ZZ TOP Frontman BILLY GIBBONS Ready To Release Latin Flavoured Solo Album – "An Obtuse, Oddball, Unexpected Left Turn, But There's Something To It"

In a recent conversation with Rolling Stone, ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons revealed he’s gearing up to release and album featuring what he refers to as “Cuban music.”

“When I was 13, I got a guitar and my dad — being the consummate entertainer — sent me up to New York to study Latin percussion with Tito Puente. I learned maracas, timbales, clavas, bongos…you name it,” Gibbons says. “And having lived in Mexico a couple years, I know just enough Spanish to get me in trouble.”

Encouraged by the results, Gibbons is eyeing the project as a proper solo album. 

“I put together a little side band,” he says. “I’m going back to wrap up the project and, believe it or not, it’s turning out to be such an obtuse, oddball, unexpected left turn from ZZ Top’s blues background. But there is something to it.”

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ZZ Top and Jeff Beck have rescheduled their previously postponed tour dates in Florida, Texas and Oklahoma following the injury last month to  ZZ Top’s bassist.

ZZ Top stated, “Dusty’s well-being is paramount.” The statement is in reference to Dusty Hill, the band’s bass-guitarist, who, earlier, took a mis-step on his tour bus and injured his hip, whose energies are now aimed at rehab in expectation of a complete recovery.

Jeff Beck stated, “We are looking forward to getting back out there with ZZ Top and are grateful that Dusty is on his way to a complete recovery.”

Expect additional shows to be added, both with ZZ Top as well as solo dates for Jeff Beck. Up to date information will announced soon.

Ticket holders for the ZZ Top / Jeff Beck events will be pleased to know that the following dates have been rescheduled:

May
1 – Thackerville, OK – Winstar Casino
2 – The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
7 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater
8 – W. Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre
9 – Saint Augustine, FL – Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
10 – Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park