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Billy Gibbons, celebrated ZZ Top guitarist, vocalist, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, surprises us with his debut solo album, the extremely unique Perfectamundo. Backed by a handpicked group of musicians, dubbed the BFGs (perhaps a nod to Gibbons’ initials, rather than a Roald Dahl reference), the album takes on an Afro-Cuban flavour that will probably come as something of a surprise to some of Gibbons’ fans and followers. It shouldn’t, though, as Latin rhythms are something deeply rooted in the guitarist’s life. Tito Puente, a friend of Billy’s bandleader dad, taught him some of the essential conga, bongo, maracas, and timbales rhythms way back in his childhood. As he put it himself, signposting the album’s clear debt to Latin rhythms, ‘banging away on ‘em came back like riding on a lost bicycle’. The album contains a mixture of cover versions of blues classics, notably the Afro-Cubanized take on the Lightnin’ Hopkins staple ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’, alongside the inimitable Gibbons guitar strut, which is nowhere more present than on ‘Pickin’ Up Chicks on Dowling Street’.
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Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES MOORE, ComposerLyricist - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
Roy Head, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Kurtz, ComposerLyricist - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
Billy F Gibbons, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Nitzsche, ComposerLyricist - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ludovic Navarre, ComposerLyricist - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Michael E. Barfield, ComposerLyricist - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
Billy F Gibbons, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
Billy F Gibbons, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
Billy F Gibbons, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
Billy F Gibbons, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
Joseph Lee Williams, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
Billy F Gibbons, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
Billy F Gibbons, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy McGriff, ComposerLyricist - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
Album review
Billy Gibbons, celebrated ZZ Top guitarist, vocalist, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, surprises us with his debut solo album, the extremely unique Perfectamundo. Backed by a handpicked group of musicians, dubbed the BFGs (perhaps a nod to Gibbons’ initials, rather than a Roald Dahl reference), the album takes on an Afro-Cuban flavour that will probably come as something of a surprise to some of Gibbons’ fans and followers. It shouldn’t, though, as Latin rhythms are something deeply rooted in the guitarist’s life. Tito Puente, a friend of Billy’s bandleader dad, taught him some of the essential conga, bongo, maracas, and timbales rhythms way back in his childhood. As he put it himself, signposting the album’s clear debt to Latin rhythms, ‘banging away on ‘em came back like riding on a lost bicycle’. The album contains a mixture of cover versions of blues classics, notably the Afro-Cubanized take on the Lightnin’ Hopkins staple ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’, alongside the inimitable Gibbons guitar strut, which is nowhere more present than on ‘Pickin’ Up Chicks on Dowling Street’.
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:13
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Billy Gibbons And The BFG's
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2015 Concord Music Group Inc. ℗ 2015 Concord Music Group Inc.
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