ZZ Top Rocks Thunder Bay

In Thunder Bay Events On June 06, 2010 Add A Comment

For folks in Thunder Bay, Wednesday night was spent rocking out and reminiscing the 80s.

Texas trio ZZ Top was in town, electrifying the standing-only audience of the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium with a 90-minute blues set, taking the audience back into the heyday of a career that spans 45 years. From Billy Gibbons’ early days with rock legend Jimi Hendrix, to their conquering of MTV’s early age, it was evident that most of those in attendance were men and women who were with them every step of that journey.

And though they were a little grayer on Wednesday, these guys still knew how to rock out, and rock out good they did. Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard didn’t show their age from the start to the end of the concert, driving the crowd wild right off the bat with their hit record “Got Me Under Pressure,” from the 1983 album, “Eliminator.”

After 90 minutes of hard rocking, the audience got to hear the band’s 1975 record “Tush.” By then, the crowd was in full frenzy, reliving their teenage years, and for some, the younger years of their parents.

Indeed, it was a night of good music and good memories, and those in Thunder Bay couldn’t wait to have another serving of ZZ Top.