Watch ZZ Top jam with a 19th-century fiddle band in 'Back to the Future III'
earlier this week. The film — which traces their 50-year saga from their earliest days gigging around Houston through their period as MTV-era superstars and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees — premieres August 13th at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood and will play all over the country in the fall.Back to the FutureIt comes about halfway through the movie when Marty and Doc, trapped in 1885, attend a festival in the center of Hill Valley celebrating the dedication of the town’s new clock tower.
When the band first showed up on set, some members of the crew saw their beards and thought they were merely extras dressed up for the time period. But once they started jamming with the fiddle band, they had a lot of fun. “We didn’t just want a classic fiddle band,”director Robert Zemeckis said. “We wanted to put a little spin on it, so we were able to convince ZZ Top to come down and put some period clothes on and come and play with the band.
Michael J. Fox loved having them around. “They are great guys,” he said. “They have the beards and everything, as advertised. They showed up and did their stuff. In between takes, they’d sit and play blues on the acoustic guitars and have mini jam sessions. It was a lot of fun.”Back to the Future Part IIIsoundtrack. ZZ Top are touring with Cheap Trick this summer, but don’t expect to hear “Doubleback.” They haven’t touched it in concert since 1991.
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