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Old 10-30-2003, 09:40 PM   #1
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ZZ Top!

I got a line on being the bassist in a ZZ Top tribute band if I want it. I do want it! I think it would be a total, TOTAL gas!

"No beard required" hehe.

First I need to buy about $1500 in gear though, which is money I don't have. Still, there's a chance a job offer could come through for me this week or next.

The problem is, my voice isn't high enough to sing "Tush" and I'm not sure you have a ZZ Top tribute band if you don't have "Tush". I can sing other Dusty Hill songs, just not "Tush". Hmm.
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Old 10-30-2003, 09:49 PM   #2
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Tug on your testicles firmly...that should help.

I can't picture you doing ZZ Top songs, but what the hell...go for it.
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Old 10-30-2003, 10:01 PM   #3
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Well I don't go in for the 80s ZZ Top, but the 70s ZZ Top was searing. "La Grange", "Waitin' For the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago", "I Thank You", etc. "Tush" is too bad-ass for my taste but the rest of it is blues plus.

Whether it would really work would be up to how good the guitarist is, which I don't know yet.
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Old 10-30-2003, 10:03 PM   #4
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Will you have to decorate your bass with cotton?
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Old 10-30-2003, 10:04 PM   #5
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Yeah, and get one of those guitar straps that lets you actually spin the instrument!
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Old 10-30-2003, 10:07 PM   #6
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And you have to look just like the guitarist...you'll need a cowboy hat...and dark sunglasses.

Then you have to sing "Cheap Sunglasses."
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Old 10-30-2003, 10:19 PM   #7
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Once you get by ZZ tops "pop" albums which I love, they get into some real good blues. Blues groupies are hot.
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Old 10-30-2003, 10:22 PM   #8
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Jesus Christ, can't you see the boy's excited as it is? You might give him a heart attack by putting chicks into the mix.
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Old 10-30-2003, 10:26 PM   #9
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OH, That's a woody!
I thought it was a land shark.
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Old 10-30-2003, 10:27 PM   #10
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Could have been a dolphin...
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Old 10-31-2003, 06:54 AM   #11
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Well, if you have one of these , you can make plenty of noise. I lost my picture of Gen posing with it so you have to settle for Mean Dean.

Not a bad piece of equipment for $599 and $50 more for the hard case.

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Old 10-31-2003, 05:06 PM   #12
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Hey Toad! Cool news! The older ZZ is very groovy greasy stuff. Nasty ass Texas sound- yer right, it rides on the guitar. (this from a hot blues groupie Even if they dont branch out a bit, hell, you can. Remember: Everyone needs a bass.
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