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ALBUM OF THE DAY:
Rio Grande Mud is the second studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top. It was released in 1972 by London label. The album title was inspired by the Rio Grande, the river that forms the border between Mexico and Texas.
Released
April 4, 1972
Recorded
September 1971–January 1972 at Robin Hood Studios, Tyler, Texas.
ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons said of the album:
It was the first record that brought us into step with the writing experience. We started documenting events as they happened to us on the road; all of these elements went into the songwriting notebook. As we went along, we were keeping track of skeleton ideas as they popped up. The craft was certainly developing.
In 1987, the album was remixed for CD release. On January 11, 2011, Rhino released a remastered version from the original 1972 mix on vinyl only. This album was put up for download on Amazon's MP3 store and iTunes as a digital download in 2012, and features the original mixes of the tracks that are on Chrome, Smoke & BBQ, and the 1987 remixes of the tracks that are not from that box set. The original mix of the album was released on CD in June 2013 as part of the box set The Complete Studio Albums (1970-1990).
Personnel
ZZ Top
Billy Gibbons – guitar, harmonica, vocals
Dusty Hill – bass guitar, keyboards, co-lead vocals on "Francine" and "Chevrolet"
Frank Beard – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
Pete Tickle - acoustic guitar on "Mushmouth Shoutin'"
Production
Bill Ham – production
Robin Brian – engineering
