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 - Afterburner - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.00, €14.04 (New Item) (arrived 01-May-2024 15:24)on May 5, 2024 at 2:50 am
ZZ TOP Afterburner (1985 UK/German-pressed 10-track vinyl LP with picture labels, their ninth studio album which includes the single Sleeping Bag. The glossy picture sleeve displays an illustration by Barry Jackson and shows light edge scuffing/corner creasing while the vinyl looks barely played WX27)
- ZZ Top - The Best Of ZZ Top - German - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 26-Feb-2024 14:44)on May 5, 2024 at 2:50 am
ZZ TOP The Best Of ZZ Top (1977 German 10-track vinyl compilation LP packed with classic Top hits such as La Grange, Blue Jean Blues & Jesus Just Left Chicago. The textured picture sleeve has minimal shelfwear and the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with only light scuffs from play WB56598)
- ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag - UK - 7" vinyl - £6.99, $8.74, €8.18 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jan-2024 12:33)on May 5, 2024 at 2:50 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, $12.50, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jan-2024 12:53)on May 5, 2024 at 2:50 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!)
- ZZ Top - Breakaway - UK - 12" picture disc - £25.00, $31.25, €29.25 (New Item) (arrived 15-Jan-2024 14:31)on May 5, 2024 at 2:50 am
ZZ TOP Breakaway (1994 UK limited edition 12" Picture Disc single, also including Mary's, within a PVC sleeve with a card picture insert. The insert has some light wear & creases otherwise remains Excellent)
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