One Foot in the Blues

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One Foot in the Blues
Compilation album by ZZ Top
Released	November 22, 1994
Genre	Blues-rock, hard rock
Length	65:55
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Bill Ham
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
ZZ Top chronology
Antenna (1994) One Foot in the Blues (1994) Rhythmeen (1996)

One Foot in the Blues is a compilation album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). The album contains a selection of the band's songs which fall into the blues genre.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 ZZ Top 2.2 Production 3 Charts

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard except where noted.

1. "Brown Sugar" (Gibbons) – 5:20
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
2. "Just Got Back from Baby's" (Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 4:09
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
3. "A Fool for Your Stockings" – 4:16
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
4. "I Need You Tonight" – 6:15
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
5. "She Loves My Automobile" – 2:23
   • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
6. "Hi Fi Mama" – 2:24
   • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
7. "Hot, Blue and Righteous" (Gibbons) – 3:17
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
8. "My Head's in Mississippi" – 4:20
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
9. "Lowdown in the Street" – 2:49
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
10. "If I Could Only Flag Her Down" – 3:39
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
11. "Apologies to Pearly" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) – 2:44
    • Instrumental
12. "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell" (Gibbons) – 6:47
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
13. "Bar-B-Q" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:21
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
14. "Old Man" – 3:32
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
15. "Certified Blues" (Gibbons, Beard, Ham) – 3:25
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
16. "2000 Blues" – 4:42
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
17. "Heaven, Hell or Houston" – 2:32
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons

[edit] Personnel

[edit] ZZ Top

• Frank Beard – percussion, snare drums, drums
• Billy Gibbons – guitar, harmonica, lead vocals, slide guitar
• Dusty Hill – bass, vocals

[edit] Production

• Producer – Bill Ham
• Engineers – Robin Brian, Joe Hardy, Terry Manning
• Mastering – Bob Ludwig
• Design – Jeri Heiden
• Liner notes – Bill Bentley, Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill

[edit] Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1995	Top Blues Albums	10

v • d • e ZZ Top Billy Gibbons • Dusty Hill • Frank Beard 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 • The ZZ Top Six Pack •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 • Bang Bang • She's Just Killing Me • What's up with That • Rhythmeen • Fearless Boogie • 36-22-36 Related articles Bill Ham • Moving Sidewalks • American Blues