10 Best ZZ Top Songs Picked By 10 Of The World’s Best Guitarist

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Everyone has a favorite ZZ Top song. Aside from their matching outfits, long beards, and charming personalities, they are among the few bands who defined a certain era of rock that will forever be embedded in the annals of our history.

In an interview from Classic Rock, fifteen guitarists managed to scour down their favorite ZZ Top tune. Below, weโ€™ll highlight only 10 of these guitaristsโ€™ thoughts and show them to you. Enjoy!

 

Warren Haynes: โ€œBlue Jean Bluesโ€

Warren Haynes mentioned โ€œBlue Jean Bluesโ€ as his pick for a ZZ Top tune: “Aside from being a really cool song, โ€˜Blue Jean Bluesโ€™ is the ultimate example of Billy Gibbonsโ€™ s guitar playing.”

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Steve Vai: โ€œCheap Sunglassesโ€

Steve Vai discusses โ€œCheap Sunglassesโ€ as his favorite. โ€œThe atmosphere of the song just makes you feel cool,โ€ he added.

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John Petrucci: โ€œLa Grangeโ€

Petrucci mentioned how he fell in love with the song the moment he first heard it. He complimented the skills of Billy Gibbons and said that he frequently jams with this song among his friends.

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Peter Frampton: โ€œJesus Just Left Chicagoโ€

Frampton said that he has a lot of ZZ Top favorites, but, โ€œJesus Just Left Chicagoโ€ from Tres Hombres reminds him of the time he first saw the band play.

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Paul Jackson from Blackberry Smoke: โ€œJust Got Back From Baby’sโ€

โ€œJust Got Back From Babyโ€™s, because itโ€™s just straight-up nasty blues done to perfection,โ€ Paul explained.

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Paul Gilbert: โ€œHeard It On The Xโ€

Gilbert had some experiences on ZZ Topโ€™s โ€œHeard It On The Xโ€ way back from his teenage years. โ€œI love the trade-off vocals, the proto-โ€˜Hot For Teacherโ€™ rhythm guitar lick and twangy chromatic line,โ€ he said.

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Nils Lofgren: โ€œLegsโ€

โ€œIโ€™ve always loved Legs,โ€ Nils Lofgren expressed. He praised the driving-train groove of the song, the funky lead, and everything in between those wonderful moments.

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Joe Satriani: โ€œLoadedโ€

Joe Satriani mentions that everyone would pick โ€œLa Grangeโ€ but not him. He mentions that the most WTF Billy Gibbonsโ€™ guitar sound is โ€œLoaded.โ€ โ€œOnly the Rev. Billy Gibbons could dream up, figure out how to record, and make that beautifully broken guitar sound work. Pure genius,โ€ he later added.

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Jimmy Vaughan: โ€œLowdown In The Streetโ€

Itโ€™s โ€œLowdown In The Streetโ€ that Vaughan is amused. He said he loves how Gibbons was kind enough to give him a shout-out on this wondrous track.

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Dave Davies: โ€œSharp Dressed Manโ€

Dave Davies from The Kinks picked the ZZ Topโ€™s classic โ€œSharp Dressed Manโ€ as his favorite. โ€œI really like the guitar tone and attitude,โ€ he expressed.

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