For those who have not heard his Latin-infused solo debut Perfectamundo, Billy Gibbons offers this warning: “For the uninitiated, I’ll leave it with one word — beware.”Gibbons’ musical departure from rock band ZZ Top mixes Cuban rhythms with hip-hop and blues, congas, bongos and the Hammond organ.“You can mosh to it or mambo to it,” the 65-year-old guitarist and vocalist said in an interview.It all began with a phone call asking Gibbons to play at the Havana Jazz Festival in 2014. The gig fell through, but inspired the new album and Afro-Cuban sound.“We have about five or six additional — call them records — in the can, however, they were so predictably ZZ Top-like, ZZ Top-esque,” said Gibbons. “This was so off-the-wall, so weird and out of the ordinary that it just kind of took precedent.”The gravel-voiced singer is preparing to hit the road with his new band, The BFG’s. They start on Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Use the above link to see in the entire story and interview!
