ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud

ZZ Top - Rio Grande MudRIO GRANDE MUD is the second album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1972. By this release, ZZ Top was honing the tough blues rock hybrid that would make it a certified U. S. arena headliner by the mid seventies. While the album didn't spawn the big radio hits of it's later releases, RIO GRANDE MUD was another incredibly consistent and inspired ZZ Top classic.

It heralds the start of an exciting new project for Rowntree

brittle reel-to-reels on which they were originally laid down

The album features 5 previously unreleased studio tracks recorded during the bands sessions for last years Another Summer of Love plus 5 live songs recorded in London during their California Fantasy tour

Daniel Romano's Outfit deliver a wandering spell of melodic backbone

The band's debut album

He released his first two albums on the prestigious Concord label and has been working with Fat Beats to create interesting

The inspiration was simple: "To play some in your face rock n' roll and most of all

Jeremy Holmes holds everything together on bass with drumming split between Gary Craig and Jay Bellerose (both drummers play together on 'Six Skeletons')

with only 500 copies available

who were fans of tropical sounds

elevating beyond adversity while remaining true to self

The album's title is a reference to Kryptonite