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ZZ Top – La Grange

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ZZ Top – “La Grange” from the album “Tres Hombres”

ZZ Top were formed in Houston, Texas in 1969 and the original line-up consisted of Billy Gibbons on guitar and lead vocals, Lanier Greig on organ and Dan Mitchell on drums.

Greig was initially replaced by bassist Billy Ethridge and Mitchell was replaced by Frank Beard. Dusty Hill replaced Ethridge when the latter was unwilling to sign a recording contract.

“Tres Hombres”

1) Waitin’ For The Bus; 2) Jesus Just Left Chicago; 3) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers; 4) Master of Sparks; 5) Hot, Blue And Righteous; 6) Move Me On Down The Line; 7) Precious And Grace; 8) La Grange; 9) Sheik; 10) Have You Heard?

ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals
Dusty Hill – bass guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on “Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers”
Frank Beard – drums, percussion

Tom Waits – What’s He Building?

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Tom Waits – “What’s He Building?” from the album “Mule Variations”

Born Thomas Alan “Tom” Waits on December 7, 1949 at Park Avenue Hospital in Pomona, California, the son of Alma Fern (née Johnson) McMurray and Jesse Frank Waits, both schoolteachers.

Mule Variations was released on April 16, 1999 on the ANTI- label. It was his first studio album since The Black Rider (1993) and won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.

tom waits mule variations

Personnel on “What’s He Building?”

Jeff Sloan – Percussion
Ralph Carney – Reeds
DJ M. Mark “The III Media” Reitman – Turntable
Tom Waits – The Voice

Mule Variations

1. “Big in Japan”
2. “Lowside of the Road”
3. “Hold On”
4. “Get Behind the Mule”
5. “House Where Nobody Lives”
6. “Cold Water”
7. “Pony”
8. “What’s He Building?”
9. “Black Market Baby”
10. “Eyeball Kid”
11. “Picture in a Frame”
12. “Chocolate Jesus”
13. “Georgia Lee”
14. “Filipino Box Spring Hog”
15. “Take It with Me”
16. “Come on Up to the House”

“What’s he building in there?
We have a right to know…”

Brilliantly creepy.