On a cold Friday night, Billy Gibbons and his BFG Band (Mike Flanigan on Bass and Keyboards and Chris Layton on Drums) strutted their stuff into the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, Delaware to a sold-out crowd. Flanigan is a world-renowned session musician and Layton was a member of Stevie Ray Vaughn’s Double Trouble band, The trio. Gibbons played a set of mainly ZZ Top songs and covers of Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady” and Slim Harpo’s “I Got Love If You Want It”.
Gibbons opened the set with Waitin’ For the Bus, rolled right into Jesus Just Chicago. After a brief story about the local Dollar Store closing in his town, stating that he stocked up on the remaining stock of a certain eye apparel, he and his band rolled right into Cheap Sunglasses. He introduced “Foxy Lady” about how he and the rest of ZZ Top toured as the opening act for Hendrix back in 1968, stating that they even played Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” and “Foxy Lady” in the set as they opened for Hendrix which Hendrix did not take kindly too, but they became friends anyway.
Gibbons and et al had the sold-out crowd singing along and on their feet for most of the show. They played new song, “Brown Paper Bag”. If you came expecting a ZZ Top experience, you were not disappointed as most of the set was a ZZ set list. Ending the show with Sharp Dressed Man” and “Thunderbird” the audience was left filled with the Texas blues that only Billy Gibbons could provide.
Review and Photos by Scott McAllister
Gibbons opened the set with Waitin’ For the Bus, rolled right into Jesus Just Chicago. After a brief story about the local Dollar Store closing in his town, stating that he stocked up on the remaining stock of a certain eye apparel, he and his band rolled right into Cheap Sunglasses. He introduced “Foxy Lady” about how he and the rest of ZZ Top toured as the opening act for Hendrix back in 1968, stating that they even played Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” and “Foxy Lady” in the set as they opened for Hendrix which Hendrix did not take kindly too, but they became friends anyway.
Gibbons and et al had the sold-out crowd singing along and on their feet for most of the show. They played new song, “Brown Paper Bag”. If you came expecting a ZZ Top experience, you were not disappointed as most of the set was a ZZ set list. Ending the show with Sharp Dressed Man” and “Thunderbird” the audience was left filled with the Texas blues that only Billy Gibbons could provide.
Review and Photos by Scott McAllister
