{"id":2839,"date":"2021-05-07T20:51:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T20:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2021-05-25T05:13:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T05:13:53","slug":"billy-f-gibbons-set-to-release-west-coast-junkie-this-week-first-track-from-forthcoming-hardware-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/07\/billy-f-gibbons-set-to-release-west-coast-junkie-this-week-first-track-from-forthcoming-hardware-album\/","title":{"rendered":"BILLY F GIBBONS SET TO RELEASE \u201cWEST COAST JUNKIE\u201d THIS WEEK, FIRST TRACK FROM FORTHCOMING HARDWARE ALBUM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardware,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0the third solo album from ZZ Top front man Billy Gibbons, has wrapped recording and post-production and is set for release June 4th<\/sup>\u00a0by Concord Records. The album was recorded at Escape Studio in California\u2019s high desert, near Palm Springs, and was produced by Gibbons along with Matt Sorum and Mike Fiorentino with engineer Chad Shlosser providing additional production.\u00a0 The album\u2019s release is preceded by the release of the single \u201cWest Coast Junkie\u201d on March 26.\u00a0 The video for the track was filmed near Joshua Tree, a stone\u2019s throw from the studio and can be viewed through this link:\u00a0https:\/\/found.ee\/BillyFGibbons_WCJVideo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sorum, veteran of Guns \u2018N\u2019 Roses, Velvet Revolver and the Cult also serves as Hardware<\/em>\u2019s drummer and was joined in the album\u2019s core band by guitarist Austin Hanks.  The same Gibbons-Sorum-Hanks aggregation recorded The Big Bad Blues<\/em>, Gibbon\u2019s earlier solo effort for Concord and winner of the Blues Foundation\u2019s Blues Music Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast to The Big Bad Blues<\/em> and Perfectamundo<\/em>, Gibbons\u2019 debut solo album, almost all of the Hardware r<\/em>epertoire is original and rock-oriented with eleven of the album\u2019s twelve songs written by Gibbons, Sorum, Fiorentino and Shlosser.  The sole exception is \u201cHey Baby, Que Paso,\u201d originally recorded by the Texas Tornados.  The album\u2019s title is a tribute to legendary recording engineer the late Joe Hardy who worked with Gibbons and ZZ Top dating back to the mid-1980s.  Sonically, the album was influenced by the high desert circumstance of its recording.  Says Gibbons \u201cThe 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.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStackin\u2019 Bones,\u201d one of the album\u2019s standouts, features a guest appearance by Larkin Poe with whom Gibbons has been familiar and friendly for quite a while. He initially met them through the good offices of Tyler Bryant, husband of Larkin Poe\u2019s Rebecca Lovell; he had toured extensively with ZZ Top in the past.  Larkin Poe also shared a bill with Billy at New York\u2019s Love Rocks NYC<\/em> benefit in 2019 and the Hardware <\/em>collaboration grew from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While a truly broad spectrum of approaches is notable on the album\u2019s hard driving tracks there is, to be sure, no mistaking the remarkable tone and growling vocals that are hallmarks of Billy Gibbons\u2019 artistry.   Elements of traditional hard rock, neo-metal, country rock, new wave, blues and even surf music make Hardware <\/em>difficult to categorize and it would be a fool\u2019s game to do so. In fact, \u201cDesert High,\u201d the album\u2019s last track, is a spoken word piece accompanied by a sinewy guitar that evokes the legend Graham Parsons whose death 48 years ago took place very close to where Hardware <\/em>was recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billy sums up the album\u2019s ecumenical construct, \u201cWe 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 \u2018let it rock\u2019 and that\u2019s what Hardware <\/em>is really all about. For the most part, it\u2019s a raging rocker but always mindful of the desert\u2019s implicit mystery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-order Hardware<\/em><\/strong>: https:\/\/found.ee\/BillyFGibbons-Hardware<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardware <\/em><\/strong>track listing – all songs written by Billy F Gibbons-Matt Sorum-Mike Fiorentino-Chad Shlosser, except \u201cHey Baby Que Paso,\u201d written by Augie Meyers and Bill Sheffield. Video visuals supplied by director Harry Reese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Lucky Card<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s On Fire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More-More-More<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shuffle, Step & Slide<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vagabond Man<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish Fly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Coast Junkie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stackin\u2019 Bones (featuring Larkin Poe)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Was A Highway<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S-G-L-M-B-B-R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey Baby, Que Paso <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desert High<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.billygibbons.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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