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Legendary ZZ Top frontman BILLY F GIBBONS will release his second solo album “The Big Bad Blues”, and I pleased to say this is a hot rockin’ album. I didn’t enjoyed too much Gibbon’s 2015’s Arfo-Cuban flavored ‘Perfectamundo’, but “The Big Bad Blues” is pure ‘down and dirty’ bluesy Rock N’ Roll to die for. Co-produced by Billy and Joe...
Re-posted as requested, one of the best rocking-blues band / album appeared in many time. “West Of Flushing, South Of Frisco” is the debut album from super-group SUPERSONIC BLUES MACHINE, and it’s one hell of a CD – a stunningly great album featuring the talent of bassist/producer Fabrizio Grossi, guitarist/vocalist Lance Lopez and legendary drummer Kenny Aronoff. The three members...
Warner Music Group has put together a very interesting compilation titled “Hard Rock Beyond the Hits“, comprising some really good ‘inside tracks’ taken from albums of artists from their back catalog.These are songs that never were hits but many certainly deserved that status. Indeed, most of the bands featured here were multi-platinum sellers, but the idea was to feature songs...
* Legends ZZ TOP finally have all have all their 1970-1990 albums remastered as it should be: in its original mix. On this just released box from Rhino Records, “ZZ Top – The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990 (Warner Bros. 8122-79664-2)”, is exactly what you’re getting at. Back in 1987, at the dawn of the CD era, ZZ Top’s label released...
* After nearly a decade’s wait, fans of ‘that little ole’ band from Texas’ called ZZ TOP will be rewarded on September 11 with the trio’s 15th album, “La Futura”. The new ten-song record was co-produced by Rick Rubin and the band’s ever-so-stylish guitarist and singer Billy Gibbons. Regular visitors of this site may have already read my review of...
* As a tease for their first album of original material in nine years, ZZ TOP are releasing the EP “Texicali”. During that recording break ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, toured tirelessly to a now-cross-generational audience and teamed up with producer Rick Rubin to make a new album. Musically, “Texicali EP” is as...
