😬
@@kerry8911 I was a late convert to Tres Hombre and to ZZTop but became committed to the cause in 75, with the “Fandango!” Release
Still love these guys and especially this era where they stuck to the roots. Sadly I just cant tell anyone.
The 59 Les Paul and 100W Marshall combination has never sounded better.
Got that right. Always that Les Pauls, in the right hands, sounded much better than the "other" common guitar brand, especially for this type of music, and for jazz also...
1959 Gibson Les Paul (Billy paid $200 for) plus modded Marshall Plexis. That tone cannot be surpassed.
Yes Paul Kossoff 59 Les Paul does
@@dannyolsen5543 My comment was a reference to the '59 Les Paul in general. Not saying that "Pearly Gates" was better than any other '59 LP. Certainly Paul Kossoff's and Peter Green's LP's are at the top of the list for remarkable tone.
@@dr.know-it-all5148 got ya..Agree
Your taste, your opinion. I love Koss tone. Tons of vids on my channel to prove it. I strongly disagree with you. Neither better, nor worst just different.
Ferocious..........if it's death by early Gibbons....I'll take it!!!
While we sit here stealing licks, it's nice to know that he was doing the same from Peter Green.
Love this shit.
Gotta apprecaite this good ole bluezz, goin' way back. 'Cuz these days LIve they have to play the hits one after another. What the latter day fans want to hear. But we all know the First Album to Tres Hombres is the Real Deal!
this is zz top
1974 Kansas City Missouri Municipal auditorium this country boy came to see ZZ Top been a fan ever since. Thanks for sharing!
I was at that one. They opened for Ramatam and Humble Pie
1973-1976 ZZ Top was in the zone.
Seen them in '75 at Tampa Stadium ,The wife was 7 or 8 months pregnant with the first kid , Maybe thats why my Daughter likes ZZ too. Doobie Brothers were there too and I think 4 other bands.
Pearly Gates preaching to us. Billy got lucky when he found her
She was born in '59 ;-)
Best Les Paul tone - ever. Thank the Lord that this amazing instrument went to a worthy player and not to some rich kid or guitar collector that just shows it off. And I never realized how good Mr. Gibbons is...how good all three of these musicians are. But these extended blues leads still hold up today...and I'd rather listen to this than the souless "shredding" thats taken over...
Tonesville, Texas.
Billy needs to write a book and explain Why TF,ZZ Top has never released a live album,and don't say one side of Fandango is considered a "live" album.
“PLAY THAT BLUES!”
Dynamics, Fire and Feeling
My first concert at 16 years old, was Rory Gallagher (RIP Rory, Lou, Rod. thanks) opening for these guys in spring of '73. It was about six months before Tres Hombres came out. Back when they were one of the most badass blues bands that ever was. Straw hats, jeans, no beards(but Frank. lol), and BG in a white tshirt w/ pack of Marlboros rolled up in the sleeve(lol). Blues rock, slide guitar nut ever since.
Became less of a fan after the beards, sunglasses, and they, I hate to say it 'cause I love 'em, quit playing from the heart and started playing events.
Something Rory never did
First time I seen them was Vancouver BC... the stage was set up as a Farm.. awesome.. music Tres Hombres..had me hooked..
Love them...... the TOP..
73 Honolulu is the ZZ Top….
I think most that play guitar, and still shake our heads at a soulful lick, we from the get have a need that drives us...yet, Billy and them boys, well, they'll motivate your ass..Real Quick...
It’s Blues Time in Honolulu!!!!
I’m actually convinced that when Duane left, Billy said I got this….
Nothing sounds like this shit.
When people look at me and say you like ZZ Top? I’m like yep, we are not the same
… They have never heard the first 2 albums…
The 'other' national anthem thanks God loves you deeply shalom
Billy at the top of his game. Must be a video of this somewhere....pleeeeeeeeeeeeezz!!!!
Suuuuuuuuuuperb🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
saw them in a dirt arena in 74 b4 the release of Tres Hombres and after the release of Rio Grande Mud, if you've seen better outta Clapton or HENDRIX, convince me...
sure as hell won't see better out of Clapton.
Johnny Winter... But, seriously, ZZ Top in the early days was a force to be reconed with. The recordings that has survived is testimony enough. A damned pity they're not properly acknowledging their earliest past. I mean, there MUST be a pro- grade recording of a gig somewhere... Release it, dammit! We want to hear it!
Frank Marino
Tres Hombres was released in July 1973, so that concert you saw was well after the release! I know this because I saw them in Detroit in July 73 when they opened for Savoy Brown at the Ford Auditorium and I immediately went out and bought Tres Hombres! They were VERY LOUD! I still think it is their best effort overall, though I like everything they have done old and new.I first saw them in May 1972 in Huntsville, AL at the Madison County Coliseum on their Rio Grande Mud tour! It was awesome and was also one of the LOUDEST concerts I have ever experienced!!!In BOTH shows, they played their usual LARGE auditorium setup with a massive wall of Rio Grande double stacks and a massive PA which was about 500% MORE power than they really needed for those relatively small venues! It was deafening, but still AWESOME!I saw them several more times in their later, more famous era of the 80s, 90s and 00s and they had greatly reduced the number and size of their guitar amps, relying more on their large PA system than their instrument stacks and had reduced their previously LOUD sound levels onstage! I'll bet their ears thanked them! Mine certainly did.Don't get me wrong, I am a guitar player myself and I LOVE loud guitar rock! I have played huge Marshall amp stacks onstage myself, but I learned the hard way how difficult it is to hear the monitors, sing in tune and properly blend with your band mates during such extreme sound levels! There is also the PAIN! and RINGING! OUCH! Thankfully , there is a moderate and sensible limit to everything, including LOUDNESS and as we all got older, we eventually came to our senses and reduced our stage performance volumes to simply LOUD instead of absurdly PAINFULL! Did I mention my partial loss of hearing? Sometimes we live and learn, and other times, not so much...
StevieRay it must have been incredible to see them then. I wish I could’ve been there
You can tell where blue Jean blues. Came from !
I'd love to know his rig and setup here. there's no way in hell he's using 8s here. That sound is incredible.
Back then it was likely a wall of Marshall stacks. Either Super Leads or Super Basses. And I don't think he switched to lighter strings till much later on. This is definitely with some fat strings.
And don’t forget Mrs. Pearly Gates!
Back then, their guitar rigs were stacks of Rio Grande amps, which were basically Marshall Plexis that had been modified by Jake Stack in Corpus Christi who renamed their custom amps "Rio Grande" and replaced the Marshall logo with theirs. Whatever they did to juice up the gain on those amps really sounded awesome when Billy and Dusty got a hold of them!...
Yeah he didn't switch to super light strings until his encounter with BB King who told him he didn't need heavy strings because that's what the volume knob on your amp is for.
sounds like 10's
Big White House on the hill….
I'm sure somebody else has written this somewhere, but if you didn't know it, you'ld swear this was Jimmy P. on guitar (which does Billy a disservice, for he's as fine a R&R guitarist as anyone ) .....
"Fuck, a country band..." (Frank Beard) :D
Killer!!!
Did anyone here anything like this on the Eliminator Tour?
RIP Dusty
Billy showing that BB King was the King. I bet Jesus is jamming with BB right now.
I didn't remember this recording sounding this good. Was this opening for the Stones?
Fabulous! what show is this from?
It's from the show they did in Honolulu on Jan 22 1973. They opened for the Rolling Stones.
@@zeezeetop3273 "We had so much fun, I can tell you...!" (Dusty Hill)
What happened to little red rooster from this same concert?
Very cool to See Billy G without a hat. Also good to hear him before he got lazy, rich and old with the tiresome pinch harmonics on every solo.
this sucks compared to "sleeping bag"
???!!!