{"id":442,"date":"2007-09-27T22:59:47","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T02:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imheavyduty.com\/?p=442"},"modified":"2007-09-27T22:59:47","modified_gmt":"2007-09-28T02:59:47","slug":"zz-top-the-best-of-zz-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/2007\/zz-top-the-best-of-zz-top\/","title":{"rendered":"ZZ Top &#8212; The Best of ZZ Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1301\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1301\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1301\" title=\"ZZ Top -- The Best of ZZ Top\" src=\"http:\/\/imheavyduty.heavydutyincorporated.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zztopbestof.jpg\" alt=\"ZZ Top -- The Best of ZZ Top\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ZZ Top -- The Best of ZZ Top<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"recdata\">\n<li><strong>Artist:<\/strong> ZZ Top<\/li>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> The Best of ZZ Top<\/li>\n<li><strong>Year:<\/strong> 1977<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong> Vinyl 12 in.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rating (1-10):<\/strong> 10<\/li>\n<li><strong>Owner:<\/strong> Tracy and Bob<\/li>\n<li><strong>Acquired:<\/strong> 2005 &#8211; Inherited from Bob Bobala<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keeper:<\/strong> Yes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Have mercy! Been waitin&#8217; on the bus all day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And so begins my favorite ZZ Top song, &#8220;Waitin&#8217; for the Bus.&#8221; Growing up I loved hearing it on the radio. All the AOR stations would also play &#8220;Jesus Just Left Chicago&#8221; right after it. That&#8217;s also how the songs are ordered on this best of. It&#8217;s hard to believe ZZ Top had a &#8220;best of&#8221; out in 1977.  Also, after non-stop listening to this compilation over the last couple days I&#8217;m amazed how funky these cats are, or at least were. There are many other great ones here: &#8220;Tush&#8221;, &#8220;La Grange&#8221;, &#8220;Heard it on the X&#8221; etc. They&#8217;re still rocking live shows with these tunes, but their later period work doesn&#8217;t really compare.<\/p>\n<p>To my everlasting regret I never have been able to find their records. And I do want records. Whenever I&#8217;m in a proper record store I always head right to the Zs, but no soap. At least I scored this one from my friend Bob when he moved West.<\/p>\n<p>I found a great, recent video of ZZ Top playing &#8220;Waitin'&#8221; and &#8220;Jesus&#8221; live. Check it out below. Billy Gibbons has such a huge, nasty tone. I read a long time ago that he uses something like an old silver dollar for a pick. Once I started watching these videos I couldn&#8217;t stop. After about six I said to myself &#8220;you&#8217;re spending too much time on music.&#8221; I know, that&#8217;s crazy talk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zztop.com\/index.php\">ZZTop.com<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Right on! That bus done got me back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xo1wf32IbPE\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xo1wf32IbPE\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist: ZZ Top Title: The Best of ZZ Top Year: 1977 Format: Vinyl 12 in. Rating (1-10): 10 Owner: Tracy and Bob Acquired: 2005 &#8211; Inherited from Bob Bobala Keeper: Yes Have mercy! Been waitin&#8217; on the bus all day. 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