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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.
ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends is the fourth tribute album to honor American blues-rock band ZZ Top. It includes performances from Daughtry , Nickelback , Wolfmother , Filter and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith among others.
Nickelback started this year's ceremony, playing the hit ZZ Top song, "Sharp Dressed Man". Billy Bob Thornton then announced the Texas trio. After a biography video, the band took the stage and performed their MTV video hit "Gimme All Your Lovin'", followed by "La Grange", Dusty Hill's signature song "Tush" and finished with "Cheap Sunglasses".
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 ...
"La Grange" is a song by the American rock group ZZ Top, from their 1973 album Tres Hombres. One of ZZ Top's most successful songs, it was released as a single in 1973 and received extensive radio play, rising to No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1974. [ 5 ]
The artist pre-sale begins on Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 10 a.m. and will be available until 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2. Public sale begins Friday.
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 ...
Brian Baker of Country Standard Time writes, "A little more grit and the compilers would have had a rocking ZZ Top tribute. Of course, a little more honky tonk and hillbilly (like Alan Jackson throws down at the break in "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell"), and they would have had a country tribute to ZZ Top." [2]