ZZ TOP - PARIS 2002
June 15, 2011 – 3:45 pm
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ZZ TOP
Where’s Frank? [Uxbridge 360, 2CD]
Live at Le Zenith, Paris, France; October 14, 2002. Very good soundboard.
ZZ Top’s 1973 album, Tres Hombres, might have gotten them known throughout the United States (it went No. 8 on Billboard) and singles such as Tush, I Thank You and Cheap Sunglasses continued to keep their name in circulation, but it is Eliminator (1983) and Afterburner (1985) that really made the bearded rockers superstars. Like many acts who made it big in the ’80s, ZZ Top also had MTV to thank - it’s hard to imagine the MTV generation forgetting the clips for Legs and Sharp Dressed Men. By then, guitar fans had also realised that Billy Gibbons is an extraordinary guitarist and the group’s crunching boogie rock is as distinctive as Mark Knopfler’s licks.
But for this show, John Douglas (who is better known as a drum tech and artist) sat in for Frank Beard (hence the title of the disc) who had to have emergency appendix surgery. This is how Douglas explains the gig:
I was playing with X O X, a fairly popular band here in Houston when Frank Beard of ZZ Top came to see the band. He liked my drums and asked if I could paint a kit for him. That chance meeting has turned into a 17+ year friendship over which I have created 13 custom drumkits and traveled the world with ZZ Top as Frank’s drum tech.
In October of 2002, while on tour in Europe, Frank had an emergency appendectomy and I was asked to fill the drum spot. So with very little sleep and no rehearsal I played three sold out shows starting in Paris. In a career spanning 30+ years, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees ZZ Top have never performed without those three original guys, until then. Mucho thanks to Billy, Dusty and Frank for trusting me up there behind the kit. It was an honor and I had a blast!
A reviewer at zzlive.com commented: “This drummer did a super fine job, just perfect in fact. In an odd way, the drums almost seem to be too perfect. Without knowing it, I think most fans, even diehards would not know that this was not Frank Beard playing.”
This disc has just surfaced and thanks to Joe Blotz Records & Lawn Care for sharing the tracks.
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Disc 1
Track 101. Introduction (594k)
Track 102. Tube Steak Snake Boogie (7.0MB)
Track 103. I Thank You (5.4MB)
Track 104. Pincushion (7.0MB)
Track 105. Got Me Under Pressure (7.1MB)
Track 106. Waitin’ For The Bus (4.8MB)
Track 107. Jesus Just Left Chicago (7.8MB)
Track 108. Future Blues (6.2MB)
Track 109. I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide (7.8MB)
Track 110. Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers (5.8MB)
Track 111. Rough Boy (8.5MB)
Track 112. Mexican Blackbird (7.0MB)
Track 113. Cheap Sunglasses (5.6MB)
Disc 2
Track 201. Just Got Paid (12.8MB)
Track 202. I Love The Woman (7.9MB)
Track 203. Bang Bang (9.0MB)
Track 204. Gimme All Your Lovin’ (7.6MB)
Track 205. Sharp Dressed Man (7.6MB)
Track 206. Legs (7.9MB)
Track 207. La Grange (8.1MB)
Track 208. Tush (5.6MB)
209. Exercise Is Good For You - Omitted
(This is “walk out” music played over the PA. By the group Trellix or Trelix?)
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24 Responses to “ZZ TOP - PARIS 2002”
hey bigo, thanks! i’ll get this tomorrow. it wasn’t up, when i woke up this morning.
best,
ed
By Ed Saad on Jun 15, 2011
Another fine post and fine drumming too, thanks BIGO.
Track 2 is Tube Snake Boogie, orginally from El Loco.
By Russ on Jun 15, 2011
Hello Russ
Thanks for your feedback. Cheers.
By bigozine2 on Jun 16, 2011
Umm…that last track AIN’T ZZ Top
By stlouielou on Jun 16, 2011
Thanks a lot. Great sound.
By shadreck on Jun 16, 2011
thanks for the ride ) good one … cheers to you
By Nowandever on Jun 16, 2011
hey stlouielou, right. whatever it is, it sucks. since it is part of the boot, i’ll keep it just take the checkmark off in itunes.
except for that track, it’s a pretty good show, bigo!!! thanks again! played the whole thing walking and running earlier.
i saw zz top 5 months after this here at oak mountain amphitheatre now verizon wireless music center with gov’t mule and ted nugent. it was good.
best,
ed
By Ed Saad on Jun 16, 2011
Great sound on this one!…thanks Ed
By stlouielou on Jun 16, 2011
ZZ Top are getting better through the years
like a good wine.I thank you
By easynow on Jun 16, 2011
Thanks, it´s a bomb!!!
By Josef (Czech republic) on Jun 16, 2011
The last song is from a band called Telex. The album is titled “Sex(Birds & Bees)”. I searched it on Itunes. Piece of garbage! Why is it here I wonder? Did they play it as their “walk off” tune? I can’t imagine that!
By Reed Wehrley on Jun 17, 2011
Thanks to Rocker here a corrected back cover.
Disc 1
02 Tube Steak Boogie > Tube Snake Boogie
Disk 2
09 Exercise Is Good For You > Removed
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T6TL5kUZ8bU/TgFkWp-kZlI/AAAAAAAASiA/sWnmjPFAcis/s1600/ZZparisBk.jpg
By Feelgood on Jun 23, 2011
Hello Feelgood
Thanks for the amended artwork. Cheers.
By bigozine2 on Jun 23, 2011
The replacement drummer is actually better than Frank Beard. In fact he plays with the fire that Frank Beard had back in the 1970’s. With John Douglas on board, the group would never have needed to use a drum machine on “Afterburner” & “Eliminator”
By Philip Cohen on Jun 25, 2011
on feb 6th the new episode of billy gibbons live from daryls house will air on the palladia channel. this is the first new show in a long time. the 63rd episode. however going to the site itself allows one to watch the show starting today. weeks ahead of its tv airing. there are 7 songs performed. i personally made an audio recording of it which came out to 41mins but i only recorded the music so i omitted 9mins of unimportant stuff.
there is some talking by billy over a couple of the songs but its not really that bad cept for one song - an instrumental jam which would have been incredible if not for the talking. otherwise the show is fabulous.
my copy came out as a single file to 58meg.
By darth on Jan 16, 2014
my copy came out as a single file to 58meg.
isn`t that precious pumpkin.
By dropkick sarge on Jan 16, 2014
i thought this might interest people here.
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-other-members/
on this page in the article there is a little bitty link that will lead to a youtube clip of that very early zz top band. i labeled my copy as follows -
ZZ Top (billy gibbons dan mitchell lanier greig) - Salt Lick (1969).mp3
i dont have the b-side of the single however. that would be nice. i am pretty sure i have the albums that all the current members of zz top did prior to joining zz top. and i am a huge fan of all things moving sidewalks. so i absolutely am interested in anything i can get of them live and so on. hint hint bigo.
By darth on Feb 22, 2014
Love ZZ Top seen them many times
Thanks
By Dave C on Oct 30, 2014
Cheers
By Dave C on Oct 30, 2014
Wow. The guitar sound is so crunchy and dirty. Love it, love it. Track two will always be “Tube Steak Boogie” to me, it really does sound like he’s singing a “t” and not an “n”, but maybe that is just the 12 year old boy in me listening.
By Felix on Nov 28, 2014
Telex - Exercise Is Good For You
By justin on Sep 2, 2015
Hi Big O! Could you please re-up this show? Files are missing! Thank you!
By George on Jun 12, 2018
Big O, again, I humbly ask you to re-up this show. I LOVE ZZ Top, and Billy Gibbons’ guitar on this concert is just so juicy and crunchy! Please, re-up?
By George on Nov 10, 2020
Shuddup George - it’s never gonna happen!
By Ringo on Nov 11, 2020