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Saturday Night, June 28th, 2003
They started the night
off with all the NCCC Car Show Winners on stage, followed by the FCOA
Contest Winners - both warm up acts for what followed.
When we bought our
tickets for the Nashville event, they said they were going to have a huge
Saturday Night concert to end the Celebration, but they didn't announce
who was going to play at the concert until early June.
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The "little ol' band
from Texas" is bringing their stage show to Tennessee to help closeout the
Corvette 50th Anniversary Celebration with a bang during the Finalé
Concert on Saturday, June 28.
As Corvette celebrates
its 50th year, ZZ TOP is celebrating its 34th year in existence, and lays
claim to the longest running major rock band with original personnel
intact As it was in the beginning, the ZZ TOP of 2003 boasts its original
personnel lineup—Billy F. Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard.
With the forthcoming
release of their latest RCA album, Mescalero, the band is breaking
new ground in terms of both their sonic approach and the material they’ve
recorded. ZZ TOP is the same, but always changing. From the early hits
such as "La Grange" and "Tush" and the '80s classics including "Gimme All
Your Lovin'," "Legs" and "Sharp Dressed Man" to the 16 new hits on
Mescalero, ZZ TOP has always cooked with the same rock recipe: Billy's
blues-based guitar virtuosity, Dusty's driving bass and Frank's fierce
drumming. And during the Corvette 50th Anniversary Celebration, you'll get
a live musical taste test.
Corvette's legendary
status will unite with ZZ TOP's iconic rock, boogie and blues to provide
one heck of a sendoff for the Corvette crowd.
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The Coliseum was
packed on the riverbank side - they had the stage setup on the 50-yard
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ZZ-Top came out
dressed in hats and long leather jackets |
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Below are three little audio / video clips taken with the digital camera |
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This was taken from
our our original seating location, section 231 |
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We then moved to
section 138 when the masses started leaving, about 30 minutes into the
show. |
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And of COURSE, ZZ-Top
had special edition Guitars for the event - the Gibson Limited Edition
50th Anniversary Corvette Guitar! |
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The Gibson Custom
Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Corvette guitar is featured in
the window display, complementing the Chevrolet Corvette 50th Anniversary
edition convertible. The sleek guitar has an exclusive 50th Anniversary
badge, the same one that appears on the front fenders of the 50th
Anniversary Edition coupe and convertible models.
The carved, contoured
mahogany top features the air intake design ("scoop") synonymous with the
Corvette since its inception, uniquely incorporated as a
strings-through-body tailpiece. Other features include a one-piece
mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard with the official Corvette script in
mother of pearl, and nickel hardware.
It comes in 50th
Anniversary Red and will be produced by Gibson's Custom, Art & Historic
division in a limited run of 50 instruments. |
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This page was last modified on:
07/16/2003
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