Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top (Drum Cover)

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“Waitin' for the Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago" are two songs by American rock band ZZ Top from their 1973 album Tres Hombres. The two songs open the album, segued into each other, and for years radio stations played the two tracks together. "Waitin' for the Bus" was written solely by Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill, while "Jesus Just Left Chicago" was also co-written by drummer Frank Beard.

Also alluded to as "Jesus Done Left Chicago", in an interview with Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited, lead guitarist Billy Gibbons explained: "The two songs "Waitin' For The Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago" were written separately during sessions that were not too far apart. We were in the process of compiling the tracks for the album Tres Hombres, and that segue was a fortunate miscalculation by the engineer. He had been attempting to splice out some blank tape, and the result is that the two come off as a single work. It just seemed to work." The Deep South is noted for its Christian roots, and in spite of the hostile reception rock 'n' roll received from the Bible Belt when it first reared its head, many contemporary musicians began their musical careers in or around the church. The most famous white rock 'n' roller from the Deep South to combine the two was of course Elvis Presley, who recorded the odd religious song. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" has a spiritual dimension, and is written in the style of Black Christian music, adhering to a strict blues format.

According to Billy Gibbons, he got the idea for this song when he was a teenager. He was talking on the phone to a friend who was known as "R&B Jr" who had lots of strange sayings in his lexicon. One day Billy was talking to him on the phone when he blurted out "Jesus Just Left Chicago!". Gibbons also explained: "We took what could have been an easy 12-bar blues and made it more interesting by adding those odd extra measures. It's the same chords as 'La Grange' with the Robert Johnson lick, but weirder." Being next to "La Grange" and "Tush", and right before "Waitin' for the Bus", "Jesus Just Left Chicago" is the band's third most played concert song.


Studio A Basic Equipment:
Gretsch - 8x12, 9x13, 14X14, 16x16, 14x20
Noble & Cooley SS - 5x14
Paiste - 14" 505 Medium Bottom/ 2000 SE Regular Bottom HH, 20" Giant Beat Multi, 22" 2002 Ride, 18" 2002 Crash, 18" 2002 China
Logic Pro X
Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2
Seventh Circle Audio Mic Pres (2- J-99, 1 N72, 1 A-12)

OH - SM 81 pr into J-99s
Snare - SM 57 into N-72
Kick - Beta 52 into A-12
Tom 1 - e604 into Presonus
Tom 2 - e604 into Presonus
F Tom - e604 into Presonus


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