{"product_id":"zz-top-tejas","title":"ZZ Top ‎– Tejas","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZZ Top – Tejas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTejas\u003c\/em\u003e is the fifth studio album by ZZ Top, originally released in November 1976 on London Records. Recorded during 1976 and produced by longtime ZZ Top producer Bill Ham, it captures the Texas trio of Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard at a fascinating point in their development, combining their trademark blues-rock guitar sound with boogie, Southern rock and a growing willingness to experiment in the studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eThe album opens with the bluesy \"It's Only Love\", before moving through the hard-driving \"Arrested For Driving While Blind\", the atmospheric \"El Diablo\" and the swaggering \"Snappy Kakkie\". \"Enjoy And Get It On\" continues the record's loose, groove-heavy character, while the second side brings together \"Ten Dollar Man\", \"Pan Am Highway Blues\" and \"Avalon Hideaway\". Dusty Hill takes the lead vocal on \"Ten Dollar Man\", while his vocals also feature prominently elsewhere on the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eOne of the album's most distinctive moments is \"She's A Heartbreaker\", which features violin from Lenny Solomon, adding an unusual texture to ZZ Top's otherwise guitar, bass and drums-based sound. The closing \"Asleep In The Desert\" is an instrumental written by Billy Gibbons and provides a strikingly atmospheric finale, quite different from the band's usual boogie-driven approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTejas\u003c\/em\u003e sits firmly within the classic 1970s ZZ Top period, following \u003cem\u003eFandango!\u003c\/em\u003e (1975) and preceding the band's move to Warner Bros. for \u003cem\u003eDegüello\u003c\/em\u003e (1979). For fans of \"ZZ Top\", Texas blues, Southern rock, blues rock and classic 1970s guitar music, this is an essential early album and a particularly good example of the band's rawer pre-\u003cem\u003eEliminator\u003c\/em\u003e sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSide A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-spread=\"false\" start=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's Only Love – 4:24\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArrested For Driving While Blind – 3:05\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEl Diablo – 4:20\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSnappy Kakkie – 2:56\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnjoy And Get It On – 3:23\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSide B\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-spread=\"false\" start=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTen Dollar Man – 3:42\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePan Am Highway Blues – 3:15\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvalon Hideaway – 3:07\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe's A Heartbreaker – 3:02\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAsleep In The Desert – 3:24\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5N3KXLTGPB4?si=U4p4XVx5-JDT_tNJ\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warner Bros. Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55505607033174,"sku":"WB 56 605","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/1013\/7686\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_a321d3af-077f-4a91-80d0-987a1a6e6d97.jpg?v=1790434742","url":"https:\/\/www.sounds-grounds.co.uk\/products\/zz-top-tejas","provider":"Sounds + Grounds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}