Billy Gibbons and the BFG band brought down the house… well, the Grove of Anaheim. Diehards and new fans alike could not have been more pleased with a tour like this one; focused on intimate venues like this one, there’s no bad seat in the house!
The Texas blues rock trio features Billy Gibbons (co-founder, lead vocalist, guitar player, primary songwriter of ZZ Top) on guitar and lead vocals, Mike “The Drifter” Flanigin on bass and organ, along with Chris “Whipper” Layton (of Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) on drums. Let me tell you, these boys came to play!
Gibbons and Flanigin adorned the stage in sparkly, bedazzled pink and brown cowboy-themed suits reminiscent of the iconic Nudie suits of the 1970s, complete with crystal Bolo ties and boots!
The set, a smattering of ZZ Top’s albums, was stacked full of hits and heavy-hitting, down-home Texas blues-rock. Opening with “Waitin’ for the Bus,” then jumping into “Jesus Just Left Chicago,” they got the crowd going with “Gimme All Your Lovin’” from the massively popular ZZ Top 1983 release, “Eliminator.”
The songs blended into one another like a heavy blues jam session, which went over famously. As they broke into another one of ZZ Top’s many radio hits, “Cheap Sunglasses,” Gibbons and Layton did those slick, coordinated moves ZZ Top was famous for. The audience loved it, singing along and shouting out the chorus.…