Once you reach the top, there’s two routes open from the craggy pinnacle of success: down or out.

It was some three years ago that Z.Z. Top—that li'l ol' blues-boogie trio from down Texas way—scaled the very peak of the rock heap, in their inimitable Texan style. After mounting one of the largest, most profitable and bizarre tours ever, they pulled off the perfect encore—disappearing from sight.