ZZ High made their first look at Willie Nelson’s 2022 Outlaw Music Pageant final evening, delighting the gang at Ohio’s Blossom Music Middle with their distinctive mix of rock and blues.
You may see unique images from the present beneath.
Singer and guitarist Billy Gibbons was in a very playful temper, delivering impromptu solos between songs on a number of events. “We simply make it up as we go alongside,” he defined at one level, earlier than brazenly wishing the venue’s gates may very well be locked so the social gathering did not have to finish.
Elwood Francis, who joined the band after the July 2021 loss of life of longtime bassist Dusty Hill, proved to be an ideal match when it comes to each music and facial hair. “That is not a glue-on beard, both!” Gibbons joked throughout the band introductions.
In a latest interview, Gibbons credited Francis, who was the band’s longtime guitar tech and Hill’s handpicked substitute, for respiration new life into ZZ High. “He is including an awesome little bit of enthusiasm,” Gibbons enthused. “Once I see [drummer] Frank Beard smiling for the primary time in 30 years, I do know one thing good’s occurring.”
The band’s 75-minute set was in fact heavy on large hits corresponding to “Sharp Dressed Man” and “La Grange,” however additionally they discovered time for extra obscure tracks like “I Gotsta Get Paid” and a canopy of the folks traditional “Sixteen Tons.”
After touring as a part of Nelson’s Outlaw Music Pageant for the subsequent couple of weeks, ZZ High will spend a lot of the remainder of 2022 on a headlining tour. They lately launched Uncooked, an impromptu “dwell within the studio” album recorded with Hill on bass throughout the filming of their 2019 documentary That Little Ol’ Band From Texas.
ZZ High Stay 2022
Pictures of ZZ High performing dwell in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on July 29, 2022.
