ZZ Top Doing Tennessee Ernie Ford’s Sixteen Tons

When we saw this on YouTube our immediate thought was “what?!” But we gotta say it is awesome.  The  video above features ZZ Top in their official live rendition of Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1955 hit "Sixteen Tons," which also features Jeff Beck. This song is also included in their latest album release, Live! Greatest Hits from Around the World. . The performance was recorded at a June 2015 concert at the SSE Arena in London.

Interestingly enough according to ABC radio,

The official video pays homage to a hoax clip that debuted online in 2012 that purported to show ZZ Top and Beck performing "Sixteen Tons" live, but in actuality featured 2009 footage of the famed rockers playing a different song that was synched to a version of "Sixteen Tons" recorded by unidentified musicians. The doctored video actually inspired ZZ Top and Beck to work up a cover of the tune that they played together numerous times during their joint tour dates in 2014 and 2015.