ZZ Top debut album, the band released "Rio Grande Mud" (1972), which failed commercially and the promotional tour consisted of mostly empty auditoriums. ZZ Top released "Tres Hombres" in 1973. The album's sound was the result of the propulsive support provided by Hill and Beard, and Gibbons' "growling" guitar tone. Dan Erlewine wrote that the album "brought ZZ Top their first Top Ten record, making them stars in the process". The album included the boogie-driven "La Grange" (written about the Chicken Ranch, a notorious brothel in La Grange, Texas, that also inspired the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"). On the
Sticky Fingers (tribute band) Rolling Stone: The Strange Life of a Tribute Band.” It observes the world of tribute bands Sticky Fingers and the Blushing Brides while they repeated the path of The Rolling Stones 2005-2006 tour, playing at different places. Steven Kurutz defines Sticky Fingers as a tribute band because these musicians not only strives to sound but also look like The Rolling Stones. As Kurutz says, such tribute bands "dedicate themselves to one particular group and try to emulate them". In January, 2013 the Sticky Fingers were invited as guest judges on WCBS-FM's ""Jukebox Jury: Should There Be A Rock & Roll