ZZ Top

Patrick Stark is Dallas' Most Rock and Roll Chef

He's played music in front of 25,000 people, opening for Styx, and cooked for folks like Johnny Winter, Butthole Surfers (we don't even wanna know what they ordered), ZZ Top and more recently, as part of his sweet new gig as the head cuisine honcho at Sundown at Granada, actor Will Ferrell. He also ... More >>

Texas Psychedelic Trailblazers The Moving Sidewalks Reunite After 40 Years

Waltz Around Our 100 Best Texas Songs

The 100 Best Texas Songs: The Complete List

100. Tripping Daisy, "Sonic Bloom" Before this album, the band had a grunge-pop affectation, but this song, from 1998's Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb, was more heartfelt than anything they'd done before. - Daniel Hopkins 99. Pleasant Grove, "The Plaque at 16ft" Bret Egner wrote "The Plaque at 16ft, ... More >>

The Best Texas Songs of All Time: #59-40

Best Texas songs, #100-80 Best Texas songs, #79-60 The Spotify playlist for songs #59-40 59. Tum Tum, "Caprice Music" For years, the Dallas hip-hop community's had a love affair with the Chevy Caprice Classic. Tum Tum's "Caprice Music" was an ode to that car culture, illustrating the unique trend ... More >>

Preview: ZZ Top at Gexa Energy Pavilion

Sunday, June 24, at Gexa Energy Pavilion

Life's a Parade of Beards for David Mayfield

For those fortunate enough to have witnessed a Cadillac Sky performance before the genre-blurring bluegrass outfit's January 2011 break-up, many things were apparent after the show. The group's expert craftsmanship would likely be the main memory, but not too far behind would be the energetic showma ... More >>

News and Notes: [Daryl] Reunites, ZZ Top Gets Covered, Badu Gives Birth (Kinda) and More!

That two-year-old listening to KKDA-104.5 FM K104 in Dallas (local tie!) in the clip above is cooler than all of us. But we've got some cool news to share about some artists with local ties -- among them Erykah Badu, ZZ Top, Kelly Clarkson, [Daryl], Teenage Cool Kids and Big hud -- so that's a start ... More >>

Girl Talk Cancels July WinStar Casino Gig. Tonight's Granada Show Is Still On, Though.

Womp, womp.​Picked up your fresh-off-the-presses print issue of this week's Observer yet? No? Well, go do so right now. We'll wait.Got it? Good! Now, flip the issue open. Not far, just right there after the cover. Yeah, page 3. There, you'll notice -- it's tough not to -- a massive, full-page, col ... More >>

Food Fight, or: Beginning Your Friday With a Chance to Get Iron Fork-ed For Free

​While awaiting several calls back about items forthcoming, allow me to dispense with these four VIP ducets to Wednesday's Iron Fork event at the Fashion Industry Gallery, where chefs John Tesar and Scott Romano will square off whilst attendees dine on samplings from the likes of Il Cane Rosso and ... More >>

They Stay The Same Age

Tonight, Tonight: Tom Petty and ZZ Top at Superpages, Jurassic Park: The Musical at Dan's, Black Tusk and Radio Moscow at The Nightmare

Interesting couple of "shows" happening in the North Texas area tonight. Fans of classic rock, metal and bizarre performance art all have something to look forward to this evening.

Listomania: 10 Songs Dad Made Us Hate

Hey Dad, need to put old Bob Seger back on the shelf. ​Dear Dad, First of all, Happy Father's Day. OK, now that that's done, we've got something to say. Our heads our going to explode, Scanners-style, if we hear you jack up the radio to ZZ Top's "La Grange" again. Maybe back in the day, when you ... More >>

Gig Alert: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights To Play Free In-Store Performance at Good Records Tonight

​Tonight, on the eve of releasing Pardon Me, its major label debut for Atlantic Records, Dallas' Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights will stop by Good Records to give the new disc one last local push. Starting at 9 p.m., the band will host a CD release party at the Greenville Avenue record st ... More >>

Jonathan Tyler And The Northern Lights To Open For ZZ Top In May

​Jonathan Tyler has been doing more than just putting on swaggering, Pete Freedman-approved Southern rock sets while in Austin for SXSW. Apparently, he's been making moves, too, as Tyler just tweeted some exciting news for lovers of Texas classic rock past and present. " News... We will be ... More >>

Tracklist: The Local Hang With Playlister P, Vol. 2

​Thanks again to all who stopped by The Libertine last night for the second installment of my monthly local music sermon called The Local Hang.The plan was pretty simple: No repeats from last month. But, oh well, I screwed that up--like embarrassingly early on, too, actually, if you wanna compare ... More >>

Houston Cries For Pudge, Claims Its Music History Beats Dallas'

​Our ears were burning, so we went ahead and checked out what our counterparts at the Observer's sister paper in Houston, the Press, was up to on its music blog lately. And, sure enough, it's all Dallas all the time down in H-Town these days.(OK, not really, but two posts over the span of a week? ... More >>

Gig Alert: Hippiefest Tonight at Nokia Theatre

​Yeah, yeah. I know that these oldie tours are an easy target for the cool, indie rock naysayers out there, but most of the acts on tonight's Hippiefest bill at Nokia Theatre are just a wee bit older than Aerosmith and ZZ Top, and I didn't hear anyone complaining about that recent gig. Anyh ... More >>

Picture Show: Aerosmith at Superpages.com Center

Patrick MichelsAerosmith dropped into Fair Park for the Dallas stop of its tour with ZZ Top on Sunday night, and a packed crowd turned out to greet them. Stephen Tyler, Joe Perry and the rest of the gang put on a big show, in spite of the run of injuries the band has been forced to cope with, ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Amanda Shires, Aerosmith and ZZ Top, STC

Amanda Shires at Allgood Café on Friday, July 17 Amanda Shires starts this song at Allgood Café sounding as nervous as someone at their first show. Don't be fooled. Her soulful vocals paired with Rod Picott's constant strumming create ghostly music. This video features Amanda on fiddle and ukulel ... More >>

Aerosmith, ZZ Top

Sunday, July 19,at superpages.com Center

Live Nation Drops Lawn Prices For Select Shows

They're doing it again. Live Nation is offering $24.99 (and, in a couple cases, $19.99) lawn tickets for select Starplex (I still refuse to call it Superpages.com Center) shows today only during this week's installment of No Service Charge Wednesday. Until 11:59:59 tonight, lawn tickets purchased at ... More >>

ZZ Top's Got Some Stories To Tell. On VH1, No Less.

Late in March, the Dallas natives (what up, Woodrow Wilson?) and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers in ZZ Top went up to Chicago and taped an episode of VH1's Storytellers to celebrate the band's 40th anniversary. Later this month, on Saturday, June 27, at 9 p.m., the channel will premiere the show. In th ... More >>

Donkey Q. Public

The HOB hosts jam legends

The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scen ... More >>

Lone Star 92.5 Is Out For Blood This Week

To Commemorate Memorial Day, SMU Basketball is Flying to … Africa?

Something In the Water

Eleven Hundred Springs distills Texas at the Granada

Gerard Dirkx Offers His Take On The Greatest DFW Rock Artists

Videos: Raconteurs at House of Blues

I Just Saw... Billy Gibbons at Beauty Bar

To the Ends of SXSW Film

Ladies and Gents, Give It Up for Ms. Patsy Ann McClenny

Sling Song

Billy Bob sings at the HOB

Beard Sweat

ZZ Top and friends rock Smirnoff

Young James Long

Friday, July 6, at the Granada Theater

KZPS: Now the Best Radio Station Ever?

Clouds

Tuesday, April 17, at Rubber Gloves, Denton

Lions

Thursday, November 16, at Double Wide

Cold as Ice

NHL 2K7 looks pretty, but fails to light the lamp.

Paddled Senseless

This send-up of Deliverance comes without a brain, too

Best Computer Store

Apple Store

Best Radio Station

KDBN-FM (93.3), The Bone

Golden

Apollo Stars (National)

Trans Am, Oneida / The Fucking Champs

May 23 / May 27

Z.Z. Top

Letters

Out Here

Case dismissed

Judge tells the Nightcaps that ZZ Top aren't "copycats"