This was really good. Look at Tony’s right thumb during his “solo”…does it look unnaturally skinny and bent? It does to me. He is such a great bassist.
I LOVE Blackmore’s vibrato bar usage and his embracing of flash when he felt so inclined. I was surprised he didn’t use the bar or even have it on his Strat for this last time. He was such a rocker BITD. Love his playing.
Frank Beard was a killer timekeeper. Both times I saw him with the Top he was flawless. I mean totally perfect. He was always underrated and I am glad BFG gave him the props he did. RIP.
BFG should just hang up the ZZ banner now and return to touring as Billy Gibbons solo with his BFGs. It is not ZZ Top without Frank and Dusty.
I played this same RR50 and 100% concur with Travis’s assessment. I recorded a track with it for an upcoming album and it sounded like, well, a plexi. No pedals needed. Buy from bubs and get yer 70s on!
He cannot play his Smoke solo anymore….as a huge DP fan of the Ritchie era, this saddens me. Ian Gillian din’t sound good either and he got lost in the song at one point. Glad they buried the hatchet on a personal level, but the performance was hard to watch.
I’ll listen to Made in Japan or Perfect Strangers tonight..,and all will be well.
Yup early Skynyrd was plexis and Ed would use a Twin to carve out different sonic space from Allen & Gary with his Strat.
Live they were hardcore Peavey guys. Gary honestly loved them.