Big Head Todd and the Monsters "Cheap Sunglasses" - Dusty Hill & ZZ Top Cover
Музыка
BHTM is trekking outside the lines with our Monsters Music Monthly series. A conventional album cycle is fine, but how about a new free song and video from your favorite band every month just to spice things up?!
We hope you enjoy our September 2021 release, 'Cheap Sunglasses,' a tribute to the legendary Dusty Hill and ZZ Top. One of the coolest blues rock bands of all time.
Catch up on past Monster Music Monthly releases here: www.bigheadtodd.com/mmm.
Shot and edited by Basis Creative.
Like on Facebook ➡️ bit.ly/3QJnzve
Follow on Instagram ➡️ bit.ly/3dOvrNs
Follow on Twitter ➡️ bit.ly/3KeeKqX
2024 Tour Dates ➡️ bit.ly/3KaKJYV
June 15 • Blues on the Fox • Aurora, IL
June 28 • Blues from the Top • Winter Park, CO
July 24 • The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company • Santa Fe, NM
July 26 • Austin City Limits - Live at Moody Theater • Austin, TX
July 27 • Hilde Performance Center • Plymouth, MN
July 30 • MAD Amphitheater • El Dorado, AR*
Aug 1 • 713 Music Hall • Houston, TX*
Aug 2 • The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory • Irving, TX*
Aug 3 • Zoo Amphitheater • Oklahoma City, OK*
Aug 5 • Gillioz Theater • Springfield, MO
Aug 6 • Wave Outdoor • Wichita, KS*
Aug 8 • CRMU Healthcare Amphitheater • Jefferson City, MO*
Aug 9 • Devon G. Buffett Amphitheater • Decatur, IL*
Aug 10 • CEFCU Peoria Riverfront • Peoria, IL*
Aug 12 • Iroquois Amphitheater • Louisville, KY
Aug 13 • Foellinger Theatre • Fort Wayne, IN*
Aug 14 • Mejier Gardens • Grand Rapids, MI*
Aug 15 • Cain Park Amphitheater • Cleveland Heights, OH
Aug 16 • Artpark • Lewiston, NY*
Aug 17 • Perinton Center Park Amphitheater • Fairport, NY*
Aug 19 • Tree House Brewing Company • South Deerfield, MA
Aug 20 • South Shore Music Circus • Cohasset, MA*
Aug 22 • Powder Ridge • Middlefield, CT*
Aug 23 • Wolf Trap • Vienna, VA*
Aug 24 • Univest Performance Center • Quakertown, PA*
Sep 6 • Shadow Ridge Music Fest • Omaha, NE
Sep 29 • Oceans Calling Festival • Ocean City, MD
2025 Tour Dates ➡️ bit.ly/3KaKJYV
Mar 21-26 • Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea • Miami, FL
* With Blues Traveler
Пікірлер: 97
Todd absolutely NAILS the vocals and the spirit of the original. Another damn good cover by BHTM!
Is it me or is todds voice getting better as time passes? Amazing cover. what a great tribute to the late Dusty Hill. Rip bro.
@gaberoyalll
Жыл бұрын
i was just thinking the same thing
@suzannehoulden5803
7 ай бұрын
Aging like the finest of wines.
Todd is one of the most underrated talents from the last 30 years.
@timford3599
Жыл бұрын
Agreed! Todd is a tremendous talent. A force to be reckoned with!
@suzannehoulden5803
7 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more. Got to see him recently, but was floored that he was the opening act instead of the headliner. Worked out for me though since I like to go to bed early ;-)
Todd Park Mohr has the greatest voice in rock n roll!! LOVE THIS BAND!!!!
I never thought that anyone could cover a classic ZZ Top tune like "Cheap Sunglasses" but Todd and His Monsters just KILLED it! Dusty is smiling from above...
The Monsters are a killer band. BHT always delivers.
Bravo!!!! Great tribute to Dusty!
crushed it. Is there ever a cover song the guys can't nail??!!
Todds vocals and guitar work keeps getting better and better. Came a long ways since the late 80s
To honor the recent passing of Charlie Watts, I would love it if BHTM would do a cover of Gimme Shelter with Hazel Miller singing Merry Clayton's part. I'm sure the band would do a great job
@kriswrobel2175
Жыл бұрын
Oohhh, brilliant idea!
What a great version. BHTM have always done great cover versions.
A fine tribute. ♥ RIP Dusty.
Cheap pink sunglasses … 🙌🙌🙌 ♥️♥️♥️
BHT, always a great time!!
Better and Better,can’t wait for the next one.
Love this band. Recently discovered them and Todd rocks it every time!
WOW! 😳 Very nice... "Oh YEAH!"😎💤
Saw them at the Springfield IL blues and BBQ fest. 1st time I've heard them play this song and it was awsome.
Nice tribute. The DustBuster would be proud!
Awesome. Thanks guys. RIP Dusty.
Great drumming as always and > hi- hat living up to its name here!
That Nasty Base Line is sooo Dusty Hill...A huge addition to this fantastic cover of a song that very few attempt to try. Todd and The monsters tear it up and do "That Little Ole' Band From Texas (Tejas)" very proud.
BHT has always been a favorite of mine. They are the real deal. They don't act like they got the "big head". Their records pale in comparison to the live shows. Thanks for sharing y'all. ✌️😎
@timford3599
Жыл бұрын
Totally True! I don't think that I've EVER heard a band whose Live versions consistently out perform their Studio versions of the same number. Always!!!
great vocals Todd! Luv u
Awesome job boys! I saw you in June at Red Rocks and saw ZZ Top last week at Fiddlers. Nice tribute to Dusty, Billy and Frank! Sweet job on the Bo Didldey, Todd!!
I love this band!!!!
YES!!!
Awesome 😎
Love it!
Nice Hamer Todd! Bo Diddley style. All the best from SSI, GA...
Awesome!!! Can't wait for Redrocks next summer!!!
Todd has that guitar sound dialed in! Just the right amount of compression to bring it in and the perfect reverb and echo to give it some breath! Great sound. I wonder if this was pedal driven or on the head. Sounds so natural I don't think it was done post or on the board. To me it sounds like he mic'd the cab and maybe cleaned it up a little in post. Great Job!!!
Very fine!
The changes are great and that is what is called a rendition or even an extraordinary rendition. As opposed to merely covering the song.
Hello de France ! 🇨🇵 Excellent 👍🎤🎶
Yall SMOKIN! THANKS SO MUCH GOD BLESS
Badass.
What a bunch of bad asses!
Not even the biggest ZZ Top fan but this is great...well done gentlemen
smooth vocal !
This is absolute perfection 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Love you guys. My husband and I saw you at Memphis State University when we first met. We have been together for 26 years now and your music journey has been with us all the while. We've seen you at several venues. Some meet and greets. You never disappoint. Its our anniversary and you are a part of it.
Badass lookin’ guitar
Thanks for that
To the guitar heads out there like me, yes Todd is playing the riff "wrong" compared to how Billy plays it, but it's not wrong, it's different. The notes are the same, the feel is the same, there is just the original way it's played and the way he plays it. Music and covers shouldn't always be about playing it exactly, but about interpretations. Some of the best songs started off as other riffs learned "wrong" and then became something else and unique to itself!
@msmoniz
2 жыл бұрын
@@quantumbuddhist Yup. Billy drops the high E down to D to play the triads in 1st position and then hybrid picks the F-G with the open D, Bb-C with the open G. That's the "right" way according to how Billy wrote it, but different interpretations, like you said give you different timbres and can sound cool too. I remember reading interviews with Nuno Bemnttencourt where he kinds laments the internet a bit because it's so easy now to learn riffs/songs the "right"way as opposed to how he and many in his generation learned sitting in front of turntables or cassette decks, training their ear, and more often than not learning it "wrong". But that learning it "wrong" though getting the notes right, setting them off into developing their own style that they might not have developed if they learned the song note for not perfect. It's an interesting argument/point to consider that I can somewhat agree with.
@kevemmert
2 жыл бұрын
What he said^
@cjenglish3348
2 жыл бұрын
Thats facts, BHTM is the cover king too!
Wish y'all could come to Atlanta!
Lovely, Todd, just lovely.
One of the best covers I've ever heard, nice work fellas ! First show was around '95 at The Vogue, great music, look forward to seeing you boys again !
Me and my brother have seen multiple shows. Have all the albums. Great bond for us, we play in a garage band and cover lots of todd. Though I'm very not todd 😬 Edit: he's no Brian 😲
Todd does Billy Gibbons proud here!!
Awesome always loved this band
found these guys only a year ago on the tube ! love the jam in the band
❤️
Great tribute!
Hello from TX
@lindaweller6538
2 жыл бұрын
Hello from Canada
Keep that DRUMMER ! ♫
Rocked it guys! Nice tribute to Dusty Hill!
I want that Antone's T!
Nailed it!
Nice tribute! Thank you! Dusty grew up in my neighborhood. You should see the talk in our community FB group. Everyone is so sad. Thanks for doing this.
Great band - greetings from OZ - hope you get down under sometime soon.
😊💜👍
Best band in the world!!!!!!!
Cigar box! :)
I really liked his tone in I'll play for the blues for you
Nice version- been trying to figure out what pedal is being used on the Wurly- been trying to get that sound on my Rhodes with different rack effects but that set-up just covered the tone great.
I remember Taylors and Tulagi's 1990 :))
After hearing this already new one of your major influences was zztop without asking you I can hear it in your music. Billy gibbons some big shoes to fill but you definitely are a bad ass todd
Fuckin' amazing! Rock on!
RIP DUSTY!
East Coast ? Come on Big !
Is it me or does this drummer seem like Keith Moon. Bass is awesome too. All of them
Someone, please tell me what brand of Bass Rob is playing? Todd also has a strat style guitar with the same headstock design. He plays it on BHS live at Red Rocks 2009 DVD
@bryfly5816
2 жыл бұрын
Never mind, I found it!
@jeremylawton3896
2 жыл бұрын
Del Toro PJ-style
I do not know how they do it better than the first time around ...must be Cowboys
Noice....
RIP Joe "DUSTY" Hill
Nice job Mr Mohr. Fuk da haterz I can relate believe me I tried to play some Zeppelin I'm not anywhere even close to Jimmy Page. But I have fun that's all that matters
Todd has the Al Gore's Rhythm beat
*plot twists his sun glasses aren't cheap
Is there anything these guys can't do? I'll answer for you. No there isn't
how about that drummer?
That guitar is sure square but Todd aint!
Sure miss BHTs best style of music. MIDNIGHT RADIO, the album. Changes.....
Ray Bans? Cheap Sunglasses my ass. Awesome Cover though!
Elon Musk can do it all