From Billy Gibbons' website:
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The question: did the live appearances propel the sale of ZZ Top’s First Album or was it the other way around? In some markets, the record arrived way before they did. Int he summer of ‘70 the record got in the hands of one of their great friends and mentor, Walter Baldwin. Originally from Houston, he had migrated to Memphis.
They were recording the First Album when Walter rang Billy up, playing Peter Green’s original Fleetwood Mac over the phone. It was so totally right that they raced into the studio holding on to that bit of inspiration. That marked the major shift that solidified ZZ Top’s personal preference: Bluesrock in the abstract.
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