- La Grange (song)
Infobox Single
Name = La Grange
Artist =ZZ Top
from Album =Tres Hombres
B-side = "Just Got Paid"
Released =1973
Format = 7"
Recorded = Brian StudiosArdent Studios Memphis, Tennessee
Genre =Blues-rock ,hard rock
Length = 3:51
Label = London
Writer =Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill
Frank Beard
Producer =Bill Ham
Last single = "Waitin' for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago" (1973)
This single = "La Grange" (1973)
Next single = "Tush" (1975)"La Grange" is a song by the rock group
ZZ Top from their album "Tres Hombres ", released in1973 . Considered to be "one-chordblues ", it is one of their most successful songs. It was released in 1973 and received extensive radio play, rising to #41 in the "Billboard Pop Singles" list in 1974. The song refers to a country brothel on the outskirts ofLa Grange, Texas (later notoriously known as the "Chicken Ranch"). This brothel is also the subject of the Broadway play and film "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ", the latter starringDolly Parton andBurt Reynolds .In March 2005, "Q" magazine placed "La Grange" at number 92 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.Fact|date=February 2007.
Billy Gibbons indicated inGuitar World , Guitar Legends, that the lead was played with a 1955Stratocaster with a stop tailpiece through a Marshall Super Lead 100 withCelestion greenback speakers.In recent years, when the band played the song in concert, it has become a tradition for them to abruptly stop playing in the middle of it, at which point Gibbons and
bassist Dusty Hill shout out, "Hell yeah!" before resuming the song.The initial groove of the song is based on a traditional blues lick also used by
John Lee Hooker in his "Boogie Chillen " and Slim Harpo's "Shake Your Hips ."Charts
Appearances and Covers
* The song was featured as the title track in the pinball machine "The Getaway".
* It has been used in many movies, including: "Shanghai Noon ", "Striptease", "Armageddon","Man of the House", and the documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys ". A modified version of the song appears in the 2004 remake of "Walking Tall".
* A cover of the song byJunkie XL appears in the Xbox game "Forza Motorsport ".
* A cover of this song, with an extended solo in the later part of the song (in order to cover up the final fade-out), was used for the music video game ', and '
* The song has been played multiple times on the G3 tour.
* The song is covered by the French artist Renaud Papillon Paravel as well as byHank Williams Jr.
* The song was covered byCrazy Backwards Alphabet on their lone album.
*Tracy Byrd released a country version of the song in 2002 for the album "".
* Professional wrestlerDavid Von Erich used this as his theme song inWorld Class Championship Wrestling .
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