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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]
The "Legs" video was directed by Tim Newman, who had directed the successful videos for the Eliminator singles for "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and "Sharp Dressed Man". [15] He declined to return to shoot the video for "TV Dinners". [16] For "Legs", record executive Jeff Ayeroff pleaded with him to return. Newman bargained hard and asked for "points ...
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The Warren Brothers covered the song on the 2002 compilation album Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top. Wolfmother covered the song on the 2011 tribute album, ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends. [5] The Sword covered the song on the deluxe version of their 2012 album Apocryphon. Apathy covered the song on his 2007 mixtape album Baptism by Fire.
The song is a twelve-bar blues in the key of G in standard tuning. Bassist Dusty Hill has said the song was written at a sound check in about ten minutes. The recording was produced by Bill Ham and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning.
Mescalero is the fourteenth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top.It was released in September 2003, as the band's final release for RCA Records.While the band still retained their foundation in blues rock, Mescalero explored genres like country and Tejano.
The song’s title and lyrics refer to a brothel on the outskirts of La Grange, Fayette County, Texas (later called the "Chicken Ranch"). The brothel is also the subject of the Broadway play and film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The first time ZZ Top played the song in La Grange was during the Fayette County Fair, on September 5, 2015. [6]