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The Outpost Cafe / Re: You can’t hiii-iiide your lyin’ tracks …
« on: May 05, 2024, 10:39:36 AM »He has a whole army of canned rhythm guitar tracks behind him when they play the 80ies hits and the background vocals don't sound real either, let's not even talk about the sequencers, but does he lip sync too? It wouldn't surprise me. ZZ Top's legacy as a great live band goes back to the 70ies and early 80ies, ever since then they have become more and more "augmented" live.
I'm not really up to speed on ZZ Top chronology, but it seems like they were an amazingly tight bar band who got nowhere, then jumped the shark and added a lot of schtick, stage wizardry and sequencers? All the weird and mysterious custom guitars, complex back line stuff, mythology of Billy using five random unknown amps to track parts, etc. A larger than life band! Billy lip synching is disappointing as he is hardly a singer with a high range needing much breath control. Just grunt out the lyrics.