Yep. After MTV and those awful videos for Eliminator, it was down hill
fast. Of course, Eliminator sold like hotcakes. When that happens, it
dooms a band to retry that formula again (and again-----and
again...................................and again..............).
"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" is one of my favorite driving tunes.

Steven C. Barr(x) wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>> Hey, call me low-brow, but early ZZ Top definitely does it for me. Bob Ludwig
>>
> remastered new CD's of
>
>> "Tres Hombres" and "Fandango" in the last couple of years and I think they're
>>
> great. Album notes are
>
>> by a guy who claims to be ZZ Top's "archivist." Bonus material is from I think
>>
> King Biscuit Flower
>
>> Hour radio shows, really badly recorded.
>>
>>
> Speaking as a bluesman-wannabe myself...the first three (IIRC) ZZ Top LP's
> were outstanding permormances of blues music! From that point onward, they
> gradually became a "guitar-based rock band"...with only occasional flashes
> of their early blues brilliance!
>
> Case in point...look up (listen up?!) their recording titled "Blue Jean
> Blues!" The lyrics would seem to verge on parody...but the guitar work
> is excellent!
>
> Steven C. Barr
>
>