Falcon, Gabriel (July 21, 2019). "ZZ Top: After 50 years they've still got legs". CBS News . Retrieved March 4, 2020. While no official live album was made from that particular event, it did spark the idea that ZZ Top’s next project should at least reflect that sort of energy on record. A live album was imagined—well, half-imagined.

Eliminator" Reissue Coming March 25th!". ZZtop.com. January 14, 2008. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Tito Lesende Galán: Oh, man. I don't think this is the most balanced album by ZZ Top. But it's got Tush (and that single's great B-side, Blue Jean Blues). You know, Tush is so spectacular a monument that it seems to have existed from Day One. While the fandango is generally defined, according to Merriam-Webster, as a “lively Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time that is usually performed by a man and a woman to the accompaniment of guitar and castanets,” it can also mean just simple “tomfoolery.” While ZZ Top have never really been known to play anything close to resembling music that would inspire a fandango as defined in the former, they definitely have been known to engage in the latter. But side 2? Every one a pearl. A classic in the Smoke On The Water list of classics in Tush. Blue Jean Blues will set me off as Rough Boy does perfectly now. This second side built the bridge to Tejas. How Billy Gibbons can go mellowdowneasymellowdowneasy like that without water is incredible, and the rest of the live side punches hard.

Critical acclaim and retrospective releases (2004–2011) [ edit ] ZZ Top at the Crossroads Guitar Festival, on June 26, 2010 American album certifications – ZZ Top – Fandango". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 9, 2019.

Just listening for the 784,654th time....and it's just perfect in every way. Just incredible. The only reason it was remade was to scoop up a boatload of money from a more modern and accepting audience. But it is a completely different song than the other one that sounds slapped together in a few takes without a thought for the meaning. ZZ Top - Old Grey Whistle Test Session (1980)". BBC Radio 2. April 1980 . Retrieved October 11, 2021. In the late 80s, after the colossal successes of Eliminator and Afterburner, Warner Records made the decision to reissue all ZZ Top's London-era albums on CD for the first time. Sounds great, only an immense spanner ended up getting thrown into the works. See, some genius there had the bright idea of also giving those older albums a sonic makeover, adding extra reverb and echo to the drum sound in particular. I guess the thinking was that these 'enhanced' new versions would resonate better with younger fans of the band, only familiar with the then current, synthesised, Eliminator-era Top. So: about 18 minutes I don't care for and <20 that I do. It's a hella short album (not a problem in itself) but this is going to be hard to score. Member News Releases" (Press release). Texas House of Representatives. September 29, 2005. Archived from the original on February 20, 2011 . Retrieved December 18, 2010.

Stevenson, Doriean (January 25, 2021). "Best and worst Super Bowl halftime shows". CBS News . Retrieved March 5, 2021. La Futura by ZZ Top". MP396. September 13, 2012. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013 . Retrieved July 28, 2014. Category 84: Best Music Film" (PDF). The Recording Academy. November 20, 2020. p.53 . Retrieved November 30, 2020.

ZZ Top had already made at least one better album than Fandango! and would go on to make two or three more, but Fandango! has all the fun that the album title implies. Hlavaty, Craig (February 10, 2020). "ZZ Top played its first show together 50 years ago". houstonchronicle.com . Retrieved May 25, 2022. Rotman, Natalie (January 23, 2010). "O'Brien ends run on 'Tonight' show after 7 months" (Press release). Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017 . Retrieved May 9, 2015. Fandango! é o quarto álbum de estúdio da banda ZZ Top, lançado em 1975 metade ao vivo e metade de estúdio. Desde o álbum anterior, Tres Hombres, a banda obteve um sucedido crescimento em termos de público e vendagens, atingindo o ápice com Fandango!. A faixa "Tush" foi o single da vez, e fez muito sucesso, aparecendo na trilha sonora de vários filmes, dentre eles, o adolescente e rebelde Dazed and Confused de 1976. (pt)

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Matrix / Runout (Scribed in runout A, Variant 2, [STERLING is stamped]): T/ SAHS 1660-1 E7 STERLING RL She not only stayed alive, she turned her hard beginnings around, became self sufficient, successful and someone with respect for herself. She didn't let the naysayers and judgers stop her. She's the one sitting in the drivers seat at the end. On December 12, ZZ Top announced a co-headlining tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd for summer 2023, titled The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour. The tour is scheduled to commence July 21, 2023 in West Palm Beach and conclude September 17, 2023 in Camden. Greene, Andy (July 28, 2021). "ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dead at 72". Rolling Stone . Retrieved July 28, 2021. Philip Qvist: Not their best but still a very good album. Half live, half studio with a running time of around 35 mins, Fandango! starts off with a rousing live version of Thunderbird and ends of with their iconic single Tush.

In November 2020, it was announced that the 2019 Netflix documentary That Little Ol' Band from Texas was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Music Film with the award ceremony scheduled for March 2021. [96] Awards and achievements [ edit ] Let's get the record straight: I am not very keen on the live side. It is a typical 1970s show, where the jams go on for a little too long and the covers make up the majority of the material. Had I been there I would probably have enjoyed it, but I wasn't and on record it just doesn't work.Matrix / Runout (Scribed in runout B, Variant 2, [STERLING is stamped]): T/ SAHS 1661-2 RL STERLING Matrix / Runout (Scribed in runout A, Variant 4, [STERLING is stamped]): T1 SAHS-1660-1 STERLING RL D So, not a song about a poor girl, but a song of hope and how you can rise up no matter how far down you started. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)