Live from Texas

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Live from Texas
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Video by
ReleasedJune 24, 2008
RecordedNovember 1, 2007
Venue Nokia Theatre (Grand Prairie, Texas)
Genre Rock
Length154 minutes
Label Eagle Vision
Director Milton Lage
Producer Barry Ehrmann
ZZ Top chronology
Greatest Hits
(1992)
Live from Texas
(2008)
Double Down Live: 1980 & 2008
(2009)
Live from Texas
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Live album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 2008
RecordedNovember 1, 2007
Venue Nokia Theatre (Grand Prairie, Texas)
Genre Rock
Length75:52
Label Eagle Rock
ZZ Top chronology
Rancho Texicano
(2004)
Live from Texas
(2008)
Double Down Live: 1980 & 2008
(2009)

Live from Texas is a live DVD/Blu-ray by ZZ Top. It was recorded on November 1, 2007, at the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas, and released on June 24, 2008, by Eagle Rock Records. It was also released on audio CD in Europe on October 28, 2008, and in the US on November 4, 2008. A vinyl version is also available in Europe.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard except where noted.

DVD

  1. "Got Me Under Pressure" – 4:24
  2. "Waitin' for the Bus" (Gibbons, Hill) – 2:54
  3. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" – 4:58
  4. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" – 4:40
  5. "Pincushion" – 5:06
  6. "Cheap Sunglasses" – 4:50
  7. "Pearl Necklace" – 3:49
  8. "Heard It on the X" – 3:51
  9. "Just Got Paid" (Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 7:35
  10. "Rough Boy" – 6:29
  11. "Blue Jean Blues" – 4:57
  12. "Gimme All Your Lovin'" – 4:35
  13. "Sharp Dressed Man" – 4:55
  14. "Legs" – 5:19
  15. "Tube Snake Boogie" – 3:03
  16. "La Grange" – 7:41
  17. "Tush" – 6:14

Foxy Lady was also played, but was included as bonus track on the DVD [1] .

CD

Due to the CD having a shorter run time than the DVD, "Heard It on the X" and "Pincushion" are omitted from the CD. Foxy Lady was also played, but was not included on the CD.

  1. "Got Me Under Pressure"
  2. "Waitin' for the Bus" (Gibbons, Hill)
  3. "Jesus Just Left Chicago"
  4. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
  5. "Cheap Sunglasses"
  6. "Pearl Necklace"
  7. "Just Got Paid" (Gibbons, Ham)
  8. "Rough Boy"
  9. "Blues Intro"
  10. "Blue Jean Blues"
  11. "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
  12. "Sharp Dressed Man"
  13. "Legs"
  14. "Tube Snake Boogie"
  15. "La Grange"
  16. "Tush"

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Australian Music DVDs Chart [2] 3
Austrian Music DVDs Chart [3] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart [4] 4
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart [5] 3
Danish Music DVDs Chart [6] 6
Dutch Music DVDs Chart [7] 4
Finnish Music DVDs Chart [8] 1
German Albums Chart [9] 21
Italian Music DVDs Chart [10] 10
Norwegian Music DVDs Chart [11] 2
Swedish Music DVDs Chart [12] 1
Swiss Music DVDs Chart [13] 2
US Music Videos Chart [14] 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15] Gold7,500^
Canada (Music Canada) [16] 5× Platinum50,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [17] Gold6,030 [17]
Germany (BVMI) [18] Platinum50,000^
United States (RIAA) [19] 2× Platinum200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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