As it turns out there's quite a back story between ZZ Top and Beck...they are long friends, i.e., back to ZZ's beginning, and Beck had a surprising role in fashioning ZZ's sound (guitar choice, amps...). The story is here, http://missoulian.com/entertainment/music/zz-top-s-long-journey-to-beck/article_61bb88b6-1f1c-11e4-97c5-001a4bcf887a.html] .
Also during this week, I passed on seeing Nickelback, the afterparty with Gibbons (I wasn't invited anyway :rolleyes: ), and Trombone Shorty's show at which some expected Beck to drop in after his own concert. Good first week of August for a town with a population smaller than what many football stadiums will hold.
Most don't know that Missoula, Montana is the burgeoning surf capital of the Rocky Mountain West (http://www.kpax.com/news/surfing-the-newest-water-wave-in-missoula/ , http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/recreation/surfing-brennan-s-wave-not-as-easy-as-it-appears/article_f60c1094-0d5b-11e4-bf36-0019bb2963f4.html :D ). Now the big little town is shootin' for music capital. ;)
Three Hall of Fame acts in one week...I'm stoked.
"It takes a lot of devotion and work, or maybe I should say play, because if you love it, that's what it amounts to. I haven't found any shortcuts, and I've been looking for a long time."
-- Chet Atkins
-- Chet Atkins