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Trivia: Where did ZZ Top play its first show together?


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I heard this mentioned on one of the Houston Classic Rock stations the other day.

 

from Chron.com

 

On this date in February 1970 (February 15), ZZ Top played at a Knights of Columbus Hall on old U.S. 90, a gig booked by Beaumont radio personality Al Caldwell of KLVI, who would later also broadcast the band's first recordings.

This would be the band’s first show together with their now-iconic lineup of Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard installed. Gibbons started the band in late 1969 and the pieces soon came together.

 

Read more here: http://www.chron.com/entertainment/music/article/ZZ-Top-played-its-first-show-together-45-years-6073072.php

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Here is an article from the Beaumont Enterprise about a month ago talking about it as well

 

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/entertainment/music/article/ZZ-Top-played-its-first-show-together-45-years-6073072.php

 

The picture is from a Little-Cypress Mauriceville yearbook when they played a prom there...notice their name is misspelled as "Zee Zee Top"

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