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/VARIOUS Rocking The Castle (1985 UK 28-page 13" x 9½" tour programme from the 17th August Donington Park gig, includes information and great photographs of ZZ Top, along with articles and pictures of the supporting bands Marillion, BonJovi and Metallica. The cover has some light creasing and scuff marks, whilst the inner pages remain in excellent condition)
- ZZ Top - Eliminator - Gold Vinyl 40th Anniversary - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $37.79, €35.09 (New Item) (arrived 06-Feb-2024 11:51)on March 29, 2024 at 10:23 am
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 - Degüello - German - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.12, €14.04 (New Item) (arrived 17-Dec-2023 12:06)on March 29, 2024 at 10:23 am
ZZ TOP Degüello (1979 German 10-track LP, the sixth studio album by the American blues rock band including the singles Cheap Sunglasses & I Thank You, glossy picture sleeve with the illustrated tracklist inner. The sleeve shows just a little edge wear & the vinyl is in excellent condition WB56701)
- ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag - UK - 7" vinyl - £6.99, $8.81, €8.18 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jan-2024 12:33)on March 29, 2024 at 10:23 am
ZZ TOP Sleeping Bag (1985 UK 7" vinyl single, also including Party On The Patio, picture sleeve. Both sleeve and vinyl are in excellent condition W2001)
- ZZ Top - Pincushion + Stencil - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.60, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jan-2024 12:53)on March 29, 2024 at 10:23 am
ZZ TOP Pinchusion (1994 UK limited edition 7" vinyl single, also includes 'Cherry Red', housed in a picture sleeve complete with a Bonus 'Antenna' Stencil!)
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