To all of you who understand how great this is, this is one of the rocks greatest Performances .

@frankrichards3089

8 ай бұрын

Zero question. Dudes are absolutely on fkn 🔥

@SexyplexiGT

5 ай бұрын

Hell yea

@williebagley2282

5 ай бұрын

Hands down the nastiest, funkiest ,tightest band I ever had the pleasure of seeing live.

@Pigs_Flying

4 ай бұрын

Completely agree. Franks just getting unnoticed yet carrying the whole band like it's nothing. I always come back and watch this performance because it's rock gold.

@TompaDee

4 ай бұрын

We know, we know for sure !

RIP Dusty Hill. Legend.

Dusty Hill absolutely crushing it with that bass. 10/10

@autodidacticprofessor869

Жыл бұрын

My understanding is that he used the same rig as Billy but plugged a bass into it. Bass into a cranked Marshall is badass.

@user-pe6qh7tj4z

9 ай бұрын

Yes itis😅

@edmundwynne8021

4 ай бұрын

and as anyone who has seen them live will tell ya, his bass shook the foundations of venues world wide...talk about moving air!!! They are a force of nature live...lean, loud & mean...just like i like it!!! 😁

@AlexanderGonzalez-qp4tj

Ай бұрын

Yeeeeahhh

Billy Gibbons has one of the greatest tones/phrasing of any guitarist in history; he has the ability to make a three piece band sound like an orchestra section...it is no wonder that he was one of Hendrix's favorites.

@broncodude6299

4 жыл бұрын

Hamcarver BOOM! You nailed it 👍

@TharpaD

4 жыл бұрын

I despised Z Z Top as a teen as I was a snob and they were too Texas, ‘commercial’. Now I worship them like Gods- I’ve never copied any guitarist in 40 years but I can play every one of Billy’s stock licks- I’m proud and thrilled by that!

@fucheduck

4 жыл бұрын

@@TharpaD probably like my counsin, he was 8 a perspective of an 8 year old smooth skin he thought they were unwashed heathens. but truth is he was.

@26ruben1

4 жыл бұрын

I have had the pleasure of interviewing the good Reverend twice ... and he is as mystical and transcendent as you would expect. He's the real deal and you are spot on with your description of his style.

@johnfoster4244

4 жыл бұрын

@Joey Balas You're right

I've lost count on how many times I've enjoyed this.

@primaltone

3 жыл бұрын

I first watched 5 years ago. I tried a while back and couldn't find it and I think I wept. Now that it's back, it'll be a staple again. Bad ass as it gets.

@angelaguerry3627

3 жыл бұрын

ZZ Top is The Band

@angelaguerry3627

3 жыл бұрын

Little Ol Band from Texas

@d.reeves9263

3 жыл бұрын

As many times as there are likes on this video?

@markusopitz4694

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Nasty Dogs is best ZZ song ever and this live version is beyond killer. It’s unholy !!

“Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings” is the reason I bought “Fandango” so many years ago. This is really a treat! What a performance!

Dusty's bass is so clear to hear in this video.

As obsessed as I am with Gibbons - I have to take my hat off to Beard and Hill. They just set up the most massive groove that any guitarist would be in heaven to play over. Beard is Zen-like in his control - and Dusty Hill......Man - that little dwarf dude is like Ghimli out of Lord of the Rings - utterly reliable, driving, awesome voice and WTF IS THAT SOUND! How does he sound so powerful and clear? Fingers like Steel Vises. You never feel the bottom drop out when the guitar goes to lead - the Bass just FILLS the sound spectrum.

@vickipatterson9040

4 жыл бұрын

Master of Drones ,well said, and I agree.

@dalewalker4614

4 жыл бұрын

Perfectly stated!

@RexHrothgar1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you’re right! Incredible! They literally own every superlative adjective ever given to them. Truly live up to the hype. I’ll say again:”incredible!”

@frankrichards3089

8 ай бұрын

Dusty n Frank 👊 🤜

Nothing better than pre-Eliminator ZZ Top. Nothing. No dispute. These Rockpalast videos are pure gold.

Dusty's bass tone is absolutely stunning. Holding it down nice and nasty. Great jam band, always and forever.

My first Rock Concert was Z Z TOP's Texas World Wide Tour, in 1976, at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. I was 14. I discovered the band on my brothers 8 track tapes, listening to the First Album, and Rio Grande Mud in the early 70's, and I have been listening now for 47 years. I Love this band's 70's music, more than words can possibly express. THANK YOU‼️🙏 Z Z TOP.

Jesus, when I was a kid I knew Lagrange, a few other hits. For years I've listend so much rock, blues, rock n'roll, metal, jazz, from the mainstream to the indies, from Zappa and Beefheart to Canned Heat and Lightnin' Hopkins, gone to jazz, classical... Listening to a LOT of great musicians without looking back at the ZZ Tops, thinking it was a good blues rock/rock band but didn't feel like listening deeper. And tonight I stumbled upon an interview of Gibbons and thougt "oh I only know the great classics but how where they live?" And oh, MAMA! So much to say, I almost have tears in my eyes discovering this live show. Pure class, fantastic sound, insane licks, arrangements... I'm so grateful. Sometimes you skip the basics only to be amazed at... well, 36 years old!

@antidoteforemptiness

6 ай бұрын

You got that goddamn right!

@chrisragan6774

Ай бұрын

You've got time

The green cross, black cross, heavy cross, music cross, love cross, the criss cross, the double cross, the old jive President cross, the smoking cross, the Cocaine cross!!

THIS live version kills every version i've seen or heard. Ive not seen them all but damn Dusty & Billy are freaking straight-up badasses for this one.

@iainmacfadyen1101

2 жыл бұрын

There's a live version on the flip side of ..wait I'll get back to you

Listen you all what amazes me is how much music is comming out of only Billey Dusty and Frank,you hear those two jams and its like hearing a 5 man band,but in reality,its only THAT LITTLE OL' BAND FROM HOUSTON TEXAS. ZZ TOP UUUHH HULL HULL HULL HULL !!!!!!

Back when Billy had eyes! Rockpalast is responsible for some of the best recordings of the time.

@progmeup

2 жыл бұрын

I snorted at that... "Back when Billy had eyes". Brilliant. 😂

The best version of NDFK I have ever seen live.

The studio version is awesome but this is fuqin badass.

@darrinros1177

6 жыл бұрын

This is the real ZZ Top. Dusty Hill lives in Baycliff, TX I used to open for them during the 90s on occasion. He was literally 3 doors down from me. Billy is awesome one on one jamming.

@louielouie5120

4 жыл бұрын

X Crow studio version of all their music is on point...

@kevdean9967

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes the live versions outshine the studio versions as they get time to actually perfect the songs over a period of time playing the song live. There's a version of "Just got paid" from 1980 on KZread that (in my opinion) is much better than the studio version!!!

@matthewmontegut9159

3 жыл бұрын

@@darrinros1177 it was on the market for a long time, I understand that he finally sold it.

I was watching this live show after coming home from a gig with my band back in 1980....I had no idea ZZ Top was going to be on.... it blew my mind so bad that I could not go to sleep.....haha

@rolandfletschinger6375

4 жыл бұрын

So did I 😀 was clapping hands at 4 or 5 ni the morning. For me one of their best performance. To listen with good headphones, wow

The problem is.. every time I listen to Billy.. I feel I should just quit playin. And that's after fifty years of twangin strings. The man is.. hellacious.

@theatomicclap5328

5 жыл бұрын

Erg Budster you cant quit. What whould billy say? As long as your trying you aint dying baby!! And screw the neighbors!!!

@GoatBeach

4 жыл бұрын

Same here; playin' 50 years doesn't make me Billy. I do guitar, mandolin, violin, banjo, keys, trumpet, clarinet, flute, percussion, and a number of odd ethnic instruments, but I can't play like that.

@meekoloco

4 жыл бұрын

Man he’s one cool mutha, don’t quit man

@jeffreypbrown4729

4 жыл бұрын

I play many of his songs in our band. He has inspired many to pick it up. Can't put it down

@alanpoland7688

4 жыл бұрын

Erg Budster HA!! Lol!! Quite the positive comment for Billy!!🔥🎸 But NEVER SAY DIE, Brother!! We ALL NEED something to aspire to! 50 years?!? Oh man, just KEEP🎸ON KEEPIN🎸ON!!

After listening to rock n roll for 50 years, seeing ZZ TOP live About 7 times, I can say they are one of the greatest acts ever to play music.The style, the groove, the Texas look and feel are just priceless.

@kevdean9967

4 жыл бұрын

Without doubt!!!

@BaronVonRockenstein

4 жыл бұрын

@Mike Anderson I'm supposed to see them for the first time ever in a week and I also don't think that it's gonna happen... So bummed... Have loved them since I was a wee lad...They are so badass...

@vickipatterson9040

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Anderson,I like how you did a Homer Simpson at the end,I lol.

@cloudedthoughts909

3 жыл бұрын

@Carl Pallini., Tell it Brah. Truth and Right On 🤜💥🤛

@ronviejo4994

3 жыл бұрын

I only got to see them twice in concert. Every time I tried to buy tickets they would sell out in 30 minutes. PISSED ME OOOOFFF. Did get to see them for the DEGUELLO tour. Cheap Sunglasses live was fantastic. Saw them in a little hole in the wall in Austin called the ROME INN. They were a few tables over and we were watching some new kid called Little Stevie Vaughn.

This performance always make me happy - and all their other performances too. Lets hear it for Dusty and his mates.

Good Lord above. That spoken word in "Stockings" Gave me chills. And some new hair on my chest.

To anyone that has not seen this concert, you are truly missing out. This is by far the best ZZ Top concert I have ever heard.

@nyterpfan

5 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%--it's actually one of the greatest live performances by ANY band captured on film--they were just incredible that night!!

@craig45duncan

4 жыл бұрын

February 1980 Mcnichols arena Denver Colorado, for damn sure.

@ziggylayneable

3 жыл бұрын

Any ZZ top concert I have been to has been one of the best concerts I've ever heard.I don't know if it's cuz I got lucky and I just happened to see them when they were having an "on" night every single time I went, I suspect more it's just the continuity of their constant touring and playing together that has made them such a tight unit that always sounds good.I'm sure you know that it's not easy for a guitar player to hold together a three-piece and make it sound good constantly. You have to work overtime and You got to have a special something to pull that off.Maybe Dusty Hill is that special something Sprinkled on top of Billy's playing.

One of the greatest examples of a monster 3 piece band at their finest.

@eliastheod

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent put...

@johnleduc5276

3 жыл бұрын

@Henrik Cream

@conradnichols9810

3 жыл бұрын

@Henrik motorhead - no sleep til hammersmith live album. dirty 3 piece

He's a complete badass. Chord structure and phrasing is brilliant after all this time people still want to play like him .... Love it!!

Man Dusty's bass tone sounds like it's coming to get you, i love it

I love Dusty Hill...serving the song, killer tone, such balls. Respect, sir

Hot Damn! That's a lot of sound coming from a three piece.

@timthomson9376

4 жыл бұрын

Pat Travers Band also, I saw them when they opened for Rainbow with Richie Blackmore, in Champaign, IL. It was a Hell of a Show!

@angelaguerry3627

4 жыл бұрын

ZZ Top rules. Makes Momma happy

@middlebrad

4 жыл бұрын

@rj zander Peter Cowling (RIP) and Barry Dunaway were past bass players for the band. Current bass player is Jaco's nephew, David Pastorius. All very talented bassists.

@lgd1974

4 жыл бұрын

Some of the greatest bands are only 3-pieces. Case in point: Rush, Cream, The Police, Nirvana

Dusty is really nailin' that bottom down......

Lord have mercy, that is some tasty dirty blues. Awesome.

Absolutely brilliant. Just as great live as they are in concert. R.I.P. Dusty. Your bass grooves will stand the test of time.

Rest easy Dusty Hill. Your legacy will forever live on through this live masterpiece, among many other masterpieces. Your music has molded me as a human being, and for that, I am grateful. Thank you, Dusty!

I can get lost in just playing endless old ZZ Top blues. ,Vic.

@antidoteforemptiness

6 ай бұрын

Thats the way my man..

Dammit. ....hear that bass growl. Lofi...notech brilliance

@Blackscorpion1963

3 жыл бұрын

Agree! Dusty Hill kinda didn't quite get the full respect he deserved in The Top for me. Under rated.

@josephtravers777

3 жыл бұрын

@@Blackscorpion1963 He never hot-dogged but kept it simple and solid when other power trios had busy bassists. Played for the song. All a Blues guy needs.

@Blackscorpion1963

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephtravers777 Absolutely - couldn't have stated it any better man.

Respect to a awesome Tone

All I can say is "WOW" --- all 3 of these guys are absolutely top-notch.

OMG!!!! Just incredible groove from these guys! All 3 locked into the groove so tight, so awesome!!!!

I wasn't born in Texas , But I got here as fast as I could after all the deployments. Thank God for ZZ Top...

30 seconds in and this is a thumbs up. One of ZZs best bluesy jams.

Rockpalast was the best live music show in the WORLD . The time that handmade music was the standard. They broadcasted live concerts every weekend, and twice a year there was a Rocknight. Also the open air concerts at the Lorelei are legendary. Those were the day's, getting drunk and stoned while watching real musicians showing their skills. And there were no commercial breaks, some things were just better in the past.

@MrCewa

4 жыл бұрын

the best times ever in history... so much great bands live in germany!

@charlesgolembiewski297

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Many many many artists have performed.

This is epic. That bass sound!

The best 10 minutes I spent all day

Dusty Hills bass playing blows my mind. He will be missed. Cant hold the tears back. Decades of great music. RIP DUSTY! You will be missed by many...

This is the ZZ I went crazy for when I was 14. Saw them in concert in 81 and they were fierce. Carved their name in the side of our house! Friend of mine went to see them the other night here in 2018 and I said they are a different band now. And that's OK. That's alright.

@toddburgess6792

4 жыл бұрын

As long as you're a fool for her stockings, I believe.

@frankrichards3089

4 жыл бұрын

They were no joke back then

@neonknight-1522

2 жыл бұрын

They were 68 or something at 2018 so what did you expect

@Sincopare

2 жыл бұрын

@@neonknight-1522 agreed

RIP Dusty. Legend! 😢

Great upload....

honestly I didn't know what they were doing before 1983. I love "Legs" and "Slip inside my sleep'n bag" and such but sounds like their best stuff was the whole decade before this! awesome young or old! ZZ Alpha to Zed!

@jr-xs9tf

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct!

@jr-xs9tf

4 жыл бұрын

Their first albums were pure Texas blues/ funk.

@rayraymond2952

4 жыл бұрын

"I didn't know what they were doing before 1983" They were playing at the Warehouse in New Orleans a lot. :) :) :) Richard

@randycunningham7318

4 жыл бұрын

If their best stuff is their pre-80s, their second best stuff is the post 80 releases.

@kevdean9967

4 жыл бұрын

Deguelo is one of the strongest albums ever!!!

Rest in Heaven Dusty Hill

Bad assery right here. Dusty's Bass playin' R.I.P. man!

Reverent Billy G. on top of his game ...

The bass be like a chainsaw through a barn door... Rippin' ... boom!!!

Nasty dogs and funky kings never sounded fuckin better. Gave me goose bumps!!!

This may be my favourite ZZ Top era - just before they discovered the drum machines and sequencers.

@jr-xs9tf

4 жыл бұрын

They were still in that funky Texas blues mentality.

@bosnake9253

3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

One of the best blues tunes ever

I was into this man, I was groovin' and then 5 and a half minutes into it, KZread comes up and cuts my jam with a damn ad for some chick product or some yuppie office prick shit. Now I gotta find my groove again. I love those boys from Texas! Remember Texas, we Tennesseans are on the same side.

@jr-xs9tf

4 жыл бұрын

The interruption just gives me an excuse to listen repeatedly.

@Sirforgotalot

4 жыл бұрын

aint nuthin free brother

@tennesseeridgerunner5992

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sirforgotalot amen brother. Truer words aint never been said

@middlebrad

4 жыл бұрын

what side is that?

@tennesseeridgerunner5992

4 жыл бұрын

@@middlebrad Tennessee and Texas have a shared history that goes back 200 years. I don't want to really spend the time here going into it. Suffice it to say, many of Texas' first heroes were from Tennessee. Tennessee sent "Volunteers" (more than many other states) to help win Texas' independence from Mexico. Many Texas regiments fought ferociously in the Army of Tennessee during the War between the States. The most decorated soldier of WW1 was a Tennessean. The most decorated soldier of WW2 was a Texan. We share alot of the same values and mores and tend to have the same outlook on life. I really think if you want more, consult history-because this relationship between TN & TX is not my own opinion. Thank you for your interest though

One of the Few guitar masters who deserve a 1959 Les Paul in their hands! And we are all better because of it!!!!

They were sooo good back then, no glitz, just bitchin' blues! I saw them in Buffalo in '79 or '80, and again in Seattle in 1980. My ears are still ringing. :-) Thanks for the music!!

Saw em open for The Rolling Stones at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas and the Stones never had a chance , Texas loud and proud boys right there..

Been enjoying these guys for decades, always bring me up.

frank is so very crisp here

@normanbutler8022

3 жыл бұрын

Been enjoying these guys for decades, always bring me up.

@midnightexpress1567

3 жыл бұрын

Your right

In the zone the way they used to play through the 70s was as this is pure KILLER INSTINCT ...

👍 Time keeps on ticking... Going through a box of old ticket stubs not long ago. My first rock concert: May 19, 1973 East Tennessee State University (lol yeah, I'm old, but still above the dirt...) Rory Gallagher - ZZ Top 4 bucks It was about two months before Tres Hombres came out. (Dusty Hill's 24th birthday, I came to find out on his passing) It was Festival Seating and I managed to get about 15 feet from mic center. Rory Gallagher was pure fire right out of the gate, and his band was phenomenal. (particularly Lou Martin on his electric piano) Rory was amazing to see play and I think that he had as much fun as anyone. Then, Billy Gibbons and the boys came out. Back when they were the most badass blues rock band that ever was. Straw hats, jeans, no beards (but Frank. lol), and BG in a white tshirt w/ pack of Marlboros rolled up in the sleeve(lol). Needless to say, Rory and Billy made a big impression on a 16 yr old. Blues rock, slide guitar nut ever since. RIP Rory, Rod, Lou, & Dusty. Thank You! Keep Rockin' Billy, Frank, & Gerry

This guys can really play the hell out of their instruments when they want to. Killer versions!

@SuperCrackerjacks

3 жыл бұрын

That's how it used to be. Sorry! Amazing stuff for sure...

“Fool for your stockings” makes me so glad I love women

it's all my life,i live in Belgium and since i was 12 years old when i hear zz top for the first time ,i 'm 62 years old and it's always a bonheur for me to hear zz top, forgive me for my faults in englisch because i'm french....

@jr-xs9tf

4 жыл бұрын

You're doing fine, us ZZ fans speak the same language.

@ericgisclon8122

3 жыл бұрын

Belgium is not a country very rock n' roll..Maybe you watched with German TV.

@dominiquevandevorst3897

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericgisclon8122 ??

@dominiquevandevorst3897

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericgisclon8122 we didn't have a tv at this moment ,but I had the zz top's first album , my great brother had buy it in US .

@ericgisclon8122

3 жыл бұрын

​@@dominiquevandevorst3897 Now I understand!! I ts good for you to talk in english .Even if I speak french!!lol

What a sound and drive With only 3 people

@GibsonVienna

4 жыл бұрын

Like Motörhead with Lemmy, Phil and Mikkey. You listen and can't believe there are only 3 Guys on Stage.

@jeffreypbrown4729

4 жыл бұрын

It's called amplification.

Thank you Mr. Gibbons and Mr.Gibson.

Simply mind-blowing

Billy is becoming better over the years!!! I must confess, I prefer his today's voice. His playing was always amazing!

We all know lots ‘bout Billy and Dusty, but truth be told, what a bad ass of a guy is Frank, my man, 🤘🤘🤘🤘

listening through good headphones opens up a whole new amazing sound.

@timhoovermusicman

4 жыл бұрын

That's what I'm doing right this minute! Sony MDR-V 70s 50 mm drivers,response 8Hz -30,000Hz.

@djbone604

4 жыл бұрын

Tim Hoover Agreed 100%....Sennheiser’s here and the separations are crazy amazing

Seen the Boys 7 times in Colorado and 1 time at the Cheyenne Frontier Days. First time on 8/28/1975. Cool thing about ZZ is they never played any song the same way live. Miss The Dust.

Yes!! RIP Dusty Hill.... And RIP Rick Anderson..(The Tubes)

the coolest band on earth,an allways the best tone,billy is a genious,an hendrix loved him,an said he was the worlds best guitarist....

@dalewalker4614

4 жыл бұрын

Spoken by the world's best guitarist....

Dusty is really a Killer on Bass. Awesome Performance on every ZZ Top Gig since 1969.

As great a bass player as Dusty Hill was--holy smokes he was a PHENOMENAL singer--so much power and feeling in his vocals--WOW!!

Best little band from Texas.

@kevdean9967

4 жыл бұрын

Stevie Ray and Johnny Winter deserve mention too!!!

‘Is that you bangin on the front door, you said you had enough but you’re comin back for more”

Bass is fantastic

Billy Gibbons Tone is just outta this world.. Just playing the juiciest licks and they sound so crisp and warm.

This video has great audio. The stuff the Reverend is puttin down is sick. His Touch, feel and tone are unmatched dayumn .

A trio is such a stripped down, bare bones band. Every bit needs to be so good, bass, vocals, guitar and bass. What a band....RIP Dusty...Love you Frank and Billy. What a band....

Right to the bone,thank you.

Just effin' fabulous.

Love them blues could listen to it all day.

Dusty! thx - RIP

At my funeral!!! My friends and family WE BE watching this version of Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings!!!!!!!! FACT. ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jimbeekman4863

3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Dusty

It can never be summertime without ZZ Topp

Frank Beard!

Billy Gibbons...nowhere near him in those days..What a tone..What a great band they were..

@joshcochran1631

4 жыл бұрын

Are...

@fattboyzz1355

4 жыл бұрын

@ROBERT CRAIG in yo dreams !

Nasty Dogs & Funky Kings is one of their greatest unheard of songs in their library. Off the BEST album of their library, FANDANDO!

@rickrichter9445

6 жыл бұрын

LesSmith45 THANK YOU! I was just about to write the exact same thing.

@Sincopare

4 жыл бұрын

That groove ride out blows my mind on that song. And that album is one of my 10 deserted island albums. If I had to have only one of theirs, this would be the one.

@carladurham8685

10 ай бұрын

True fans know about it though ✌️

""Despite a 4 a.m. start time for the set captured here, the band garnered a standing ovation at its end.""

I saw them at then three rivers stadium, they were soooooo loud and I was in peanut heaven far away!!!

love how they work together so good...that bass comping during the solo is brilliant.

I threw these lyrics at some chick in an Atalanta bar in 1982. She slapped the shit out of me but I thanks Billy G for the experience. Joe the Vet.

@amydouglas8065

5 жыл бұрын

TheVeteransNetwork awwww. She should’ve took you up on your offer!!!

Thanks Mike, one forgets just how awesome earlier Top was. Tres Hombres indeed.

Thanks Mike via ZZTop 🌺🎧🎼🎼💙

tone is kicking perfect perfection