ZZ Top Nasty Dogs & Funky Kings (Live '80) 

I'm a guitarist, but everyone seems to leave out how badass Dusty is!!!

What’s everyone think. Going from a concert to a plane then home. Then up to go to physical therapy. A man his age. Sounds like a blood clot to me. We know it’s not drugs. Aneurism or massive heart attack the way his wife described it. Him just keeling over. Hope it was painless and we know his place in Rock and Roll heaven is reserved. Couldn’t ask for a classier rock star. Him Billie and Frank are #1 in my book.

The power in this version is incredible. It could slay a fucking dragon, absolutely immense playing from the Rev Billy G.

One of their heaviest tunes! Early ZZ Top rock!

So nasty! This song is why we named our band Dirty Kings!:)❤️

American Guitar Rock at it's finest. Pay attention young ones, this is how it's done.

Yeah man. A scary weird tune, one of my favorite songs since it first came out. Hypnotic and badass.

Early Texas rock my friends.

RIP Dusty

Love the pics! NASTY, FUNKY TUNE....lol..one of my faves off "Fandango"! I saw 'em three times in the 70's, & THIS is how I remember them. Gave Billy G.a joint on stage in Memphis (rolled with strawberry reefer rollers) & he stopped playing & thanked me for the "pink marlboro" (I pulled it out of a marlboro pack that was full of the "pink" ones.(LOL) He put it in the inside pocket of his jacket (Fandango Tour 75) & that made this 16 yr. old's YEAR! My hero then...& now, will NEVER forget that!!

Dustys Bass so mean ,dirty, fantastic playing of course as usuall

I saw them in 1981, Springfield MA. This is the sound - wonderful heavy and thick.

I have never heard Dusty sing this song before.....So cool to hear him sing it here.

Photos from Fandango/World Wide Texas Tour-Tejas. Music from Deguello Tour. I know,'cause Billy and me are from Harris Co.Texas.

One of those little known ZZ Top tunes that is really fire! Was always my favorite cut on the Fandango studio side. 👏

So simple ,( Basically), but so fucking PERFECT. Never will be another, never!!!!

Сколько концертов эти старые группы сделали вот это рокеры силище супер музыканты

Love that bass and aggressive drumming. The good ol daze.

what a bass sound! very good mix, for once!

Not sure about ZZ Top surpassing everything known to mankind, but it is nice to see American Bands that stood their ground in Rock and Roll history making during a time of British invasion.

Did this in our band when it first came out ! Nasty !R.I.P. Dusty.

Billy: by far, the most instantly recognizable riffs in rock history. Anyone care to disagree?

IMHO Gibbons is one of the top ten best guitarists of all time. His riffs are so full that sometimes you'd swear there's a second guitar in there.

What an opener for side 2 of any album! Awesome.

Before all the MTV, beards, swim cap nonsense. Just a lotta fat bass, Rev. Willie G and thunder. Magnificent.

That was Total Destruction 🎯 HolyHell🔥 3 Musical Assassins💀

Amen. This one comes from Planet Badass

Maybe THE MOST under rated U.S. bands!

Dusty Hill: Playin' electrified "Bob-wire"!!!

This is awesome... the performance just comes out of the speakers and grabs you by the throat. Loved the photos you chose too!! Thanks for posting this!!

Rev. Billy G. is one of the top five all time greats

Saw them in'72 '73 opening for Uriah Heep,first up was Earth,Wind,and Fire then ZZ,then Heep.Uriah Heep moved them to opening up before EWF.Before firing them all together.

420th like!! PLAY THIS AT MY FUNERAL!!

thanks for those cool photos!

I have some friends that play this song when they get together. One of Tops best.

Pre-Rip Van Winkle! My favorite period for this band!

45+ years and NO member changes.... ZZ4life

Excellent version ! Thank you .

Saw them a few times that year, this sounds just like how they played it at the shows that I went to, bad ass to the max! Thanks for posting.

BEST! Love the old pics of them :)

Thanks for sharing this!! Great pics!! I use to have some of their first cassettes, but saddly someone needed them worse than I did. This is one awesome video and as always tunage!!

lol 0 dislikes. Wish Dusty's bass always sounded this huge on record!

z.z top bad ass band man.my favorite cut by these cats! love it !!!

Great live catch. thanks much for posting. Love this band pre-synth.

Thank u my bbc.co love! !!

Absolutely Phenomenal

Awesome. Thanks for posting. If only the album version had been this long.

back in the 70's i was in a 3 pc band playin bass doing a lot of top. it took me a while to get that opening riff down but when we played this tune the crowd went wild...you cant rate bands, they all are good..its only your opinions and preferences that separates them all..IMHO ZZ TOP is one of the best blues rock bands that ever came along.

like a 747 in a tin shed baby....thunderous.

Man....I have no words

Yeah nothing more thick and grittier! @Lorelei Perry talk about the old pics. I saw Billy in my city Texas City, Texas - The Moving Sidewalks circa '69. My song "Talking' 'Bout Billy" copyright 2003---> I heard that sound back in '69 I remember it now it was do fine He was shredding it up in my hometown Before his bass and his shave sat down. … … … It wasn't any sight that you've ever seen They had long sideburns n faded bluejeans.. The Moving Sidewalks were playing psychedelic surf music. Talk about evolving! Billy has this uncanny natural ability to morph into what works. He makes things happen. He's working now "Billy Gibbons and The BFG's- a cubano sound! They still use the same mic stands that they used in the 80's! We owe their "moves"to Paula Abdul! She was their choreographer. I know I jumped all over the place, but Great band. Great sound. Proud to say they are from Texas.

They sound like thousands of pounds of hurtling machinery bearing down on you with no brakes... Fucking awesome...

rips me to pieces, had so many chances to see em' never went for 1 reason or another

Fucking holy cow-that's fucking rock & roll. On steroids

Man, they kicked ass! Thanks for posting!

sick, sick groove- peerless

Holy FKNG moly!!!! Baddest groove,ever!!

pics...thanks...wow...wow...love the men.

@62burnley Absolutely! Some of Billy's best work by far......All Hail to the One & Only Rev. Willie G.!!!

People forget how bad these guys were back in the day. When they put out Eliminator and went to that synthesizer sound they lost there "edge". Deguello was the last good album they released. Listening to this reminds how great they once were. One of the great bands ever in their prime. So RAW!!!

Listen to this 3 times if you want to grow a beard.

Ready to boogie! :)

HELL YES!!! bring back those TWEED MARSHALLS

ROCK............ACHIEVED!

Old Tele bass growl: Baddest of the BAD!!!

1969-2012 wow

just saw zztop lastnight!great fucking show!

Hail the nasty kings.

always been one of my favorite TOP tunes!

I remember when this came out I was in a three pc power trio band, and I played bass...we were called Zaff and we did a lot of ZZ top..and I remember trying like hell to learn that riff...took me weeks..but i got it...and we ripped this song up...love theses guys....look up cool in Websters and it s a picture of ZZ top....

bad ass jam!

love thatshit

it was nice to hear the 80s tunes with frank beards real kit not a digital one.

Good stuff, very tasteful

great gosh almighty...smokin version.....yeah

Like like like like Three guys doing all that? And in time? And with funky bass? And with a guitar legend? And with good singing? 50 years seems RIGHT.

Bottom line across the Mason Dixon line and all over the globe forevermore this is Southern Rock n Roll

ROCKPALAST GERMANY😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Gibbons is, to me, the best guitarist of all time. Others, primarily Mick Taylor and Lindsay Buckingham, come close with their respective skills. But Billy G can, and still does, rock out like there's no tomorrow. Blues, no-frills rock and basic riffing is what he does best.

great!

HAVE MOICY!!!

Dare I say, this is better than the studio version?

Agreed!

@THEMASTEROFYOU2000 you are so right

Dusty's bass tone on this....like he's using a fuzz face he took an axe to....growling....

good old Texas white boy blue's

@mikelb77 Dude, you are so right! I love the way you worded it too! Jeff

They did this on Later with Jools Holland and it will drill ya

Drummer was great, too.

Somebody has not listened to mescalero if you think deguello was the last good album.

drive fast drink moonshine & blow your speakers !!!!!!1^

Real jams Frank misssssschief

Nine dislikes.... Must be Kanye fans.

badass

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@BOGATA9 Where do you think those guys learned that shit - he was way ahead of the curve

You could also say Zee Zee Top and I think you'd be good.

Billy Gibbons sings the studio version....but this is Dusty Hill singing live..

2:34. Oh.My.Jeebus.Help.Me. So dirty.

@shanex72 You are right. I have long said Dusty Hill is one of the baddest bass players alive.