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This was Herrin's first ZZ Top video, and established Eliminator models Tomasino and Arnaud tended to push her to the rear. Herrin and singer-guitarist Billy Gibbons became friends during the shoot. [18] Gibbons said that he kept in touch with Herrin for years afterward, calling her a "groovy hippie chick from Santa Barbara". ZZ Top later ...
English: ZZ Top spinning guitars with sheepskin, used in the "Legs" video, made to order by Dean Zelinsky. First uploaded to Commons as File:ZZ Top guitars@HRC,Dallas.jpg. Original file was perspective-stretched to make a rectangle of the frame.
The "Legs" video featured the debut of ZZ Top's spinning guitars, covered in white sheepskin. [35] The videos greatly advanced ZZ Top's visibility. [36] According to Texas Monthly, the album's synthesizer sound was "perfect" for the MTV audience, who had previously seen ZZ Top as an "old-fogey band". [4]
Anheuser-Busch once commissioned Dean (DBZ) to design and make a limited set of specially shaped Budweiser [1] and Busch Beer [2] guitars used in promotions across North America. Dean Zelinsky created the spinning fur guitars for the "Legs" video from ZZ Top. Blender.com lists the "Spinning Furs" along with the ML as part of "The 28 Most ...
Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969, and quickly settled on bassist/vocalist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank "Rube" Beard, both members of the band American Blues. After honing their trademark blues-rock style, they released ZZ Top's First Album on London Records in 1971. Although all three members were born in 1949, Gibbons was the youngest member ...
ZZ Top [a] is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. For 51 years, it consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill, until Hill's death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons' blues style and Hill and Beard's rhythm section. They are known for their ...
"Sharp Dressed Man" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top, released on their 1983 album Eliminator. The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham , and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning . Pre-production recording engineer Linden Hudson was very involved in the early stages of this song's production.
Knopfler modeled his guitar sound on ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons' trademark guitar tone, as ZZ Top's music videos were already a staple of early MTV. Gibbons told Timothy White of Musician in late 1985 that Knopfler had solicited Gibbons' help in replicating the tone, adding, "He didn't do a half-bad job, either, considering that I never ...