Over twenty years ago, when I was a toddler, my dad would put this on his record player, hold me in his arms, and gently rock me back and forth until I became tired or fell asleep. Now, I can hardly listen to this song without getting teary-eyed. Such a wonderful memory...
Thanks for sharing that. Reading this, I pictured a wooden house straight out of a Western, with behind it a man gently rocking a toddler in his arms, looking at the sun setting over the desert. It’s a beautiful picture. And no, I’m not sober. Somehow the fact that your comment is 11 years old adds another nostalgic layer, cause I wonder if you still play this song and still cherish that memory.
@@stadtjer689 I got married six years ago and when it came time to choose a song for the father-daughter dance, my dad said, “I’ve had one in mind for a long time.” I said, “I know exactly what song you’re referencing.” During my reception, when it came time to dance, my dad once again rocked me in his arms, swaying with the gentle music of this song. I closed my eyes and laid my head on his shoulder. For a few minutes it was like the entire world faded away. I was his little girl again, transported back to a summer evening at my old house, falling asleep to the most beautiful lullaby I’d ever heard. It was a magical moment.
I love that song that's a night time song If I can't seem to get to sleep I play that song the beauty of it Des mesmerizes me and I go right to sleep before the song finishes if you have insomnia listen to this song right here this is the best As It Gets
I feel the same way. This song was actually written for my father - Bill Narum the album's artist and their life long friend. I listen to it when I am missing him. He only passed a few years ago right before thanksgiving....
That is actually one of my personal favorites for album covers - I had the vinyl LP with full gatefold foldout cover. When opened fully up it was a beautiful 24" x 12" piece of art, the color palette was so memorable and the style just wonderfully striking.
I wish they did something like this for every album. It is so amazingly peaceful and serene...I can almost see a desert reach out before me when I listen to this.
That poor guitar sounds like it has a broken heart. What a beautiful sound. Only The Revered Willie G can make a guitar expose its soul like this. Have mercy.
Dusty Hill, Thank You for 50+ years of kick as Southern Rock Texas Style. I have seen Y'all play many times & its always a great memorable time. While I did not know you personally ,I do know your deep driving ~bad ass~ back bone bass. that has been there throughout my entire life ,Fueling my Passions & driving me onward. You'll be remembered & missed. Rock On my Hairy Friend. Rock on. "When A Old man dies A Library Burns" ;Author Unknown{ A African Proverb.}
Tomorrow I will be having test done for congestive heart failure....as Im going through the process, I will have this one song on loop throughout the entire process....thank u ZZ Top
This has quickly become one of my favorite ZZ tunes ever. Right up there with Stevie Ray's Riviera Paradise as one of the great soothing, relaxing, stress-reducing songs of all time. A fantastic instrumental.
Until tonight Lenny & Riveria Paradise(Stevie Ray Vaughn) were my only 2 instrumental de-stress tunes. My hubs just remembered this & introduced me to this genius!...now it's #1!
I heard this soulful tune played today on CBS Sunday Morning when they were featuring the people who had died over the past week. It immediately got my attention, shaking off some old cobwebs in my memory banks, but I couldn't remember what song it was. I knew it had to be a ZZ Top song since they were featuring Dusty Hill in the remembrance segment. Good old RU-vid to the rescue. I typed in ZZ Top Instrumental, and it brought me right to this page. RIP, Dusty.
I've been doing exactly THAT, every month or so, for the past 25 years; and this is the ONLY tune that I take along. This is too majestic of an experience to leave for a tomorrow that never comes. Make time to live it, today. When I get to my favorite secluded spot in the desert: I crank the music, lay on the hood of my car, and watch the Universe go by. P.S. Be sure to take your favorite blanket and pillow.
Spiritual, to say the least. Best enjoyed at any lost pueblo in the canyons of Tejas. Sprinkle with a dusting of stars, a pinch of moonlight and away we go. Been loving this tune for 40 yrs now. Thanks to Billy Gibbons!
I swear, no one I've ever spoken to knows of this tune! It's been a favorite of mine since I was a kid and inherited my older brother's 8 tracks and player. It's simply great and I can't believe how many people don't know about it!
i have been a fan of zztop since 1975 when fandango came out featuring tush. i was hooked. tejas came out in 76. i love the album . i have special place in my heart for slow songs and nice ballads.
It's like riding a lovely lullaby train through the desert of enchantment -- pure magic. This is the kind of music that cleanses one's soul from the overexposure to the grimes of reality.
Being a guy from San Antonio, I have always been a fan of ZZ Top, because they have that Texas sound, they NEVER FORGOT their roots and their fans back home in Texas who helped get them recognized..... Texas and ZZ Top go together, there is no separation and no substitutes!!!
I heard this track years ago on a mix when I was out camping in the Rio Puerco, desert of New Mexico. Hearing this song during the sunset and the campfire... Cemented my love of NM. It is home to me.
After listening to this album for the upteninth time , I never ever fail to enjoy dimming the lights to this track. I put it on loads of compilation tapes for mates back in the 80's hoping to get them to then go out a buy more ZzTop . I just love the openness of this track. No pro tools here!!!!!. Lovin it.
Heard about Dustys' passing yesterday. Geared up to play golf in the Texas heat today. Set my playlist to southern rock because I knew I had put alot of ZZTOP on it. This came on. Rest in peace Dusty.
My god, love this ! First time I heard it I felt like I was already in the desert. First time I visited Mojave desert, well this was a confirmation this this tune was spot-on, the desert does feel like this tune to me, I'm a bit weird maybe....
My band!.. since as long as I can remember.. they started the year I was born, Met them once! was awesome! I drank all their beer.. :) End of an era.. RIP Dusty. Love you guys! hope they play this song at Dusty's funeral... Its the song I want played at mine!
One of the most amazing instrumental guitar sounds ever. A quintessential piece capturing the very essence of an entire regional culture. A work of pure musical genius. Thank you ZZ TOP for all the incredible music.
2 copies on vinyl - 3 old cassettes and a new CD release - still not enough copies of this track - I love it!!! My only wish now is to see the guys play it live - I live in hope
This song reminds me of when I drove through west Texas coming out of El Paso and through a mountain pass into the huge valley for the next 100 or so miles. The valley was huge, with the mesa cliffs way off in the distance, probably 10 or 20 miles to the north.
Tejas was close to the end for ZZ before they went commercial,.sad,,played almost the whole album, minus this song, tonight at a party in The Woodlands Texas,,lots of southern rock at this gig,,it was a blast.
ZZ TOP progressed with the times they stayed true to themselves . They were so progressive they wanted to be the 1st band ever to play in Space ,When NASA said NO! they did it virtually. Kicked ass for 50+ years . Sorry you couldn't enjoy them in real time.
Yes this is a great album and this song is truly a treasure. thanks for posting. This will be played at my wake along with other songs from the 70's. But this one just stands out.
Play this song next time you're driving through a desert - any desert but for me the ones in CA, NV, NM and AZ are the best. Tell me if you shed a tear so that I know I'm not the only one who has.
This album reminds me of my first apartment on Lake Shore Drive, in Michigan City, Indiana. I lived upstairs and my girlfriend came over all the time. Man did we have fun. We played this album alot. We loved this song.
my most favorite song of all time, and it's very hard to find. Thank you sooo much for posting!!! I just can't say enough how this song moves me, through good times and bad!!
I remember seeing ZZ top in a little bar outside of Fort Worth when they were just starting out they jammed also on the bill was Alvin Lee and Mountain seen them many times I think the Eliminator album was the downfall thats when they went MTV mainstream and lost their bluesy edge
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