ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (Live in Camden, New Jersey 2003) Soundboard

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ZZ Top's May 21, 2003 concert at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey (now Freedom Mortgage Pavilion), was a high-energy stop on their Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers Tour supporting the Mescalero album, with the classic lineup of Billy Gibbons on guitar/vocals, Dusty Hill on bass/vocals, and Frank Beard on drums delivering long set to a big crowd. Sharing the bill with Ted Nugent and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the show blended their bluesy Texas boogie with 1980s MTV hits and newer material, showcasing Gibbons' signature guitar tone and the band's tight, crowd-pleasing energy in a summer outdoor setting typical of their mid-2000s resurgence.

ZZ Top, the blues-based American kick-ass rock band from Houston, Texas, formed in 1969 after the breakup of Billy Gibbons’ earlier group Moving Sidewalks. For 51 years the core trio was vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard, and vocalist-bassist Dusty Hill (until Hill’s death in 2021, after which longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis took over bass per Dusty’s wishes). Famous for Gibbons’ gritty blues style, the rock-solid Hill/Beard rhythm section, sly humorous lyrics, and the identical sunglasses, hats, and chest-length beards worn by Gibbons and Hill, they became one of the most recognizable acts in rock. After signing to London Records, they released ZZ Top’s First Album (1971), followed by classics like Tres Hombres (1973) with “La Grange” and Fandango! (1975) with “Tush,” and earned a reputation for explosive live shows, culminating in the massive Worldwide Texas Tour (1976–1977). Following a brief hiatus, they returned in 1979 with Degüello and a revamped image, then exploded worldwide with the synthesizer-laced, MTV-fueled blockbuster albums Eliminator (1983) and Afterburner (1985)—featuring era-defining videos for “Gimme All Your Lovin’,” “Sharp Dressed Man,” and “Legs”—and the record-setting 1986 Afterburner tour. They continued releasing albums through Recycler (1990), Antenna (1994), Rhythmeen (1996), XXX (1999), Mescalero (2003), La Futura (2012), and the 50th-anniversary compilation Goin’ 50 (2019). By Hill’s passing in 2021, ZZ Top had become the longest-running unchanged-lineup band in popular-music history, sold an estimated 50 million albums, won three MTV VMAs, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, all while staying true to their Texas-boogie roots and supporting causes like St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Delta Blues Museum.

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