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It's hard to believe that Billy Gibbons (guitar), Frank Beard (drums) and Dusty Hill (bass) have been playing together as ZZ Top for almost forty years now. The trio formed in Houston, Texas in 1969 and has been going strong ever since. Although they hit their commercial peak in the late seventies through the mid-eighties, they've still got a pretty rabid following and their blues based, guitar heavy rock and roll still holds up really well, decades after it was recorded. Don't believe me? Then give ZZ Top - Live In Texas a spin on your DVD player.

Shot entirely in 2007 at the Nokia Theater in Dallas, Texas, the eighty-five minute live set contained on this release is fantastic from start to finish. There isn't a lot of crowd interaction - just enough to let the audience know they care - instead, the three musicians concentrate not on working up the audience but on letting the music do the work for them. Gibbons' guitar playing remains as sharp and fluid as ever and he doesn't miss a lick while the solid rhythm section from Hill and Beard compliment the fuzzed out 'guitar up front' sound that the band is famous for. The stage show is flashy enough to make you take notice, but the giant hot rod styled LED display behind the band isn't so over the top as to take the attention of what matters most - the music.

With Gibbons and Hill clad in their trademark hat and shades, crazy beards blowing in the wind, and Frank Beard happily buried behind his drum kit, ZZ Top look just as they always have. The sexual innuendo and tongue in cheek lyrics that populate most of the band's music are still fun, and the music still makes you want to shake your ass.

De gegevens:

Colour: PAL
HQ cover en label: ja
Geluid: DD 2.0, DD 5.1 en DTS
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Bestanden: ISO/MDS
Total Runtime: ongeveer 120 minuten
Concert runtime: 85 minuten

Layer Information:
Layer 0 Sectors: 2.042.784 (52,45%)
Layer 1 Sectors: 1.851.904 (47,55%)

Setlist:

1 Got Me Under Pressure
2 Waitin' For The Bus
3 Jesus Just Left Chicago
4 I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
5 Pin Cushion
6 Cheap Sunglasses
7 Pearl Necklace
8 Heard It On The X
9 Just Got Paid
10 Rough Boy
11 Blue Jean Blues
12 Gimme All Your Lovin
13 Sharp Dressed Man
14 Legs
15 Tube Snake Boogie
16 La Grange
17 Tush

Bonus features:

Poker Game
Dallas Show Day
Photo Shoot
Foxey Lady