And if you can somehow nail those insane artificial pick harmonics that Billy pulled off so expertly, it was a sort of rite of passage in our little home-town guitar circle. My friends and I used to jam on it all the time. The feel, and that tone! Just so unmistakable. 'Even more so, of course, was Billy’s finesse on the guitar. I remember loving it the first time I heard it – that slick shuffle feel, signature drum fill and the quirky vocal approach all caught my attention. It was one of those songs like Free Bird, where the DJ never apologised for the extended outro guitar solo.

John Petrucci: “Growing up, I’d hear La Grange all the time played on the local rock radio station. Only they could do it like that.' La Grange Nevertheless, the undeniable highlights are the two tracks featuring cameos from Jeff Beck: he contributes lyrical solos to 'Rough Boy' and helps with the heavy-footed boogie of 'Sixteen Tons,' pushing the trio just far enough out of its comfort zone to provide some crackle.Tyler Bryant: “ I Gotsta Get Paid, because it showcases how BFG and the boys take the best from the past and keep it so incredibly fresh. Older, the Lil' Ol' Band from Texas sounds thicker and heavier - and Billy Gibbons' growl is so gruff it seems tattered - but that helps distinguish these versions from the spit and polish of the studio versions not better, per se, but certainly the work of a band whose members happily settle into their advanced years, not wishing to change a thing about how they do things.

During the 2000s and 2010s, ZZ Top released an excellent studio album called La Futura, but that's ignored here in favor for all the songs that are classic rock staples. There is no visual component to Live: Greatest Hits from Around the World, which may be how it skates around the first live album distinction - if there's no video, this is a pure album - but the record mines a similar musical vein, collecting highlights from latter-day ZZ Top tours. Assembled from various shows from various tours from around the world, 2016's Live: Greatest Hits from Around the World is billed as ZZ Top's first 'full-length live album' - a matter of dispute considering how Eagle Rock released three CD/DVD/Blu-ray combo sets between 20.

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