RAW ('That Little Ol' Band From Texas' Original Soundtrack)

ZZ Top

Released on 28/02/2020 by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Main artists: ZZ Top
Genre: Rock

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Pay attention to the "raw" designation in RAW: That Little Ol' Band from Texas, the 2022 album that purports to be the soundtrack to the 2019 documentary That Little Ol' Band from Texas. Within the movie is a segment capturing ZZ Top playing a show at Gruene Hall, famously hailed as "the oldest continually run dance hall in Texas." That set is presented here on RAW: That Little Ol' Band from Texas, an album that winds up being a more valuable document than expected thanks to the fact that it captures the classic lineup of ZZ Top playing a bunch of down-and-dirty blues just a few years before the passing of bassist of Dusty Hill in 2021. While the group doesn't sound as spry as they did in the 1970s or '80s -- the rhythms are a little heavier, the growl in Billy Gibbons' voice is quite gravelly -- it's enjoyable to hear how they're playing as a band of old pros. They've performed these songs countless times -- it's not all the hits, but as they run through "Just Got Paid," "Heard it on the X," "La Grange," "Tush, "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide," and "Legs," it feels like they are -- but there's still energy and a palpable joy in how they launch into a groove or extend themselves in a jam and it's still a wonder to hear Gibbons solo.

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Howie Weinberg, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion - Ryan Hewitt, Engineer - Will Borza, Engineer

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