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"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.
Warner hired filmmaker Tim Newman, [33] who also created videos for "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs". [34] The videos depicted America as "a land of rock and roll, cars and girls", [4] with three female models driving the Eliminator car. [34] The "Legs" video featured the debut of ZZ Top's spinning guitars, covered in white sheepskin. [35]
When she was younger, she worked as a model and actress, including as one of the three beautiful muses in the ZZ Top music videos "Legs", "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Gimme All Your Lovin". She was also the Playboy Magazine Playmate of the Month in November 1980.
The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning.David Blayney (ZZ Top's stage manager of 15 years), in his book Sharp Dressed Men, described how the song was pre-produced: Billy Gibbons and Linden Hudson (Houston engineer and songwriter) wrote the whole song and created a recorded demo all in one afternoon without either bassist Dusty Hill or drummer ...
On July 21, 2023, ZZ Top began a tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour, in West Palm Beach, which concluded on September 17 in Camden. [citation needed] A second leg of the tour began in March 2024 in Savannah, Georgia, and is due to end on September 22 in Ridgefield, Washington. [59]
Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Main [2]1985 "Can't Stop Rockin'" 8 Afterburner: 1986 "Delirious" 16 "Woke Up with Wood" 18 1990 "Decision or Collison"
Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top is a tribute album released in 2002 featuring various country music artists performing classic ZZ Top songs. Critical reception [ edit ]
Lonestar released a version of the song in 2002 for the album Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top. In 2011, American band Filter covered the song for the tribute album ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends. [10]