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I remember Billy called me up and said

ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas

"Oh, I've just been watchingthe Phil Donahue Show and they had a guy therewho didn't want...

ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas • 2019

I remember Billy called me up and said: "Oh, I've just been watching
the Phil Donahue Show and they had a guy there
who didn't want to reveal who he was, so, they had him blacked out
and you could only see his shadow and they had his voice all changed
and you got to see this show 'cause his voice sounds awesome."
[chuckles] So, I called up Phil Donahue's office
and said: "What did you use to distort that voice?" And the guy said:
"Well, I don't want to reveal it." So, I finally begged, begged, begged
and he told me what it was

Full Transcript

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I remember Billy called me up and said:

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"Oh, I've just been watching the Phil Donahue Show

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and they had a guy there who didn't want to reveal who he was,

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so, they had him blacked out and you could only see his shadow

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and they had his voice all changed and you got to see this show

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'cause his voice sounds awesome." [chuckles]

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So, I called up Phil Donahue's office and said:

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"What did you use to distort that voice?"

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And the guy said: "Well, I don't want to reveal it."

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So, I finally begged, begged, begged and he told me what it was.

Duration

31 seconds

Views

20

Timestamp in Movie

01:07:01

Uploaded

Jun 10, 2025

Genres

documentary, biography, music

Production

N/A

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Movie Summary

The story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on the planet.