Rio Grande Mud

Infobox Album
Name = Rio Grande Mud
Type = studio
Artist = ZZ Top


Released = April 4, 1972
Recorded = Robin Hood Studios- Tyler, Texas
Genre = Blues-rock, hard rock
Length = 40:51
Label = London
Producer = Bill Ham
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nqm8b594tsqg link]
*Robert Christgau (C) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=zz+top link]
*"Rolling Stone" [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/zztop/albums/album/240679/review/5944861/rio_grande_mud link]
Last album = "ZZ Top's First Album"
(1971)
This album = "Rio Grande Mud"
(1972)
Next album = "Tres Hombres"
(1973)

"Rio Grande Mud" is the second album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music).

The Rio Grande, from where the album name derives, is the river that forms the border of Mexico and Texas. In Spanish its name means "Big River".

Track listing

All lead vocals by Billy Gibbons, except where noted.

#"Francine" (Gibbons, Kenny Cordray, Steve Perron) – 3:33
#"Just Got Paid" (Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 4:49
#"Mushmouth Shoutin'" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:41
#"Ko Ko Blue" (Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard) – 4:56
#"Chevrolet" (Gibbons) – 3:47
#"Apologies to Pearly" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) – 2:39
#*Instrumental
#"Bar-B-Q" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:34
#"Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell" (Gibbons) – 6:49
#"Whiskey'n Mama" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) – 3:20
#"Down Brownie" (Gibbons) – 2:53

Personnel

ZZ Top

* Frank Beard – drums
* Billy Gibbons – guitar, harmonica, lead vocals, slide guitar
* Dusty Hill – bass, backing vocals on "Francine" and "Chevrolet"

Additional personnel

*Pete Tickle – acoustic guitar (on "Mushmouth Shoutin'")

Production

*Bill Ham – production
*Robin Brian – engineering

Charts

Album

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