Year : 2021
Style : Blues Rock , Southern Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 110 mb
Bio:
William Frederick Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor, best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist of the American rock band ZZ Top. He began his career in the Moving Sidewalks, who recorded Flash (1968) and opened four dates for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top's First Album in 1971.Gibbons has made appearances with other artists and acted on television shows, most notably Bones. He was ranked at number 32 on the 2011 Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969, and quickly settled on bassist/vocalist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank "Rube" Beard, both being members of the band American Blues. After honing their trademark blues-rock style, they released the aptly-titled ZZ Top's First Album on London Records in 1971. On July 31, 2015 it was announced that Gibbons solo project will be named Billy Gibbons and the BFG's featuring musicians Mike Flanigin, GG Maartine (née Martine GuiGui), Joe Hardy and Greg Morrow. Their debut album, Perfectamundo, was released on November 6, 2015.Gibbons second solo album, The Big Bad Blues releases on September 21, 2018 via Concord Records
Album:
Hardware‘ is the third solo album from ZZ Top frontman Billy F Gibbons, following on from ‘Perfectamundo‘ in 2015 and ‘The Big Bad Blues‘ three years later.Whilst the Latin vibe of ‘Perfectamundo‘ found Gibbons exploring new territory, ‘The Big Bad Blues‘ saw him heading back towards his ZZ Top home, and that’s where he’s remained for ‘Hardware‘.The album was recorded at Escape Studio, located near Palm Springs in California’s high desert.The desert vibe permeates the album itself, with Gibbons’ dry, raspy vocals providing the perfect overlay for the scorching Southern rock. Says Gibbons, “The desert settings, replete with shifting sands, cacti and rattlesnakes makes for the kind of backdrop that lends an element of intrigue reflected in the sounds created out there.My Lucky Card‘ delivers an attention-grabbing opener, a no-nonsense rocker driven forwards by its insistent guitar riff, and it’s immediately evident that Gibbons’ septuagenarian voice has lost none of its power.She’s On Fire‘ follows in similar vein, and delivers an early highlight with not one but two enjoyable guitar solos.The appropriately titled ‘More-More-More‘ takes things up a notch – it’s a loud, brash and full-on slice of blues rock. However, it would be a mistake to regard this album as a one-trick pony.There’s nuance interwoven with the traditional hard rock, with elements of neo-metal, country rock, new wave, blues and even surf music that make ‘Hardware‘ difficult to categorize.Album highlights include ‘Stackin’ Bones‘, which features a guest appearance from roots rock band Larkin Poe, whose silky backing vocals provide a contradistinction to Gibbons’ growling vocals, and the closing track ‘Desert High‘, a stunningly-delivered spoken word piece accompanied by a sinewy guitar that evokes the legendary Gram parsons.Gibbons sums up Hardware‘s ecumenical construct, “We holed up in the desert for a few weeks in the heat of the summer and that in itself was pretty intense.To let off steam we just ‘let it rock’ and that’s what Hardware is really all about. For the most part, it’s a raging rocker but always mindful of the desert’s implicit mystery.”Which sums the album up pretty well.Hardware‘ showcases what Billy F Gibbons does best – Southern blues rock with powerful vocals and compelling instrumentals, which provides an effective evocation of the scenery and mood of the Californian desert.Highly recommended.
Line Up:
Billy Gibbons - Vocals, Guitar, Bass Guitar, B3, Piano (ZZ Top)
Joe Hardy - bass
Matt Sorum, Greg Morrow - drums
Mike ‘The Drifter’ Flanigin - keyboards
James Harmon - additional harmonica
Tracklist:
01. My Lucky Card
02. She’s On Fire
03. More-More-More
04. Shuffle, Step & Slide
05. Vagabond Man
06. Spanish Fly
07. West Coast Junkie
08. Stackin’ Bones (featuring Larkin Poe)
09. I Was A Highway
10. S-G-L-M-B-B-R
11. Hey Baby, Que Paso
12. Desert High
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