Master of Sparks

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“Master of Sparks”
Song by ZZ Top
Album	Tres Hombres
Released	June 26, 1973
Recorded	Brian Studios Ardent Studios Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Rock
Length	3:33
Label	London Records
Writer	Billy Gibbons
Producer	Bill Ham
Tres Hombres track listing
"Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" (3) “Master of Sparks” (4) "Hot, Blue, and Righteous" (5)

"Master of Sparks" is a song by ZZ Top from their album Tres Hombres. It tells the (apparently true, according to an interview in Sound magazine c.1976 with guitarist Billy Gibbons) story of a bunch of hillbillies who weld together a steel cage, tie it to the back of their truck, and encourage the hapless narrator to take a ride inside it.

[edit] External links

• Interview containing the story of "Master of Sparks"

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