![]() Sticking to a familiar set list, Gibbons, Hill and Beard delivered on less familiar songs like Jesus Just Left Chicago and Pincushion, warming the rock-ready crowd with a blues sampler that had Gibbons calling on a leggy, blonde techie named Allie Cat to bring him a proper blues hat to get him in the mood. Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard – ironically enough the only clean-shaven member of the band – were in fine form from start to finish, opening with Got Me Under Pressure, from 1983’s breakout album Eliminator.īy the time they closed with their 1975 classic Tush, the audience, who paid $140 apiece to watch, was in a near frenzy, having spent the entire show on their feet reliving their younger years – or in some cases their parents’ adolescence. The Texas trio ripped through a blues-drenched 90-minute set at a sold-out, standing-room-only Thunder Bay Community Auditorium that took the audience on a tour of their 45-year musical journey, from guitarist Billy Gibbons’ beginnings at the feet of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix through an endless stream of hits that saw them conquer the early age of MTV. ![]() The most famous beards in music are a little greyer than their 1980s heyday, but ZZ Top proved on Wednesday night they can still rock with the best of them. ![]()
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