Maybe it’s just because we got out of town on time.” The original recording was Gibbons solo with co-writer Linden Hudson playing bass on a synth (and, yeah, that’s a drum machine), but when ZZ Top played it live, Gibbons and Hill would trade lyrics, making the tableau described in the song a sort of twisted ménage à trois that would confound even Freud. “And if not, whose was it? Well, fortunately that kind of pressure we’re not under. “Everybody asks if ‘Under Pressure’ was about a girlfriend of mine,” Gibbons told Spin in 1985. Billy Gibbons has confirmed that ZZ Top are working on a new album. By the time he’s ready for a break, in the song’s bridge, he expects her to beat him up and leave him in a ditch when he tells her it’s over, but hey, such was the imaginary life of ZZ Top in 1983. All he’s capable of is trying to keep up with her predilections for French food, art museums, and having sex in cars while wearing London Fog slickers. “Tush” (1975)īilly Gibbons never explains how he hooked up with a hoity-toity dominatrix cokehead in the Eliminator hit “Got Me Under Pressure,” because she got him so stressed out. If the guy’s got good wine, it’s OK.” The way the song seamlessly segued into Hombres’ bar rocker “Jesus Just Left Chicago” as if nothing happened made for one of the best one-two punches in the history of road rock. The thing about a bus is who you have to sit beside. “You can meet some very unique people on a bus and in a bus station,” Hill told Spin in 1985. The Homeric track that opened their iconic Tres Hombres album starts with a thin, precise bluesy guitar lick and a tight, sighing drum line that foreshadows the band’s electro-blues era, setting up Gibbons and Hill to plead for compassion in concert: “Have mercy!” Gibbons goes on to explain they’ve been waiting for the bus all day, with a bottle of booze and some leftover scratch, but, horror of horrors, when the bus arrives, it’s “packed up tight.” Blues harp virtuoso James Harman takes a solo, and by the time the song finishes up, the ZZ guys are dreaming of getting a Cadillac someday (fast forward to Eliminator ). It's a good deal.Poor ZZ Top, they just wanted to get home. "It's really a cool way to express your appreciation of what we get to do regularly and what some folks count on through this charitable organization. "It'll be a flashy, star-studded evening, and of course the function of this charitable outfit meets the needs of so many," Billy added. This year's benefit will be available worldwide as a free livestream.ĭonations are encouraged and will help God's Love We Deliver continue its mission of bringing nutritious, medically tailored meals to New Yorkers battling severe illnesses. On June 3, Billy will be in New York City at the Beacon Theatre, playing the fifth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit for God's Love We Deliver. ![]() Listen to the album's latest single, "My Lucky Card," above. Watch the full conversation via the video player at the top of this page.īilly's new album, Hardware, features Matt Sorum and Austin Hanks and arrives on June 4. The Bamileke hat can often be seen on Billy's head, peaking out from beneath other hats. At this point they are as much an extension of the sharp-dressed man's body as his favorite Gibson guitar. ![]() We do a little horse trading on these matters.' ( Laughs) So he got a nice 10-gallon Texas hat and I walked off with the famous Bamileke hat."īilly has negotiated his way into possession of several more Bamileke hats over the years. Give him your hat.' I said, 'No, wait a minute. And before the chief came around, I got the elbow and they said, 'Hey that's the chief. ![]() "I got lucky and upon visiting Cameroon, I got escorted over to see the Bamileke and I was wearing a Texas cowboy hat. And before you can wear it, you've got to be considered a prestigious member of the community. ![]() "Before you can wear the hat, you've got to learn how to make it. "These are examples of works of fine textile expertise, woven by members of the famous tribe from Cameroon in Africa, the Bamileke," Billy explained. Gibbons always arrives in style.ĭuring a recent conversation with Q104.3 New York's Jim Kerr and Shelli Sonstein, Billy was asked about the unusual grey woven hat that's capped off his iconic look for the past two decades at least. Whether he's playing poker or the blues, ZZ Top's Billy F.
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