So much of the immediate praise surrounding the Rolling Stones’ hodge-podge Tattoo You album was colored by the era. Same with “Hang Fire.” The band
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By early 1972, ZZ Top had already become a great live band. With their second album, Rio Grande Mud, they began to learn how to

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