Master of Sparks
| "Master of Sparks" | ||||
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| Song by ZZ Top from the album Tres Hombres | ||||
| Released | July 26, 1973 | |||
| Recorded |
Brian Studios & Ardent Studios Memphis, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, boogie rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 3:33 | |||
| Label | London Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Billy Gibbons | |||
| Producer(s) | Bill Ham | |||
| Tres Hombres track listing | ||||
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"Master of Sparks" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top from their 1973 album Tres Hombres.
The song tells the apparently true story (according to an interview in Sounds magazine, in June 1976, with guitarist Billy Gibbons) of several "rednecks" who weld together a spherical steel cage (inside of which is a VW-Bug seat fitted with a seatbelt), place the cage into the bed of their truck and at night, after reaching a speed of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h), on Highway 6 in Houston (also known as Jack Rabbit Road), propel the cage from the back with the hapless narrator taking a ride inside. If he lives, the passenger is granted the title "Master of Sparks". Gibbons holds that title.[1][2]
Personnel
References
- ↑ Michael Hann (8 November 2012). "Old music: ZZ Top – Master of Sparks". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ↑ Dansby, Andrew (31 July 2013). "40 years after its release, the allure of 'Tres Hombres' lives on". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
External links
- Interview containing the story of "Master of Sparks" at the Wayback Machine (archived September 10, 2010)
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