La Grange (song)
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| "La Grange" | ||
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| Single by ZZ Top | ||
| from the album Tres Hombres | ||
| Released | 1973 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | Brian Studios Ardent Studios Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Genre | Blues-rock | |
| Length | 3:51 | |
| Label | London Records | |
| Writer(s) | Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard |
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| Producer(s) | Bill Ham | |
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| ZZ Top singles chronology | ||
| Waitin' for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago (1973) |
La Grange (1973) |
Tush (1975) |
"La Grange" is a song by the rock group ZZ Top from their album Tres Hombres, released in 1973. A one-chord blues, it is one of their most successful songs, appearing on their third studio album, Tres Hombres. 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 of La 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 starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds.
The initial groove of the song is based on the song "Shake Your Hips" by Slim Harpo, later covered by the Rolling Stones. The chords were also based on "Boogie Chillen" by John Lee Hooker and also has elements of other Hooker songs. This song itself was subsequently covered by Crazy Backwards Alphabet on their lone album.
In March 2005, Q magazine placed "La Grange" at number 92 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.[citation needed]
[edit] Appearances
The song was featured as the title track in the pinball machine "The Getaway", and has been used in movies like Shanghai Noon and Striptease. It also appears in Armageddon, the documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, and a modified version of the song appears in the 2004 remake of Walking Tall.
| ZZ Top |
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| Billy Gibbons • Dusty Hill • Frank Beard
Discography
Albums: ZZ Top's First Album • Rio Grande Mud • Tres Hombres • Fandango! • Tejas • Degüello • El Loco • Eliminator • Afterburner • Recycler • Antenna • Rhythmeen • XXX • Mescalero Compilations: The Best of ZZ Top • ZZ Top's Greatest Hits • One Foot in the Blues • Chrome, Smoke & BBQ • Rancho Texicano Singles: Salt Lick • (Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree • Francine • Waitin' For the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago • La Grange • Tush • It's Only Love • Arrested For Driving While Blind • Cheap Sunglasses • I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide • I Thank You • Leila • Pearl Necklace • Tube Snake Boogie • Gimme All Your Lovin' • Got Me Under Pressure • Sharp Dressed Man • TV Dinners • Legs • Can't Stop Rockin' • Sleeping Bag • Stages • Delirious • Rough Boy • Velcro Fly • Woke up With Wood • Concrete and Steel • Doubleback • Give it Up • My Head's in Mississippi • Decision or Collision • Viva Las Vegas • Breakaway • Fuzzbox Voodoo • Girl in a T-Shirt • Pincushion • Tush • Bang Bang • She's Just Killing Me • What's Up with That • Rhythmeen • Fearless Boogie • 36-22-36 Related articles
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