They had an incredible live sound back then. Super crunchy guitar and distorted bass. HUGE. Much better before the Eliminator years.

@JivinJoe1984

2 жыл бұрын

I love the distorted bass, I'm sucker for some bass and the way Dusty played it was amazing and his work in ten foot pole hooked me to them when is was a kid in the 90s

@a.d.ibarra9613

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Showing off the chops for sure.

@kevincraig8257

2 жыл бұрын

they were so clean and crisp. every note. i saw them in Southdakota during this tour. that was the first of six times seeing them live. they were definitely my favorite. always will be. they are the best.

@ChrisLawton66

2 жыл бұрын

I can say this about the Eliminator years, at least Billy stopped using that stupid vocal harmonizer.

@f.morgani3568

2 жыл бұрын

I'm probably older than most here, anyway.. I got to see these guys all the place . way back... If you were looking around.. You could see people, running sound EQUIPMENT.. Tripping off old EchoPLEX BOXES.. (look it up.).. Pre-recorded Stuff.. Either way the digital day's came along.. And in bigger places, echoing throughout the building, or stadium.. has been a problem.. Like a ball game.. Some places you get, or sit.. It's kinda hard to make out what the HELL was just SAID.. THESE folks are the best in the music business.. Hands down.. And still putting out great music, Dusty is missed, that bass in ALOT of cases was triggering off the midi.. ..... = music instrument, digital interface.. = not so many people needed to do that work... The guitar tech/ now bass player could tell some stories, I'm SURE.. God bless you all, in the name of Jesus...

Rest in sweet easy peace , Dusty ! You changed the world .

@govetter

4 ай бұрын

Agreed!

This is badass! Love these guys! A true Rock N Roll band

Always have been an incredible live jam band !!! THANK YOU long live the Rev,Billy F. Gibbons✌✌✌

ZZ Top Rules....Don't mess with Texas

@govetter

2 ай бұрын

Eternal Rules! I have an Eleven-foot Pole! His name is Gunter! He didn't come back!

-suppose that gig in Valhalla couldn’t start without you - rest easy Dusty- 🤘

Them criss cross riffs in the middle are BADASS !!

Man that bass break is bad ass

This song is as good now as it was in 1982! Hard to find lucky strikes now but blues bands and fine foxy mamas and Cadillac's are still around.

@smartacus88

9 жыл бұрын

I can get you a Carton right now for $80.00 American man. No lie.

@nickmichaels4340

7 жыл бұрын

g ray welz I still smoke unfiltered Lucky Strikes.

@mikebockey4125

6 жыл бұрын

Nick Michaels, amen to that, brother. best damn smoke i’ve ever tasted. -i have to confess that they aren’t always easy to find though anymore too. i’ve found a local gas station/carry out that has tareytons though and they treat me well and taste super good too.

ZZ Top is and has been always on of my fav's...hard to top 3 guys with their sounds and ability, and there are plenty of other great bands that we all enjoy and may consider our fav...but ZZ Top...what can we say...commercial or not, good stuff

@larrywilliams6846

8 жыл бұрын

Yes Lawd

@everready19373

2 жыл бұрын

Rush?

@jeffscott8323

2 жыл бұрын

Hard to beat ZZTOP. THIS MUSIC NEEDS TO STAY AROUND. FOR AWHILE. FOREVER

3 Texas Fellows that said "lets just be rock legends". And they did.

Frank does not get a lot love back there but I tell ya he keeps the groove grooving keep on chopping Frank.

saw em live in 83 @ freedom hall, amazing music out of 3 guys. blew everyone away

This is great live recording, great sound with strong vocals. This ZZ Top has on top the their game.

R.I.P. DUSTY, IT'S SAD AND IT'S NATIONWIDE !

this gig kicks ass!!! especially ten foot pole, so much better than the album version. thanks for posting this musiccuts!!!

@josephspencer621

4 жыл бұрын

"You just don't know what shape I'm in" The lead break after that has always given Me serious chills!

Saw them in San Antonio, opening for Ten Years After in about 1970. Hard act for Alvin Lee to follow.

@colorado50th

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Villela I cant imagine anything being a hard act to follow for Alvin Lee...he was a far better guitar player than these guys in ZZ could ever be. IMO.

@johneasler9967

4 жыл бұрын

Grand Funk Railroad blew Ten Years After off the stage as well in 1970

nothing like texas rock fuck yeah

You were bad, you were nationwide. RIP Dusty

Now THAT was ZZ Top, in it's FINEST. Today it's Commercial JUNK! Listen to those harmonies!

@govetter

2 ай бұрын

When TEXAS was Touring! 🎶

I’m from Houston,Tx.

They have been around together for a lot time. Not very many bands stay together. They break up. Awesome music. God bless.

@hamburgersandfuriousanger6820

3 жыл бұрын

Same three members since 1969, they’re the one and only. Until someone corrects me in the comment section.

Several comments on this post demonstrate the unfortunate negative "effect" RECENT technology has on listener & viewer impressions of live music. Billy's been a generous influence on my work since the late 70's, especially in regards to tone, production, keeping it simple and in the groove. Yes, at some live shows he'll occasionally use limited backing guitar and special effect tracks - however, never any "auto-tune," lip syncing or relying on vocal dubs - especially at this show. Any delay seen in close ups of his singing is only from the video mix - this is a pure live 3 piece golden chunk of Rock history. Billy always has - and continues to REALLY SING IT. Don't confuse these guys with techno reliant performers of today - they won't need any crutches until their hips are being replaced from all the dance grooves.

@lennycarey7042

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like there's vocal dubs in it too me. And i dunno why they just didn't put another guitarist out there instead of using a backing track. Kinda lame, but that's my opinion. Still sounds good though

@davidthompson6832

4 жыл бұрын

A-FUKIN-MEN BROTHER!!! THIS IS ONE OF MOST BRILLIANT TALLENTS TO EVER STRAP IT ON ... SO SAYS "JIMI HENDRIX" AND A BAZILLION OTHER PEOPLE .... SAVE YOUR NEGATIVE COMMENTS FOR THE CURRENT STATE OF ROCK MUSIC !!! ALLHAIL THE REV. BILLY G🤠

@gtate135

3 жыл бұрын

I notice he has a dual tonality to his voice, how is that being done? You can clearly tell when dusty sings however he when he’s not there are two voices coming out of Billy?

@JeffHayfordMusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@gtate135 I'm quite sure your hearing his brilliant mix with the analog effects available at the time. It's a combination of Chorus, Phase, Delay, Reverb and Compression, he's dialed them into a blend that does sound a bit like todays "Doubling" effect. By the 90's people in the know, knew Billy was a tone genius. When the earliest commercially released digital effects processor by Sony, "SP90" I believe it was called, they turned to Billy for help. During its development they sent them to him, he worked wonders with it and to make it understandable asked him (hired I'm sure) to write the entire last chapter of the owner's manual - soon everyone wanted one. I sold 2 guitars to get the $1,600 needed to buy one. It was extremely powerful especially for the time, however also extremely difficult to use and especially create your own effects, the 'lil 'ol boy from Texas further proved his brilliance with instruction on how to get the most out of one. It quickly became an industry standard, and was so for several years when digital wonders were coming out like wildfire and in every studio worth its salt.

@gtate135

3 жыл бұрын

All I can say is there has never been a band more talented, cool and down right bad ass as ZZ Top folks!

Always rated Billy Gibbons as a player. Eliminator has to be my favourite album, has so many memories of growing up learning those riffs.

That Lil''Ol Band From Texas Billy the Kid on🎸 guitar 🎸 R.I.P. Dusty🇨🇱Hill

Last time I saw their eye balls!

Finally, a video where you can hear Frank singing!

Backing vocals, both, are amazing!

I really miss seeing Pearly Gates out and about. I completely understand why, but she’s really the 4th member of this incredible band.

That's some Texas thunder there... badass

@genebingle1754

5 жыл бұрын

Philip Brotzman yes it is!

@geoman51270

4 жыл бұрын

Some come back. Please.

@geoman51270

4 жыл бұрын

Here comes Melba.

Saw this one or the concert before they opened for Rolling Stones in Houston at the Summit BEST EVER

@wichitablack

3 жыл бұрын

They opened for the Stones at the Astrodome in '81, along with the Fabulous Thunderbirds...I was there!

This song is so cool,, and Dusty lays down the bass jam outro

Always and forever, a Class Act ❤❤❤

Fantastic Band 🎸my favorite Rock and Blues

The last 80 seconds of "Ten Foot Pole" sounds like a nuclear reactor about to melt down!

aww yea... The Hometown Boys! OLDSKOOL! \m/\m/

Awesome Awesome Audience ! 🤘🤘🇺🇸

ZZ TOP play them souped up blues brother! R.I.P Dust Man,miss ya my friend.

Goin to see them again (starting in 75) Tuesday night 9/19/17

This my jam man!

They're good lads. :-) I love the effect on the vocal. I really loved it when they began to embrace synthesisers and machines in the early 80's.

@a.d.ibarra9613

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty wild effect huh? It's gotta be like the vocal effects I KNOW some black metal, death metalhardcore bands use. I call them Godzilla vocals.

@NOWtheband

2 жыл бұрын

@@a.d.ibarra9613 - Yeah, masteriously wondrous!

Dusty is a beast! Rest in peace ya big ol texas legend!

..jeez..that harmonizer..back in the day???...wild...

Who cares if they're using harmonizers (effects)? These guys were innovators. And great musicians! Luv this video. Thanks for posting!

Power trio.

Does anyone know what the hell Rev Willie G says on ten foot pole, it's my fav song cause of the remarkable bass on it.

@jeffbaker7209

11 ай бұрын

It's all gibberish except for the chorus...

this is the best ROCK track I've EVER heard by ANYBODY

Dusty Hill reminds me of the dwarf Gimli from Lord of the Rings. Love this fuckin' band!

Good ol dayz...

Reverend Willie G. Greatest vocalist ever

Dusty..love you..RIP..!!

That's it baby the three baddest motherS from TEX RIP DUSTY

Hard to believe Dustys gone. Sad R I P Brother.

Always rated Billy Gibbons as a player. Eliminator has to be my favourite album, has so many memories of growing up learning those riffs!

Wow.... Never heard them stretch out Ten Foot Pole like that before...

Bo Diddley with Jerome on marockers on Ten foot Pole , Thank you Billy !

I saw this concert live on TV back in the days.I recorded It on my VCR.The harmonizer effect was on then.The vocals on Ten Foot Pole is singback.

it's all in my head I'm crazy

This is the way it’s done. amigo

Might get some flack for this (I love ZZ top), but I actually like how the sound is rough, you can hear bum notes, but it sounds natural and I like it. It is what it is, a live show and there's no over dubs or secret musicians hidden in the wings, just Billy, Dusty and Frank giving it big guns and going for it.

@jeffduncan9140

3 жыл бұрын

Damn straight! Their live has always been great.

@michaeldistefano7027

2 жыл бұрын

No flack here brother.... Small imperfections in live music is the music breathing. ... Makes it REAL

@MarcoPolo-je5ej

2 жыл бұрын

I've been going to concerts for 40 years and ZZ Top is one of the two tightest bands I've ever seen. The other is Black Sabbath.

@joejohnston2035

2 жыл бұрын

That vox processor / harmonizer on nationwide sounds hideous

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

@@joejohnston2035 Sounds bad only to purists

Saw them back in 77

Dusty ; laying down the bottom too the Top !

Psycho trucker stomping midnight desert treking greatness.

RIP Dusty 🙏

Mr Gibbons and Dusteh Heeeeel give to me one time!

they played in every barn in Texas in the beginning. Please someone make a movie about them.

They prove they bad and nation wide by playing 10 ft pole aint nobody badder than that baby, R.I.P Dusty.

Nice and gritty

Wow fkin awesome!

Billy was a little heavier there than he is now

A lifetime ago

hes got that voice changer thing on that he uses for manic mechanic

wow, Billy used to play Gibson as well, I thought him to be a pure Fender (Tele) man

Seen them 2 years before this video, Rick Derringer was the warm up band. This is an awesome video and sound quality for 82.

I am from North Harris Co.Texas.Which,Houston is the county seat. Billy was born there,Dusty is originally from Dallas,Frank was born in Frankston,Texas on the Anderson/Henderson county line. My moms people setting in Henderson County in1846. Now the first time I saw these dudes was Dec.27th,1981 @ the Wintergarden in Dallas. And no l didn't go from Houston to Dallas to see The Fabulous ZZTop. I lived in Steve Miller's hometown. Without googling,can anyone honestly tell me what town he is from? El Loco was a killer show,no opening act either.

@ChrisStokes07

5 жыл бұрын

Cary West Without googling I'm gonna say Steve Miller is from Dallas. My first ZZTop show was El Loco tour Nov. 1st, 1981 at the Cotton Bowl with the Rolling Stones. Man it was a perfect day for a show at the Cotton Bowl, Texas in the Fall when it starts to cool off a little bit, you know what I'm talkin bout. Paid $17.50 for the ticket. I still got the stub. I'm a Fort Worth boy, but I was born up north in Amarillo.

Fuckin awesome

keep on getting it

Badass

ThanQ 4oldzEr than di RT

Ten food pole sounds like Spencer and da blues explosion!🤘👹🤘

The energy and movement of the guys here is brilliant! of course they are alot older but would be good to see them move a bit nowadays. Billy's close up at 1:15, there's just something about it haha, seeing his eyes maybe..? ;) Desperate to see ZZ Top before they call it quits!

@eddiehaskells5690

8 жыл бұрын

If you haven't seen them by May of 2016 bummer. They retired.

@reddog8568

8 жыл бұрын

wrong!!!! thank goodness. Im seeing them in Nov. in St. Augustine for the 14th time! Hell yeah!

@eddiehaskells5690

8 жыл бұрын

+frank furter Someone lied to me. I guess I misunderstood the d.j. on the radio. A classic rock station. I'm still trying to figure what they consider Classic Rock. I'm a Southern boy (59 yrs old) but if I hear Sweet Home Alabama one more time I'm going to break their antenna. Maybe he said this year but anyway, 14 times frank, wow. The only guy who have seen the more are the roadies. Surely you've had to do some traveling to see them that many times.

@nickmichaels4340

7 жыл бұрын

adriansmith76 I know what you mean by the eyes, I like seeing them over the sunglasses look now days.

GET IT ONNN........

rare clip of Billy Gibbons with eyes

Rush, Hendrix, Grand Funk, ZZ, and Triumph. All amazing 3 man bands. Am I missing any, cause I would love to know. BTW Zep is my favorite, but 3 man rock bands are so awesome.

@kennycab3374

3 жыл бұрын

Oops, I forgot Pat Travers

@kennycab3374

3 жыл бұрын

Never mind, I googled it and seen I missed plenty. Although the 5 I have listed above to me would be the top 5. I seen Stevie Ray 2 months before he died, and I am sure he had at least 5 band members on the stage, including a keyboardist?

@kennycab3374

3 жыл бұрын

Cream and ELP would be the two I missed that could be argued to be in top 5.

@elinino5275

2 жыл бұрын

Omg! RUSH!! How can yall forget them?!😒

@highschoolbigshot

Жыл бұрын

2 years late but Frank Marino and Mahogany rush

I don't think I gotta tell you how bad ass is ZZ TOP all you gotta do is watch listen and learn my friend.

PERIOD FOR SCHOOLS by KOLOVANI

I have a beautician at the wheel!

Feelin arite

Billy Gibbons was a big stocky guy back then!

Veryyyyyy coool

these guys could have taken rattle snakes of their guitar cases at any moment.

Ripping riffs from the righteous reverend

Championship lolly happy birthday reverend bill

Dawm. This is before the dark glasses. Heehee

For myself and many, many other guitar player's "Deguello" will forever be known as the "Album Of Tone!" If you can't groove to these Dudes, you just can't groove. Only thing is I like it better when they lost the Cowboy Hats...

@cmass761

10 жыл бұрын

They ARE from Texas - my homies ! - and bet they'd wear their hats whether a punk likes it or not...... they look superfly with and without their cowboy hats !

@eddiehaskells5690

8 жыл бұрын

You must not be from Tejas. It's an original. You should have seen them before they grew the beards. Get the Fandango album. It's partially live in Austin at the First Annual Barbecue and Barn Dance. I was there and they were sporting their Stetsons and white Texas Ruby studded jackets.

@mrJimCharles

8 жыл бұрын

No the live side of Fandango was recorded at the Warehouse in New Orleans

Dusty really works that bass! Is that Frank singing or Billy being enhanced via electronics?

please remember we're flat broke driving a stolen Corvette

1982 Hip-Hop

@petehaynes6133

7 жыл бұрын

(Ten Foot Pole)

GERBER GRÜBER SPIRAL MEALS PRODUCTS and CHANNEL and CEILING LIGHT SHOW by KOLOVANI

Not with pearly gates. The 59 LP's name is "pearly gates." The pearly gates pick ups were based on the sound of this guitar.