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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.
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 ...
Hudson collaborated on the album tempo with Gibbons, and he co-wrote several songs. The band's longtime stage manager, David Blayney, wrote about the collaboration in 1994 in his book, Sharp Dressed Men. [11] The demo version of the album that was prepared for Memphis was largely the product of Gibbons and Hudson. [4]
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]
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 ...
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.
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"Rough Boy" is a song by the American rock band ZZ Top. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in the US in March 1986, as the third single from their ninth studio album, Afterburner.