TRES HOMBRES (180-GRAM VINYL)

Rating

Album: TRES HOMBRES (180-GRAM VINYL)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Waitin' for the Bus	More Info...	0:03
2)	Jesus Just Left Chicago	More Info...	0:03
3)	Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers	More Info...	0:03
4)	Master of Sparks	More Info...	0:03
5)	Hot, Blue and Righteous	More Info...	0:03
6)	Move Me On Down the Line	More Info...	0:02
7)	Precious and Grace	More Info...	0:03
8)	La Grange	More Info...	0:04
9)	Shiek	More Info...	0:04
10)	Have You Heard?	More Info...	0:03

Album: TRES HOMBRES (180-GRAM VINYL)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Waitin' for the Bus	More Info...	0:03
2)	Jesus Just Left Chicago	More Info...	0:03
3)	Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers	More Info...	0:03
4)	Master of Sparks	More Info...	0:03
5)	Hot, Blue and Righteous	More Info...	0:03
6)	Move Me On Down the Line	More Info...	0:02
7)	Precious and Grace	More Info...	0:03
8)	La Grange	More Info...	0:04
9)	Shiek	More Info...	0:04
10)	Have You Heard?	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

ZZ Top: Billy Gibbons (vocals, guitar); Dusty Hill (vocals, bass); Frank "Rube" Beard (drums).
Also available with FANDANGO on 1 cassette and as part of the ZZ Top 6 Pack.
On 1973's TRES HOMBRES, everything came together for ZZ Top. While it was near inconceivable that the trio could better its superb previous effort, 1972's RIO GRANDE MUD, here ZZ Top somehow found a way to make the riffs tastier and the blues boogie more lethal.
One of classic rock's most identifiable standards, "La Grange," resides here, borrowing liberally from John Lee Hooker. But there's even more great blues-rock to feast on--the moderately paced "Waitin' for the Bus," the 12-bar blues of "Jesus Just Left Chicago," and the party-hearty anthem "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" (a tune Van Halen has covered live from time to time). Elsewhere, the thick rocker "Precious and Grace" easily gives Led Zeppelin a run for its money.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.71) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he trio made raw-boned, matter-of-factly infectious songs out of a supercharged bar-band sound."

Uncut (p.129) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "TRES HOMBRES was a breakthrough, courtesy of the John Lee Hooker-derived 'La Grange'."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.119) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] Tex-Mex combo platter of blues, soul and funky hard rock, spiced with a little Beefheart-inspired weirdness."