Zz Top Tres Hombres Vinyl Jalapeno Green Vinyl Review
Championship: Tres Hombres
Label: Warner Bros
A blues rock trio from Texas. Already sound quintessentially American, don't they? This stone is greasy and muddy and leery and growly and packed – and I mean packed – with body pilus. More often than not on the chin, gotta admit that, but really, who know where the stuff really ends?
They've been travelling along the frets of their guitars since their formation in 1970 in Houston (later on a number of unlike incarnations before the last, settled, line-up). Baton Gibbons was and is the principle song meister simply he is ably accompanied by Dusty Hill on bass and Frank Bristles (who actually doesn't have one at all) on drums.
The band are generally described as a dejection band. A term that Gibbons likes to ruminate upon, "Is ZZ Superlative a dejection band? Are the Rolling Stones a blues band? Well, nosotros're interpreters of blues bands. The wave of blues we enjoyed, not only being a part of only influenced by, was ushered in past the English guys. The Stones, Clapton, Brook, which is kind of what got us thinking, 'Hey, we can hot rod this stuff and make it really fun to play for ZZ Top. Even so, the examples that were set before united states of america laid a claiming to say, 'Hey, this is art.' There'south a handful of Americans, a handful of guys from England, a handful of guys from points around the globe that recognised the value of the impact of this strain of music that goes all the manner back to Africa. And I'll be honest with ya, I still dig it."
The 2 albums prior to this LP were caked in dejection roots explorations, "…a lot of our earlier work was chronicles of Texana and events that were of substance for the guy living in Texas; sure things you experienced when you're coming up there," said Gibbons.
This LP this their breakout, though. This was the album where the nation looked in their general direction and raised an eyebrow or two.
Tres Hombres is sleazy. It's quite happily sleazy but it'due south sleazy none the less. If you glance over the LP, there actually isn't also much to get excited about. After all, what is this LP? It'due south just a blues rock LP. Ten a penny, eh? The more you listen, though, the more infectious it becomes. Information technology's similar a virus gone wrong…or correct, I suppose. The songs themselves are very accomplished, very professionally put together while the dirty blues groove is quintessential and then there'due south the humour which sets it apart. The mixture of these elements gives this ordinary album a distinct Tex Mex genius ingredient. Whether you're talking about Waitin' for the Bus or Jesus Only Left Chicago or Move Me on Down the Line or even La Grange.
"Tres Hombres…that'south the famous Mexican food album. We stretched out and went down the boundary, if you lot will. Although the song La Grange was the first ZZ Top, Top 10 information technology remained well within the reaches of the blues, capital B, on which we base the band to this very day," said Gibbons.
You tin now find this album on Cinco: the First V LPs, all pressed on heavyweight 180g vinyl, presented in a box fabricated to look like the custom Nudie Suits. The v albums featured were released between 1971 and 1976: ZZ Top'southward First Album, Rio Grande Mud, Tres Hombres, Fandango! and Tejas.
In mastering terms, the latest pressing of Tres Hombres is well balanced. At that place's no obvious negatives here, even at high volume. No shrieking effulgence, no offensive compression or excessive peak limiting to accept you rushing from the listening room. That said, the music isn't overly warm either. Guitars are passably aggressive while treble-based cymbals offering a clear, metal yet fragile aspect.
Gibbons' song is clear and easily heard, there's no smearing from the midrange to mask his delivery while the guitars themselves sit within a broad and open up soundstage that is spacious, allowing each performer room to expressive itself fully. Drums, meanwhile are powerful with a 'dry thump' that restricts the reverb, presumably to add a claustrophobic dial. Subtle effects such every bit delicate rim taps are finer portrayed, backing up the feeling that this is a well disciplined and organised master.
It took the group three tries just this LP encapsulated the sound and the style that fans know so well, combined with lots and lots of sleaze. It's a rich and entertaining mixture that has been kind to the ring while the infectious songs have been kind to the fans. An album with no tricks, no highfalutin studio knob twiddles, just dejection done boogie.
Source: https://theaudiophileman.com/tres-hombre/
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