"Master of Sparks" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top from their 1973 album Tres Hombres.
The song tells the true story[1] of Billy Gibbons and his friend R.K. Bullock who with a workman, welded together a steel ball cage with a seat and seatbelt fitted inside.
They placed the cage into the bed of a truck and at night, after reaching a speed of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h), on Highway 6 near Houston,[citation needed] rolled the cage out the back with the hapless narrator and friend taking a ride inside.
The cage generated a tail of sparks on the road but in its crushed condition stopped rolling.
Both occupants survived relatively unscathed and were awarded the title "Master of Sparks" by the cheering crowd.