Billy Gibbons To Release First Solo Album

For the first time in his almost fifty year career, Billy Gibbons is about to release a solo album and embark on a tour without Frank Beard and Dusty Hill, his bandmates in ZZ Top.

Gibbons will release the album Perfectamundo on November 6 via Concord and will begin his tour on November 10 in Atlanta, GA, running through December 13 in Seattle, WA.

The tour will actually be under the name of Billy Gibbons and the BFG’s made up of Martin “G.G.” Guigui (guitar), Mike Flanigin (keyboards), Alex “Guitarzza” Garza (percussion), Sozo (drums) and Melanie DiLorenzo (drums).

Gibbons recently told Rolling Stone “The BFG’s, is, quite simply, a stab at something we didn’t previously know to be possible. That ‘something’ was composing and creating sessions to press the limits of the unknown. ZZ Top, by definition, remains a minimalist endeavor with a very straightforward established approach which continues to serve us well. … The BFG’s, on the other hand, have now gone on to exploring some uncharted sonic and, especially, rhythmic territory within an accommodating context. Deep at the core of everything we do, either as ZZ Top or with the Perfectamundo aggregation, is the blues. That’s the diamond and we found a way to put it into a new, Afro-Cuban setting. It really does come from the same place. The prospect of taking it to Cuba in December is especially exciting should all things work out. Talk about wish fulfillment.”

The dates:
11/10 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
11/11 – Nashville, TN – War Memorial Auditorium
11/13 – Saint Charles, IL – Arcada Theatre
11/14 – Detroit, MI – Scottish Rite Cathedral
11/15 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
11/17 – New York, NY – Town Hall
11/18 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse
11/19 – Boston, MA – The Wilbur
11/21 – Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman Theater
11/23 – Washington, DC – Lisner Auditorium
11/24 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall
11/25 – Orlando, FL – Plaza Live Orlando
11/27 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Parker Playhouse
11/28 – Fort Pierce, FL – Sunrise Theatre
11/29 – Saint Petersburg, FL – The Mahaffey Theater
12/01 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater
12/03 – Houston, TX – Cullen Performance Hall
12/04 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater
12/05 – Lubbock, TX – City Bank Auditorium
12/07 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
12/08 – Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre
12/09 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
12/11 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
12/12 – Aberdeen, WA – D & R Theatre
12/13 – Seattle, WA – The Neptune