Rock n’ Roll icons ZZ Top returned to Huntington Thursday for a tour date rescheduled from Oct. 14.
According to Ultimate Classic Rock’s website, the show was rescheduled after bassist Dusty Hill fell on the band’s tour bus and injured his hip in August.
The band took the stage with its 1983 hit “Got Me Under Pressure.”
Thomas Cottrell, retired math teacher from Ohio, donning a long gray beard and jeweled cowboy hat, came prepared for the noise at his first ZZ Top concert.
“It’ll be a brand new experience,” Cottrell said. ”I’ve heard they’re very loud, so I’ve got cotton for my ears.”
Bill Lowe, of Charleston, said he had a special date set up with his young daughter, Katherine, for his fourth ZZ Top show.
“ZZ Top was the very first concert I saw,” Lowe said. “It was 1981 or ’82. I saw them in Charleston. 38 Special opened up for them.”
It wasn’t the first show for Kat, though.
“She’s been to Taylor Swift,” Lowe said. “This will be her first rock concert. I’m trying to break her in.”
The show was full of classic hits from “Legs” to “Cheap Sunglasses.”
Guitarist Billy Gibbons said he enjoys the tri-state crowd.
“We’ve been coming around here with you all for four decades and having a damn good time,” Gibbons said. “Same three guys.”
The band left the stage and returned for a two-song encore of “La Grange” and “Tush.”
The trio was sent off with cheers and applause from the Big Sandy Superstore Arena audience.
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