It’s no secret ZZ2 has steadily kept a fondness for desert experiences, by working cactus, coyotes, and a few hot chili peppers into our sound - and it always just feels right."
While seated in that crazy cage, you’re treated to a pyrotechnical display caused by the friction of the steel ball hitting rocks on the desert floor. "Our song 'Master of Sparks' chronicles a wild ride in a spherical cage that was welded together to be dragged across the desert behind a pickup. Is there one particular desert story you could share? And, of course, there’s that caught-red-handed cover shot you guys did for El Loco. You’ve written about your own special relationship with the desert over the course of your long musical life in songs like “Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell” and “Asleep in the Desert”. "We’re looking forward to keeping company with Merle Haggard, as well as our good friends George Thorogood, Eric Burdon, and the Ben Miller Band, who have been out on our own tour dates quite a few times. Who else are you excited to see on the bill this year? There would be scant little without that, so our motto has long been, 'You can’t lose with the blues.'” Country music has as much rock in it these days as rock has country and, of course, at the root of it all is the blues.
As I’m sure you’re aware, country and blues were the forebears of rock ’n’ roll, so this is, perhaps, some musical naval gazing - in essence, it goes back to a primary source. "Stagecoach is nominally a 'country music' festival, however, it’s much more than that now. Why do you think Stagecoach remains an important festival? Here, ZZ’s head hombre tells us why Stagecoach remains a vibrant festival, what the best car to drive around town is, and tallies his favorite Palm Springs area haunts. ZZ Top guitarist and vocalist Billy F Gibbons (pictured below) may be the Lone Star State-proud leader of one of the most famous and most successful little ol’ rock bands from Texas, but he’s also planted some deep, deep roots in Palm Springs - and he loves coming back to the area every chance he gets.
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