Chrome, Smoke & BBQ is a box set by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 blues-rock

Blues-rock

Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a...

 band ZZ Top

ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based boogie rock, has come to incorporate elements of arena, southern, and boogie rock. The band, from Houston Texas, formed in 1969...

, released in 2003

2003 in music

-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

. This box set is notable for using the original mixes for all of the tracks from the band's first 5 albums for the first time on the CD format. This box set, and the companion release Rancho Texicano

Rancho Texicano

Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top is a best of album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 2004 . The title is a portmanteau of "texan" and "mexicano", meaning "Tex-mex Ranch". The compilation is essentially a pared-down version of the box set Chrome, Smoke & BBQ, released the...

, are the only two CD releases which feature original mixes from ZZ Top's First Album

ZZ Top's First Album

ZZ Top's First Album is the debut album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1971.In 1987, this album was remixed for CD release...

, Rio Grande Mud

Rio Grande Mud

Rio Grande Mud is the second album by American blues rock band ZZ Top and was released in 1972.The album title was inspired by the Rio Grande, the river that forms the border between Mexico and Texas and means "big river" in Spanish....

, and Tejas

Tejas (album)

Tejas is the fifth album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in late November 1976. The title is the modern Spanish word for Texas, the band's home state....

, aside from 1977's The Best of ZZ Top

The Best of ZZ Top

The Best of ZZ Top is a greatest hits album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1977.- Track listing :All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted.- Side A :...

which features two tracks from Rio Grande Mud and one track from First Album. Tres Hombres

Tres Hombres

Tres Hombres is the third album by American blues rock band ZZ Top and was released in 1973. The album marked the first of many times the band worked with engineer Terry Manning which proved a successful combination as the release was the band's first commercial breakthrough...

and Fandango!

Fandango!

Fandango! is the fourth album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1975. Half the cuts are selections from live shows, the other half are new songs from the studio...

were reissued in their original mixes in 2006.

Track listing

All songs by Billy Gibbons

Billy Gibbons

William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...

, Dusty Hill

Dusty Hill

Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bassist and vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top.-History:Hill was in Dallas, Texas and grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas...

 and Frank Beard

Frank Beard (musician)

Frank Lee Beard is the drummer in the rock band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with the bands The Cellar Dwellars, who originally were a three-piece band, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and American Blues before starting to play and record with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top.Beard was born in...

, except where noted.

Disc one

1. "You Make Me Shake" (Gibbons) – 3:02
   • performed by Moving Sidewalks
     Moving Sidewalks
     The Moving Sidewalks was a 1960s American psychedelic blues-rock band, most notable for giving future ZZ Top guitarist, Billy Gibbons, his start in the music business...
     
     
2. "Joe Blues" (Gibbons, Dan Mitchell, Tom Moore, Don Summers) – 7:36
   • performed by Moving Sidewalks
3. "Crimson Witch" (Gibbons) – 3:03
   • performed by Moving Sidewalks
4. "Miller's Farm" (Gibbons) – 2:36
5. "Salt Lick" (Gibbons) – 2:46
6. "Brown Sugar" (Gibbons) – 5:22
7. "Goin' Down to Mexico" (Gibbons, Hill, Bill Ham
   Bill Ham
   Bill Ham was the manager, producer, and image-maker of ZZ Top, from its inception in late 1969 until September 2006.-Career:...
   
   ) – 3:22
8. "Just Got Back from Baby's" (Gibbons, Ham) – 4:10
9. "Francine" (Gibbons, Kenny Cordray, Steve Perron) – 3:34
10. "Just Got Paid" (Gibbons, Ham) – 4:28
11. "Ko Ko Blue" – 4:32
12. "Chevrolet" (Gibbons) – 3:21
13. "Bar-B-Q" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:28
14. "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell" (Gibbons) – 7:20
15. "Whiskey 'n' Mama" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) – 3:22
16. "La Grange
    La Grange (song)
    "La Grange" is a song by the rock group ZZ Top from their album Tres Hombres, released in 1973. One of their most successful songs, 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 bordello on the outskirts of...
    
    " – 3:53
17. "Waitin' for the Bus" (Gibbons, Hill) – 2:53
18. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" – 3:30
19. "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
    Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
    "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" is a song by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, originally released on their 1973 album Tres Hombres.-History:ZZ Top first recorded their song in 1973, and was a minor radio hit, despite not being released as a single...
    
    " – 3:25
20. "Master of Sparks
    Master of sparks
    "Master of Sparks" is a song by ZZ Top from their album Tres Hombres. It tells the story of a bunch of hillbillies who weld together a steel cage, tie it to the back of their truck, and encourage the hapless narrator to take a ride inside it.-Personnel:*Billy Gibbons - guitar,...
    
    " (Gibbons) – 3:30

Disc two

1. "Precious and Grace" – 3:11
2. "Shiek" (Gibbons, Hill) – 4:06
3. "Thunderbird" [live] – 3:04
4. "Jailhouse Rock
   Jailhouse Rock (song)
   "Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song was released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture, Jailhouse Rock...
   
   " [live] (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 1:55
5. "Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings" – 2:45
6. "Heard It on the X" – 2:26
7. "Blue Jean Blues" – 4:45
8. "Mexican Blackbird" – 3:06
9. "Tush
   Tush (song)
   "Tush" was the only single from ZZ Top's fourth album Fandango!. It reached number 20 on the pop chart.The song is a twelve-bar blues in the key of G. The recording was produced by Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning...
   
   " – 2:18
10. "It's Only Love" – 4:23
11. "Arrested for Driving While Blind" – 3:06
12. "El Diablo" – 4:22
13. "Enjoy and Get It on" – 3:25
14. "She's a Heartbreaker" – 3:03
15. "Asleep in the Desert" (Gibbons) – 3:29
16. "I Thank You
    I Thank You (song)
    "I Thank You" is a song written by David Porter and Isaac Hayes originally recorded by Sam & Dave, released in early 1968. The single was Sam & Dave's final release on Stax Records, reaching #9 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and #4 on the R&B chart...
    
    " (Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
    
    , David Porter
    David Porter (musician)
    David Porter is an American soul musician. Porter is best known as the songwriting and production partner of Isaac Hayes at Stax Records during the 1960s...
    
    ) – 3:26
17. "Cheap Sunglasses
    Cheap Sunglasses
    "Cheap Sunglasses" is a 1980 single by ZZ Top from their 1979 album Degüello. It is one of their most famous songs and includes the use of some odd instruments. The song captures many of the sounds and beats that ZZ Top is famous for. It is also featured on the greatest hits collections ZZ Top's...
    
    " – 4:48
18. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" – 4:49
19. "A Fool for Your Stockings" – 4:15
20. Degüello Album Radio Spot
    Degüello
    Degüello is the sixth studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1979 . "Degüello" means "beheading" or, idiomatically, "no quarter" in Spanish and was the title of a Moorish-origin bugle call used by the Mexican Army forces at the Battle of the Alamo, Texas, in 1836.Degüello...
    
     – 1:02
21. "Manic Mechanic" – 2:38
22. "She Loves My Automobile" – 2:24
23. "Leila
    Leila (song)
    "Leila" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top, from their 1981 album El Loco.The song is a ballad with blues rock influences, a rarity in the ZZ Top's musical style.-Charts:-Personnel:*Billy Gibbons: Guitar, vocals*Dusty Hill: Bass, keyboards...
    
    " – 3:16
24. "Tube Snake Boogie
    Tube Snake Boogie
    "Tube Snake Boogie" is a song by the rock band ZZ Top from their 1981 album El Loco. It was released as a single that year and reached #4 on the Mainstream Rock charts....
    
    " – 3:02

Disc three

1. "I Wanna Drive You Home" – 4:48
2. "It's So Hard" – 5:11
3. "Pearl Necklace
   Pearl Necklace (song)
   "Pearl Necklace" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1981 album El Loco. The song went to #28 on the Mainstream Rock charts in 1981."Pearl Necklace" was produced by Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning.-Song information:...
   
   " – 4:06
4. "Heaven, Hell or Houston" – 2:33
5. "Gimme All Your Lovin'
   Gimme All Your Lovin'
   "Gimme All Your Lovin" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. The song was released as the album's first single in 1983 ....
   
   " – 4:00
6. "Got Me Under Pressure
   Got Me Under Pressure
   "Got Me Under Pressure" is song by ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning.-Album appearances:...
   
   " – 4:01
7. "TV Dinners" – 3:51
8. "Sharp Dressed Man
   Sharp Dressed Man
   "Sharp Dressed Man" is a song performed by ZZ Top from their album Eliminator released in 1983. The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning....
   
   " – 4:14
9. "Legs
   Legs (song)
   "Legs" is a song performed by the band ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. The song was released as a single in 1984 and reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States...
   
   " (Single version) – 3:36
10. "I Got the Six" – 2:53
11. "Dirty Dog" – 4:03
12. "If I Could Only Flag Her Down" – 3:42
13. "Sleeping Bag
    Sleeping Bag (song)
    "Sleeping Bag" is a song performed by the band ZZ Top from their 1985 album Afterburner. The song was released as a single in 1985 and became their most successful single, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, equaling the peak of their previous single "Legs." However, unlike...
    
    " – 4:04
14. "Stages
    Stages (song)
    "Stages" was the second single by the American rock band ZZ Top in 1985 from their album Afterburner. The song reached #1 on the Top Rock Tracks chart in early 1986 and #21 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Charts:-Personnel:...
    
    " – 3:34
15. "Woke Up with Wood" – 3:47
16. "Rough Boy
    Rough Boy
    "Rough Boy" was the third single by American rock band ZZ Top from their album Afterburner. The song reached #5 on the Mainstream Rock charts and #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as #23 in the UK Top 40. Unlike the other songs on the album, this song has a much slower tempo and is more...
    
    " – 4:52
17. "Can't Stop Rockin'" – 3:05
18. "Planet of Women" – 4:05
19. "Velcro Fly
    Velcro Fly
    "Velcro Fly" is the fifth single off ZZ Top's 1985 album Afterburner. The song peaked at #15 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, and #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986.A 12" version is featured on the box set Chrome, Smoke & BBQ....
    
    " – 3:31
20. "Delirious" – 3:40

Disc four

1. "Concrete and Steel" – 3:50
2. "Lovething" – 3:26
3. "Penthouse Eyes" – 3:50
4. "My Head's in Mississippi" – 4:20
5. "Give It Up" – 3:32
6. "Doubleback
   Doubleback
   "Doubleback" is a song by ZZ Top from their album Recycler, which was featured in the film Back to the Future Part III. The band had a cameo in the movie playing an "Old West" version of the song along with some local musicians. The regular version of the song plays over the credits."Doubleback"...
   
   " – 3:58
7. "2000 Blues" – 4:42
8. "Reverberation (Doubt)" (Roky Erickson
   Roky Erickson
   Roky Erickson is an American singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist from Texas. He was a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators and a pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre.-Biography:...
   
   , Tommy Hall
   Tommy Hall
   Tommy Hall is the name of:* Tommy Hall , British cyclist* Tommy Hall , British football player* Tommy Hall , Australian musician...
   
   , Stacy Sutherland) – 3:03
9. "Viva Las Vegas
   Viva Las Vegas (song)
   "Viva Las Vegas" is a 1964 song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and recorded by Elvis Presley for his Viva Las Vegas film vehicle of that year...
   
   " (Doc Pomus
   Doc Pomus
   Jerome Solon Felder, better known as Doc Pomus , was a twentieth-century American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the category of non-performer in 1992. He was also inducted into...
   
   , Mort Shuman
   Mort Shuman
   Mort Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas"...
   
   ) – 4:46
10. "Gun Love" – 3:42
11. "Francine" [Spanish] (Gibbons, Cordray, Perron) – 2:56
12. "Cheap Sunglasses
    Cheap Sunglasses
    "Cheap Sunglasses" is a 1980 single by ZZ Top from their 1979 album Degüello. It is one of their most famous songs and includes the use of some odd instruments. The song captures many of the sounds and beats that ZZ Top is famous for. It is also featured on the greatest hits collections ZZ Top's...
    
    " [live] – 5:14
13. "Legs
    Legs (song)
    "Legs" is a song performed by the band ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. The song was released as a single in 1984 and reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States...
    
    " [Dance Mix] – 7:57
14. "Viva Las Vegas
    Viva Las Vegas
    Viva Las Vegas is a 1964 American romantic musical movie starring music icon Elvis Presley and actress/dancer Ann-Margret. This movie is regarded by many fans of these actors and by film critics as one of Presley's best movies, and it is noted for the apparent on-screen chemistry between Presley...
    
    " [12" Remix] (Pomus, Shuman) – 8:39
15. "Give It Up" [2,800 Mile Remix] – 6:25
16. "Velcro Fly
    Velcro Fly
    "Velcro Fly" is the fifth single off ZZ Top's 1985 album Afterburner. The song peaked at #15 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, and #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986.A 12" version is featured on the box set Chrome, Smoke & BBQ....
    
    " [12" Remix] – 6:38

ZZ Top

• Billy Gibbons
  Billy Gibbons
  William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Dusty Hill
  Dusty Hill
  Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bassist and vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top.-History:Hill was in Dallas, Texas and grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Frank Beard
  Frank Beard (musician)
  Frank Lee Beard is the drummer in the rock band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with the bands The Cellar Dwellars, who originally were a three-piece band, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and American Blues before starting to play and record with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top.Beard was born in...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , percussion

Production & Engineering

• Steve Ames – Producer
• James Austin – Liner Notes, Compilation Producer
• Robin Brian – Engineer
• Neal Ceppos – Mixing
• Bert Frilot – Engineer
• Bill Ham – Producer, Executive Producer
• Joe Hardy – Engineer
• Doyle E. Jones – Engineer
• Terry Kane – Engineer
• Bob Ludwig – Engineer
• Terry Manning – Engineer
• Larry Nix – Engineer
• Jim Reeves – Engineer

Photography

• Bob Alford – Photography
• Hugh Brown – Photography
• George Craig – Photography
• George DuBose – Photography
• Ross Halfin – Photography
• Mika Hashimoto – Photography
• Lee – Photography
• Dee Lippingwell – Photography
• Tony Mottram – Photography
• Bill Reitzel – Photography
• Bill Straus – Photography
• Jodi Summers – Photography
• Charlyn Zlotnik – Photography

Other

• Farah Fawcett – Quotes Researched & Compiled
• David Lynch – Quotes Researched & Compiled
• Bob Merlis – Interviewer
• Ann Richards – Quotes Researched & Compiled
• Kid Rock – Quotes Researched & Compiled
• Billy Bob Thornton – Quotes Researched & Compiled
• Tom Vickers – Liner Notes
• Dwight Yoakam – Quotes Researched & Compiled