Sharp Dressed Men Tribute To Zz Top (2002)

Product Summary Label: Rca Records UPC: 00078636703626 Release Date: 4/30/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60554362 Item#: MWJJVK Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Gimme All Your Lovin' - Lonestar ~ Various Artists 2. Sharp Dressed Man - Brad Paisley ~ Various Artists 3. Jesus Just Left Chicago / Waitin' For The Bus - Hank Williams ~ Various Artists 4. La Grange - Tracy Byrd ~ Various Artists 5. Rough Boy - Brooks & Dunn ~ Various Artists 6. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - Dwight Yoakam ~ Various Artists 7. She Loves My Automobile - Willie Nelson ~ Various Artists 8. I Need You Tonight - Andy Griggs ~ Various Artists 9. Cheap Sunglasses - The Warren Brothers ~ Various Artists 10. Legs - Trace Adkins ~ Various Artists 11. Tush - Kenny Chesney ~ Various Artists 12. Just Got Paid - Montgomery Gentry ~ Various Artists 13. I Thank You - Phil Vassar ~ Various Artists 14. Fearless Boogie - Hank Williams III ~ Various Artists 15. Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell - Alan Jackson ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. It's an inspired idea, actually -- take a bunch of country artists, mainly contemporary country guys, and have them tackle ZZ Top's catalog of blues-rock ravers, and just see what happens. As it turns out, Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top turns out to be one of the best tribute albums in recent memory, crackling with energy and with just enough vivid reinterpretations to make it enjoyable for fans of either the artists involved or ZZ Top. What makes it work is that the roster of featured artists is so strong that they either put their identity on their chosen song, or they love the music so much, it turns into an energetic cover. Also, the songs are revealed to be sharply written, clever tunes that still sound good when performed by somebody else -- they still sound good removed from the fuzz-tone raunch that defines ZZ Top as a band. As it turns out, the songs are more than good enough to stand on their own, and acts like Brad Paisley, Hank Jr., Tracy Byrd, Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson, and Alan Jackson turn this into a surprisingly enjoyable, first-rate record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine With the lines between rock and country getting blurred all the more by the generation of Nashville artists who came to the fore in the '90s, it's no surprise that the Little Ol' Band From Texas would get their due on SHARP DRESSED MEN: A TRIBUTE TO ZZ TOP. Trotting out material from this trio's '80s MTV heyday are Tennessee natives Lonestar ("Gimme All Your Lovin'), former oil-rigger Trace Adkins ("Legs"), neo-traditionalist Brad Paisley ("Sharp Dressed Man"), and boot-scootin' duo Brooks & Dunn ("Rough Boyd"). While these cuts from the canon of the latter day ZZ Top do shine, it's the covers of '70s vintage material that come away with a fine coating of Texas grit. Hank Williams Jr. digs into "Jesus Just Left Chicago/Waitin' For The Bus Medley," son Hank Williams III tears through "Fearless Boogie," and Dwight Yoakam gets bad-ass with "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide." Other stellar cuts include Willie Nelson's interpretation of "She Loves My Automobile" by way of Bob Wills, and Phil Vassar doing both Sam & Dave and ZZ Top proud with his reading of "I Thank You."   Technical Info Release Date : 04/30/2002 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 67036 Label : RCA Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00078636703626    Product Image