Lockdown Licks no.142. ‘TV Dinners’ by ZZ Top signature/intro licks and chords played slightly slower than original to help beginners. Played in ‘drop D’ tuning on a Gibson Junior through a NUX M8 amp on ‘Metal’ setting. Original played by Billy Gibbons. Features altered tuning, finger slide and pinched harmonic notes.
“TV Dinners” is a song performed by American band ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. The song is a beat-driven tune with humourous lyrics about pre-packaged, oven-ready meals, yuck! Promoted for radio play in the US, and released commercially as a single in the UK, it reached number 38 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart.