ZZ Top – Tres Hombres LP

ZZ Top – Tres Hombres LP

Tres Hombres is the third studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top. Originally released in 1973, it became the band’s commercial breakthrough and remains one of their essential early records, combining Texas blues, Southern rock, boogie rhythm and Billy Gibbons’ unmistakable guitar tone.

This single LP edition includes Waitin’ For The Bus, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers, Master Of Sparks, Hot, Blue And Righteous, Move Me On Down The Line, Precious And Grace, La Grange, Shiek and Have You Heard?. The album is especially important for La Grange, Waitin’ For The Bus, Jesus Just Left Chicago and Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers, and remains one of ZZ Top’s defining 1970s recordings.

This LP 180 gram vinyl reissue was released by Rhino on 22 May 2014. The edition presents Tres Hombres as a single-record vinyl release for ZZ Top fans, blues rock collectors and listeners who value raw Texas guitar sound, tight grooves and classic American rock.

Artist: ZZ Top
Label: Rhino
Release date: 22 May 2014
Catalog number: 0081227994
EAN: 0081227996994

On a good hi-fi system, Tres Hombres should sound direct, dry and powerful: gritty guitar tone, compact drums, warm bass lines and the natural boogie-rock energy that makes the album feel like a Texas roadhouse session captured on tape.

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