ZZ TOP - The Elevation Tour 2024

"That Little Ol' Band From Texas" has been at it for well over a half century, delivering rock, blues and boogie on the road and in the studio to millions of devoted fans. With iconography as distinctive as their sound, ZZ TOP is virtually synonymous with beards, hotrod cars, spinning guitars and that magic keychain, all of which transcend geography and language.

It was in Houston in the waning days of 1969 that ZZ TOP coalesced from the core of two rival bands, Billy Gibbons' Moving Sidewalks and Frank Beard and Dusty Hill's American Blues. Their third album, 1973's Tres Hombres, catapulted them to national attention with the hit "La Grange," still one of the band's signature pieces today. Eliminator, their 1983 album was something of a paradigm shift for ZZ TOP. Their roots blues skew was intact but added to the mix were tech-age trappings that soon found a visual outlet with such tracks as "Sharp Dressed Man· and "Legs" on the nascent MTV. It was one of the music industry's first albums to have been certified Diamond, far beyond Gold and Platinum and a reflection of US domestic sales exceeding 10 million units.
As a touring entity, they've been without peer over the past five decades, having performed before millions of fans on four continents and have been the subject of their own Grammy-nominated documentary titled That Little Of' Band From Texas. The band's line-up of the bearded Gibbons and Hill and Beard, who ironically is clean shaven, remained intact for more than 50 years until Dusty's passing. When Dusty temporarily departed the tour in the summer of 2021, it was a given that Elwood would be the perfect choice to stand in for Dusty until he could return. But Dusty's return was not to be, and Elwood continues to handle the bass duties for the band now and into the future.
The elements that keep ZZ TOP fresh, enduring and above the transitory fray can be summed up in the three words of the band's internal mantra: "Tone, Taste and Tenacity.". As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers. Their influences are both the originators of the form - Muddy Waters, B.B. King, et al - as well as the British blues rockers and Jimi Hendrix who emerged the generation before ZZ's ascendance.

NOW ANNOUNCING - The Summit to open for ZZ Top!

Spawned out of Southern Ohio, The Summit hasrapidly risen to become one of the country’smost sought-after touring bands having touredwith legendary acts like ZZ Top, Collective Soul,and REO Speedwagon of the past few years.Their upcoming debut album "Firebirds andAviators" produced by Will Turpin of CollectiveSoul, is set to release on November 1st. The leadsingle "Hit Me Up" has already amassed over500k streams. The Summit's soul-infused bluesrock sound captures the essence of iconic bandslike The Black Crowes and Humble Pie, drawing in fans of all generations.