Art & Inspiration I Spent the Night with Billy Gibbons.....and have photos to share.........

..........oh yeah, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard were there too!

and Larry




The Fillmore is a very small venue for a concert. It's located on Woodward in Downtown Detroit near the new Tiger Stadium in the heart of the revitalized area. They were originally scheduled to play at a huge venue in the suburbs with Areosmith but that concert was cancelled after Steve Tyler got hurt. ZZ Top didn't want to disappoint their fans here in Detroit so they annouced their concert at his small venue just 8 days before the date.

The main floor of the Fillmore, near the stage, is like a dance floor, all hardwood flooring, then there's a step up, some standing room and some tall tables and chairs, then another riser with more standing room and tables and chairs. The place is set up like a bar really. The coolest venue for a concert I've ever attended.

We had a table with seats till after the warmup band then headed to the main floor to get up close and personal with my boys from Texas. Boy o boy do I LOVE these guys.

















During one song they had all these car club plaques appearing on the large screen behind them

 

I like this one cuz he's grinning




















After the concert we headed back stage and I got my photo taken with the boys.


After the kick *** concert we headed over to Slo's BBQ for a late nite dinner......this photo is for Megan


I took quite a few more photos then I posted. They can all be found here.
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/MotorCityHotRodder/2009 Events/ZZ Top Concert/

It was a GREAT night with a GREAT car pal. I just can't get enough of that little band from Texas....those boys know how to ROCK the house. Thanks for an AWESOME night guys!

 

dem boyz has grown up

 

Very good pics for indoors. I never can get them to come out very well.

 

Ohh yah Looks like some good times ..... got to love a night of fuzzy guitars and BBQ...

 

I tried a ton of different settings on my camera just to expertiment. The lights from the stage thru off some of my cameras exposure I think.

 

Lucky you they Rock the house....you never get tired of their music. She wore a pearl necklace.

 

these were the days when they jammed

 

Billy is cool people. I always roll with some ZZ Top in the roadster.
That's me on the right if you were confused who's who.

 

Billy is a great guy and the stories he can tell..............He had AverageJoe from here put some lines on a axe for him..then we hung out on the bus,Denise you caught the best tour they have done in a couple of years

 

Denise may I quote from Rev. Billy "she's just killing me!!" great pics!! they were at the House of blues in Chicago last Friday night and I could'nt make it I bet it was a great show!! thanks!! Here's some of mine from a few years ago!

 

Great !!

I seen them the 1st time in 75 during the Tre's Hombre's tour

My favorite song they have is ..well, I suppose I best not say

 

Denise,

You rock! LOVE the new avatar!

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Glad you had a big time !! And wow that barbecue looks mighty tasty ,If you know what I mean !! >>>>.

 

Great pics from sniffer's row! I'm suprised they had their fancy stage setup for such a small venue. That's the neat thing about the smaller shows though- there's not a bad seat in the house.
On a musical side note, I got to see the Rumblejetts again at the KC Speedway Goodguys show today.

 

Man, am I jealous!! ZZ Top is my favorite. ANd Biily G. Is one of the best guitarists of all time. Hell, when Jimi Hendrix likes ya, you know you're good.
BTW...dig the new avatar pic. Kinda artsy in a TRJ kinda way.

 

It's funny you should mention this as I came so close to wearing my pearl necklace to the concert

 

I did a photo shoot with Mike Hamilton AKA Buick59 while at B'ville for Speed Week and this shot is one of my favorites that he took. He ROCKS!

 

thats toooooooooooo easy

 

Was 53Burb there? I hear he can get you backstage!!!! HAHAHA!!!

 

Looks like a great time and a very cool venue, but the BBQ......... thats a surprise See ya, Gary

 

Of course he was....he's the one that got me introduced to the two bearded dudes that I posed with.....that's Billy and Dusty, right?? 53Burb said it was.

 

Cool................ I spent the night with Billy and the boys at Deuce Day......... at the Petersen back in '07........

 

DAMN I need a beard. Cool pictures Denise.

 

Cool pics and this is a kick aZZ cd from years ago.

 

La Grange >>>>.

 

You ever drive through La Grange? Like going back in time...

I am proud to say that ZZ Top is one more example of how long Texas has been doing Cool.

 

HOLY **** look at that line up-Micheal Anthony,Rev Billy,Jimmy Vaughn and Jeff Beck, who was on drums???....talk about a hotrod band

 

Security! Security!!!

 

WOW!!! That's definitely a night to remember!!!

Max