![]() With Gibbons and Hill setting the stage on fire with their signature synchronized playing and “dance” moves, the crowd grew even more excited when the band began playing the hits from its days as MTV superstars in the Eighties – “Under Pressure,” “Gimme All Your Lovin'” and “Legs,” on which Gibbons and Hill played a guitars with white fuzz. ![]() Gibbons’ excellent slide work while playing a completely gold Gibson Les Paul guitar and Hill a gold bass on 1972’s “Just Got Paid” was another bonus. From that point on, few people remained in their seats as Gibbons, Hill and drummer Frank Beard (the only member of the band without a beard) tore through favorites like “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide,” “Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers,” “Cheap Sunglasses” and “Pearl Necklace.”Īmong the highlights of the concert were the band’s guitar workouts on the early Mississippi Delta standard “Catfish Blues” and their own “Brown Sugar” from First Album in 1970. While the concert looked to be nothing more than “business as usual” during show openers “Thunderbird” (from the 1975 album Fandango!) and “Francene” (1972’s Rio Grande Mud), the band clearly picked up the intensity after the audience responded overwhelmingly to the classics “Waitin’ For The Bus” and “Jesus Just Left Chicago” from 1973’s Tres Hombres. Any such fear was erased early in the show. That, combined with the news from just one day earlier that a European tour scheduled for June was being canceled so that the 58- year-old Hill could be treated for a growth in his inner ear, might have been reason for some fans to fear the band might not be up to its best. The Pikeville concert was ZZ Top’s first appearance on stage since being honored by VH1 in Las Vegas five days earlier. After all, the May 17 show marked the first time the year-and-a-half old Expo Center hosted a band that has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The region was treated to a first class rock and roll show last week when ZZ Top took the stage at the Eastern Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville.įrom the moment the trio’s two front men – guitarist Billy Gibbons and bassist Dusty Hill – took the stage wearing matching sequined black suits and dark sunglasses, it was clear that the crowd was in for a treat. Gibbons and Hill brought their gold guitars with them to eastern Kentucky five days later for a performance in Pikeville. Billy Gibbons, right, and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top are photographed here performing May 12 during the VH1 Rock Honors concert at the Mandalay Bay hotelcasino in Las Vegas.
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