OT: Okay, I have got to go see...

[fredinator]

ZZ Top perform live... This looks like so much fun and there is so much energy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH85zttgbGg&feature=related

What a great, great live band..

[Don]

They along with Journey were considered very pleasant surprises at the Download Festival. They received tremendous reviews from the British Press after their show. Aerosmith and them are going to be a hot ticket this summer.

[fredinator]

Well, I just looked for any tour dates and Steven Tyler is sick all the time and they had to postpone several dates this summer... Billy Gibbons is a dear--he just captured my heart with this one interview in London--what a great guy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL-hCd-x_oU&feature=related

[Don]

Here is what's left of the shows both bands are doing together.

July 11 - Tampa, FL
July 13 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
July 15 - Atlanta, GA
July 17 - Houston, TX
July 19 - Dallas, TX
July 25 - Las Vegas, NV
July 27 - Phoenix, AZ
July 30 - Tulsa, OK
August 1 - Englewood, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
August 17 - Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
August 19 - Concord, CA
August 23 - Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 28 - Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 30 - Indianapolis, IN
September 1 - Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
September 3 - Toronto, ONT
September 5 - Ottawa, ONT
September 8 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
September 10 - Cleveland, OH
September 12 - Holmdel, NJ
September 16 - Detroit, MI

[fredinator]

To be honest, I like Aerosmith but could do without them and evidently they've disappointed a lot fans so just seeing ZZ Top would be awesome.

I never thought about reading any of the British press reviews of these 2 and didn't find many reviews online. I will try and nose around in some of the British papers then.

Texas has really produced some fantastic musicians... Maybe it's the heat or something.

[stevew2]

I saw them last year and they put one hell of a show on.Nice stage set up lights, big screen,smoke,they did a a funny skit in between songs,and their musicianship was a number 1,it was just the three of them also.They closed the bar down @ 330 where i live the night before. id see them again in a heartbeat.All original guys to

[fredinator]

How did they close the bar down? They were there or they played until 3:30? Were you there, Steve, with them?

I have wasted too much time I think in the past few years by not really paying much attention to them but I am going to do so now.

I had an epiphany with them this afternoon especially after I saw that interview Billy Gibbons did. He plays the guitar with a glass thimble on his finger which I really like, too; like Duane Allman did... Eric Clapton talked about him during the Crossroads Guitar Festival a couple of years ago and I never really forgot about it--just had it at the back of my mind--but now I see why he likes them so much...

[stevew2]

How did they close the bar down? They were there or they played until 3:30? Were you there, Steve, with them?

I have wasted too much time I think in the past few years by not really paying much attention to them but I am going to do so now.

I had an epiphany with them this afternoon especially after I saw that interview Billy Gibbons did. He plays the guitar with a glass thimble on his finger which I really like, too; like Duane Allman did... Eric Clapton talked about him during the Crossroads Guitar Festival a couple of years ago and I never really forgot about it--just had it at the back of my mind--but now I see why he likes them so much...

\They got at the gig the night before ,and they partied at the bar,the next day they kicked ass and put on one hell of a show.i wasnt ant the bar the night before but i was told they had a good time the night before ,it was in the local newspaper.They put on a great show.Go see them,one of the last bands with original players that play live

[fredinator]

I shall .