I enjoyed watching the new documentary on ZZ Top on Netflix the other day. ZZ Top is one of those bands rooted in my high school and college years, starting out with hearing songs like "LaGrange" and "Tush" on WAAL, followed by the years when the band blew up world wide with the release of "Eliminator" in 1983 and the memorable "girls, guitars & misfits" videos that aired all over MTV and "Friday Night Videos". It was fascinating to see the early days of ZZ Top as a Texas bar band and especially old clips of Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. I'm sure somewhere in my mind I knew that Gibbons and Hill didn't always have those long beards, but to see Gibbons walking around as a clean-shaven guitar virtuoso from the '60s was mind-blowing. The film focuses mostly on their origins and early band days and success, and closes out with their video heyday. ZZ Top is still alive and well, releasing albums and tour...
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