Degüello
Hear the episode in its entirety:
https://fountain.fm/episode/ViA1Xkj9YecdpB2wLsq4
Hot Wax podcast:
https://fountain.fm/show/CO1lxw2tnqYM8e06mJpJ
Not For Sale**
ZZ Top’s Degüello.
Adiós to the Texas petting zoo.
Pulp fiction & babes.
Dawn of the beard.
Expect no quarter.
Website: https://hotwax.club
Email: hotwaxclub @proton.me
X: @HotWaxSC
Hot Wax Social Club:
nostr:@Hot Wax Social Club
Logues:
@Logues
The Chair
Warner Bros. Records – HS 3361 Vinyl LP, 80s Winchester repress
https://www.discogs.com/release/13247903-ZZ-Top-Deg%C3%BCello
Sample this album here:
https://tidal.com/album/491649636/u
We’re gonna hang onto our copy for a while.
RIP Frank Beard.
-Logues
Listen / Watch
Comparing the Sam & Dave I Thank You, then the ZZ Top version.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Thank_You_(song)
Dust My Broom (Robert Johnson → Elmore James → this cover of a cover of a cover):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_My_Broom
My favorite stretch of their discography (including Degüello):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejas_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Loco
Gone off that MTV money:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliminator_(album)
Billy Gibbons on Guitar Moves (Matt Sweeney):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl5Dy35u1AY
The documentary: ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas (Sam Dunn / Banger Films, 2019)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZZ_Top:_That_Little_Ol%27_Band_from_Texas
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9015306/
Interesting reads from outside the Club (and a young ass picture of the band):
Steve Rosen, Rock Cellar — Behind the Curtain: Billy Gibbons and ZZ Top
https://rockcellarmagazine.com/behind-the-curtain-billy-gibbons-zz-top-classic-rock/
Henry Yates, Louder / Classic Rock — the story behind Degüello
https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/zz-top-deguello-story-behind-the-album
References and Curiosities
ZZ Top
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZZ_Top
Billy Gibbons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gibbons
Dusty Hill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Hill
Frank Beard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Beard_(musician)
Houston
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston
Lucky Strikes
(I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide — ft. babes smoking Luckies and wearing nylons)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Strike
The Rolling Stones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones
Jimi Hendrix (Billy’s first band opened for him)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moving_Sidewalks
Angus Young
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Young
Billy Corgan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Corgan
Dave Navarro (“the Live Mas guy”)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Navarro
The Worldwide Texas Tour menagerie: longhorn steer, buzzards, rattlesnakes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwide_Texas_Tour
El Degüello / the Alamo / expect no quarter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deguello
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo
The Lone Wolf Horns (they learned sax on the layoff; Billy cites Little Richard backing horns)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Richard
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (I Thank You)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Hayes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Porter_(musician)
Sam & Dave / Stax / Memphis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_%26_Dave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stax_Records
Ardent Studios, Memphis (and the Sam & Dave clavinet was discovered)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardent_Studios
Stevie Wonder (if you’ve heard him, you’ve heard a clavinet)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder
Robert Johnson / Elmore James
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_James
Warner Bros. / Winchester plant / the rifle in the deadwax
https://www.discogs.com/label/266227-Winchester-Pressing-Plant
Ringo Starr (Frank Beard as the Ringo of dad rock)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr
Tim Allen / Home Improvement (She Loves My Automobile reference)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Improvement_(TV_series)
Chef / South Park, and the Duke of New York in Escape from New York (Isaac Hayes)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_New_York
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef_(South_Park)
Napstr / Napster / Metallica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster
https://napstr.net
https://github.com/lnbits/napstr
Tidal dropping the cut on direct-to-fan / merch; Bandcamp feathers
https://tidal.com/magazine/article/merch-music-0-percent-platform-fee/1-99179
https://www.buzz-music.com/post/tidal-drops-platform-fees-letting-independent-artists-keep-more-from-direct-sales
Track talk
Pulp fiction: I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide. Cheap Sunglasses. Lowdown in the Street. Manic Mechanic.
Babes: I Thank You. She Loves My Automobile. A Fool for Your Stockings. Hi Fi Mama. Esther Be the One. Dust My Broom.
-Logues
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