ZZ Top and Jeff Beck toured together for the first time. The concert was formatted with musical synergy in mind and presented fans a full Jeff Beck set followed by a full ZZ Top set. The finale joined the English fret master with the Texas rockers for a collaboration. Tyler Bryant opened the show and was definitely a crowd-pleaser.
ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons noted that Beck has long been a source of musical inspiration. Likewise, Beck has been an enduring fan of ZZ Top, from even before their ascendance in popularity in the 70s and 80s.
This tour is not the first live collaboration between the two. Gibbons joined Jeff Beck and his band on stage at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 at New York's Madison Square Garden, where they performed The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Foxy Lady and ZZ Top's hit Rough Boy together. The following year Jeff Beck joined ZZ Top in Lucca, Italy for an extended rendition of the band's signature piece La Grange. This, however, marks the first time Jeff Beck and ZZ Top have done any sort of extensive tour together.
Below are highlights of the evening:
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Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons. |
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Tyler Bryant. |
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Jeff Beck waives his guitar as the crowd cheers. |
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This guy! |
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These fans are ready for fun! |
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Billy Gibbons. |
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Dusty Hill. |
![Photography by Bonnie M. Morét Photography by Bonnie M. Morét](//2.bp.blogspot.com/-oeH71eAtB2c/VVTPZgMTuSI/AAAAAAAAD6A/RKxs1k8eQOQ/s320/BON_4655.jpg) |
I think Billy Gibbons is pleased. |
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Frank Beard and his amazing drum kit. |
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ZZ Top. |
![Photography by Bonnie M. Morét Photography by Bonnie M. Morét](//2.bp.blogspot.com/-eOr6Y2D810U/VVTMU8aj5AI/AAAAAAAAD5A/6-Hk0f5_PYE/s320/BON_4677.jpg) |
Hello Billy! |
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Hello Dusty. |
![Photography by Bonnie M. Morét Photography by Bonnie M. Morét](//2.bp.blogspot.com/-8v0SY4xAOZo/VVTO_eemxKI/AAAAAAAAD5c/Kj5dB91dJIA/s320/BON_4647.jpg) |
Billy Gibbons doing that thing he does .. |
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Billy Gibbons is tearing it up. |
![Photography by Bonnie M. Morét Photography by Bonnie M. Morét](//1.bp.blogspot.com/-NKTTmYQWrA8/VVTO_Hd7ZEI/AAAAAAAAD5g/Zj1t-Tlj-vw/s320/BON_4584.jpg) |
Dusty Hill posing solo. |
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Classic ZZ Top. |
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