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

ZZ Top live from Gruene Hall - Eagle Rock / Youtube
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, weโll highlight only 10 of these guitaristsโ thoughts and show them to you. Enjoy!
Warren Haynes: โBlue Jean Bluesโ
Warren Haynes mentioned โBlue Jean Bluesโ as his pick for a ZZ Top tune: “Aside from being a really cool song, โBlue Jean Bluesโ is the ultimate example of Billy Gibbonsโ s guitar playing.”
Steve Vai: โCheap Sunglassesโ
Steve Vai discusses โCheap Sunglassesโ as his favorite. โThe atmosphere of the song just makes you feel cool,โ he added.
John Petrucci: โLa 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.
Peter Frampton: โJesus Just Left Chicagoโ
Frampton said that he has a lot of ZZ Top favorites, but, โJesus Just Left Chicagoโ from Tres Hombres reminds him of the time he first saw the band play.
Paul Jackson from Blackberry Smoke: โJust Got Back From Baby’sโ
โJust Got Back From Babyโs, because itโs just straight-up nasty blues done to perfection,โ Paul explained.
Paul Gilbert: โHeard It On The Xโ
Gilbert had some experiences on ZZ Topโs โHeard It On The Xโ way back from his teenage years. โI love the trade-off vocals, the proto-โHot For Teacherโ rhythm guitar lick and twangy chromatic line,โ he said.
Nils Lofgren: โLegsโ
โIโve 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.
Joe Satriani: โLoadedโ
Joe Satriani mentions that everyone would pick โLa Grangeโ but not him. He mentions that the most WTF Billy Gibbonsโ guitar sound is โLoaded.โ โOnly 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.
Jimmy Vaughan: โLowdown In The Streetโ
Itโs โLowdown 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.
Dave Davies: โSharp Dressed Manโ
Dave Davies from The Kinks picked the ZZ Topโs classic โSharp Dressed Manโ as his favorite. โI really like the guitar tone and attitude,โ he expressed.