ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons will release his new solo album in September - check out his cover of Muddy Waters’ Rollin’ And Tumblin’.
ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons has announced that he’ll release a new solo album later this year.
The collection of original tracks and classic covers is titled The Big Bad Blues and it’ll arrive on September 21 via Snakefarm Records.
And to mark the announcement, Gibbons has shared a lyric video for the lead single – a cover of Muddy Waters’ Rollin’ And Tumblin’ which can be watched below.
The follow-up to 2015’s Perfectamundo was co-produced by Gibbons and Joe Hardy and recorded at Houston’s Foam Box Recordings.
Gibbons says: “We successfully made our way through those uncharted waters with the Cubano flavour of Perfectamundo and completed the journey.
“The
shift back to the blues is a natural. It’s something which our
followers can enjoy with the satisfaction of experiencing the roots
tradition and, at the same time, feeling the richness of stretching the
art form.”
The album features a total of 11 tracks with vocalist
and guitarist Gibbons joined by Hardy on bass, Matt Sorum and Greg
Morrow on drums, Mike ‘The Drifter’ Flanigin on keyboards, while James
Harmon contributes harmonica to the record.
Gibbons is expected to announce a run of tour dates in support of the album in the near future.
