The release of the RAW album will be supported by ZZ TopвЂ™s forthcoming RAW WHISKY TOUR.

It will be available on 180-gram vinyl, CD and through digital platforms, and will be released вЂњIn righteous memory of Dusty Hill.вЂќ G-Mane Moon RAW was mixed by Ryan Hewitt. Billy F Gibbons served as producer, with engineering by Jake Mann and G.L. The RAW tracks, including this new version of вЂњTube Snake BoogieвЂќ were recorded over the course of one day with an eye to keeping the whole process as simple and straightforward as possible, a nod to the bandвЂ™s early days. We knew right then it was a very special circumstance, all of us in the same place at the same time and what a time it most certainly was!вЂќ Just us and the music, no audience of thousands, no concession stands, no parking lot social hour, no phalanx of tour busses.

The new albumвЂ™s liner notes by Gibbons and Beard note of the RAW sessions, вЂњ.it was, in a very real way, a return to our roots. He noted, вЂњIt really revolves around FrankвЂ™s opening which is kind of surf-meets-jungle.вЂќ For his part, Beard credits his drum intro as having been inspired by Sandy NelsonвЂ™s classic percussion-driven instrumental вЂњTeen Beat.вЂќ While вЂњTube Snake Boogie,вЂќ written by Gibbons, Hill and Beard, has been one of ZZ TopвЂ™s signature songs for more than four decades, others have attempted to cover it, most notably Serbian rock band Cactus Jack, as well as Canadian blues artist Bill Durst. The late Dusty Hill had characterized it as the ultimate вЂњparty songвЂќ while Billy Gibbons credits drummer Frank Beard for getting it up and running.

Upon its release as a single, вЂњTube Snake BoogieвЂќ entered the Top 5 of BillboardвЂ™s Mainstream Rock Chart and became a mainstay of the format. вЂњTube Snake BoogieвЂќ debuted in 1981 as part of ZZ TopвЂ™s El Loco album and is one of their most enduring in-concert favorites, typically provoking frenzied audience participation.

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