The release of the Raw album will be supported by ZZ TopвЂ™s forthcoming Raw Whisky Tour. It will be available on 180-gram vinyl, CD and through digital platforms and will be released вЂњIn righteous memory of Dusty Hill.вЂќ Gibbons served as producer with engineering by Jake Mann and Gary Moon. The Raw tracks were recorded over the course of one day with an eye to keeping the whole process as simple and straightforward as possible, a nod to the bandвЂ™s early days. While вЂњTube Snake Boogie,вЂќ written by Gibbons, Hill and Beard, has been one of ZZ TopвЂ™s signature songs for more than four decades, others have attempted to cover it, most notably Serbian rock band Cactus Jack, as well as Canadian blues artist Bill Durst.

Hill had characterized it as the ultimate вЂњparty songвЂќ while Gibbons credits drummer Beard for getting it up and running. Upon its release as a single, вЂњTube Snake BoogieвЂќ entered the Top 5 of BillboardвЂ™s Mainstream Rock chart and became a mainstay of the format. ВвЂњTube Snake BoogieвЂќ debuted in 1981 as part of ZZ TopвЂ™s El Loco album and is one of their most enduring in-concert favorites, typically provoking frenzied audience participation. Directed by Sam Dunn and released by Banger Films, the feature offers insight into the history of the bandвЂ™s classic line-up of Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard and the late Dusty Hill. The classic honky-tonk setting, dating back to 1878, was chosen for an unfettered, roots-oriented recording session that is chronicled in the Grammy-nominated documentary ZZ Top: That Little OlвЂ™ Band from Texas. Like the other 11 selections on the project, it was recorded at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, TX. ВZZ Top has released вЂњTube Snake Boogie,вЂќ from its forthcoming Raw album, due July 22nd by Shelter Records/BMG.

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