From Loudersound.
It’s been revealed today that there’s an official ZZ Top rock musical in the works.
It’s titled Sharp Dressed Man and will include the trio’s hits including Legs, La Grange, Gimme All Your Lovin’ and Cheap Sunglasses, and is expected to make its debut in Las Vegas in 2020.
ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard will serve as executive producers on the show, which is described as “an outrageous, bawdy musical romp about a Lone Star auto mechanic who becomes a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing hearts – and car parts – with the help of his merry band of beer drinkers and hell-raisers.”
Sharp Dressed Man is being developed by Caesars Entertainment’s team led by Michael Gruber and Jason Gastwirth along with lead producers Carl Stubner and Prem Akkaraju.
Gibbons says: “We’re excited about this fantastic project and look forward to hearing our music in a new innovative context. Fans have often told us that we’ve provided the soundtrack to their lives, and this is very much in line with that kind of enthusiastic thinking.”
Stubner, ZZ Top’s manager and executive producer of the documentary ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas, adds: “I know first-hand that ZZ Top is an enduring phenomenon; they’re now about to celebrate 50 years of rocking audiences around he world.
“The show that Prem, Michael, Jason and I envision will utilise the band’s music and tremendous energy for audiences in a new immersive realm.
“This, just like ZZ Top, is all about having a good time at a great party and telling fun stories through their music.”
ZZ Top are currently gearing up for their European tour, which will get under way in Helsinki on June 4. They’ll then head back across the Atlantic in August for further shows in the US.
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ZZ TOP Eliminator (40th Anniversary 2023 UK/EU limited edition 11-track LP pressed on Gold Vinyl - released as part of Rhino's Start Your Ear Off Right celebration campaign, this timeless 1983 albumfeatures the hit singles Legs, Gimme All Your Lovin', TV Dinners and Sharp Dressed Man. Picture sleeve with original cover artwork, hype sticker & factory sealed. Recommended)
- ZZ Top - Fandango - German - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.45, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 09-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 22, 2025 at 5:05 am
ZZ TOP Fandango (Early 80s German issue of the 1975 9-track LP, with the first half comprising live recordings from a show at The Warehouse in New Orleans & the second comprising studio recordings. Complete with the colour picture inner, the picture sleeve shows minimal shelf wear & the vinyl appears barely played WB56604)
- ZZ Top - Tejas - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $24.60, €23.60 (New Item) (arrived 21-Dec-2024 18:00)on January 22, 2025 at 5:05 am
ZZ TOP Tejas (1976 UK first press 10-track LP on the silver & purple London label, featuring the original vinyl mix [long before it was digitally remastered on CD], housed in its matte gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics printed inside. The sleeve is graded Very Good [1" paper fracture in a top edge] with light shelf wear yet the vinyl still looks barely ever played, priced advantageously LDU1)
- ZZ Top - The Best Of ZZ Top - German - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 23-Dec-2024 10:53)on January 22, 2025 at 5:05 am
ZZ TOP The Best Of ZZ Top (80s German 10-track vinyl compilation LP packed with classic Top hits such as La Grange, Blue Jean Blues & Jesus Just Left Chicago. Originally released in 1977 The textured picture sleeve has minimal shelfwear and the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with only light scuffs from play K56598 )
- ZZ Top - The Best Of ZZ Top - German - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 23-Dec-2024 18:00)on January 22, 2025 at 5:05 am
ZZ TOP The Best Of ZZ Top (80s German 10-track vinyl compilation LP packed with classic Top hits such as La Grange, Blue Jean Blues & Jesus Just Left Chicago. Originally released in 1977 The textured picture sleeve has minimal shelfwear and the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with only light scuffs from play K56598 )
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