Fandango
Album by ZZ Top
Released	1975
Recorded	???
Genre	Blues-Rock
Length	31:52
Label	Warner Brothers
Producer(s)	Bill Ham
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
ZZ Top chronology
Tres Hombres (1973)	Fandango! (1975)	Tejas (1976)

Fandango! is the fourth album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). Half the cuts are selections from live shows, the other half are new songs from the studio. A remastered and expanded edition of this album was released on February 28, 2006. Cover for album Fandango by ZZ Top. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... ZZ Top on the cover of the March 1991 issue of the Guitar World magazine. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Blues-rock, is a hybrid musical genre combining elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Warner Brothers Records is a record label which was launched on March 19, 1958 by Warner Bros. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... ZZ Top on the cover of the March 1991 issue of the Guitar World magazine. ... Tres Hombres is the third album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). ... Tejas is the fifth album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Blues Rock or Blues-rock is a fusion genre of music which combines elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... ZZ Top on the cover of the March 1991 issue of the Guitar World magazine. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... See also: 1974 in music, other events of 1975, 1976 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 2 - New York City US District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Track listing

All songs by Beard, Gibbons and Hill, except where noted.

1. "Thunderbird" – 2:49
2. "Jailhouse Rock" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 1:56
3. "Backdoor Medley" – 9:23
   • "Backdoor Love Affair" (Gibbons, Ham) – 1:09
   • "Mellow Down Easy" (Willie Dixon) – 3:39
   • "Backdoor Love Affair No. 2" (Gibbons) – 2:04
   • "Long Distance Boogie" – 2:31
4. "Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings" – 2:42
5. "Blue Jean Blues" – 4:42
6. "Balinese" – 2:37
7. "Mexican Blackbird" – 3:06
8. "Heard It on the X" – 2:23
9. "Tush" – 2:14

Jerry Leiber (born April 25, 1933) and Mike Stoller (born March 13, 1933) are among the most important songwriters and music producers in post-World War II popular music. ... Jerry Leiber (born April 25, 1933) and Mike Stoller (born March 13, 1933) are among the most important songwriters and music producers in post-World War II popular music. ... Willie Dixons style of blues was one of the inspirations for a new generation of music, rock and roll. ...

Personnel

• Frank Beard – drums
• Billy Gibbons – guitar, harmonica, vocals, slide guitar
• Dusty Hill – bass, vocals

Frank Beard, born June 11, 1949 in Frankston, Texas, is the drummer in the blues-rock band ZZ Top. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Billy F. Gibbons (born 16 December 1949), nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the guitarist for that Little Ol Band from Texas, ZZ Top. ... The acoustic archtop guitar, used in Jazz music, features steel strings. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Harmonica A harmonica is a free reed musical wind instrument (also known, among other things, as a mouth organ, French harp, tin sandwich, blues harp, simply harp, or Mississippi saxophone), having multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze reeds, each secured at one end over... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Duane Allmans slide guitar is highly regarded in blues and rock circles. ... Dusty Hill (born Joe Hill on May 19, 1949) in Dallas, Texas, is bassist and vocalist with Texas Boogie-Blues-Rock group ZZ Top. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass or simply bass) is an electrically amplified plucked string instrument. ...

Production

• Producer – Bill Ham
• Engineers – Robin Brian, Terry Kane, Bob Ludwig, Terry Manning, Jim Reeves
• Album concept – Bill Ham
• Design – Bill Narum
• Photography – John Dekalb

Charts

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Singles – Billboard (North America)