Billy Gibbons Talks About ZZ Tops First Realease For 9 Years.

One of ‘My Guitar Lessons’ favourite blues guitarists has been talking about his bands new album. ZZ Top are set to release their first album since 2003’s Mescalero. The aptly titled La Futura comes out on September 11. The band hired veteran producer Rick Rubin to oversee the project, a partnership that has been trying at times, according to ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons. La Futura has been four years in the making.

Gibbons says that Rubin was very upfront with how he works before they started the project. Gibbons told Music Radar, “He said if we were finding stones in the pathway, we should be men enough to address it. I took that sincerely. In setting up such a generous two-way street, we avoided the pitfalls that have plagued him with certain artists in the past.”

Rubin had the entire band work together in the studio, recording ideas as they came up with them. Gibbons said of Rubin’s approach: “Rick wanted us to work hard but he placed an emphasis on us being casual and having a good time. I found out that one of his high cards is patience: he was in no hurry to run the risk of having something half-baked.”

ZZ Top are currently on tour in North America.

The La Futura tracklisting is:

01. I Gotsta Get Paid
02. Chartreuse
03. Consumption
04. Over You
05. Heartache In Blue
06. I Don’t Wanna Lose, Lose, You
07. Flyin’ High
08. It’s Too Easy Mañana
09. Big Shiny Nine
10. Have A Little Mercy

Thanks for the report to Daniel Eriksson, Gibson.