Billy F Gibbons West Coast Junkie

, BillyFGibbons, Guitar Hardware, the third solo album from ZZ Top front man Billy Gibbons, has wrapped recording and postproduction and is set for release June 4th by Concord Records. The album was recorded at Escape Studio in Californias high desert, near Palm Springs, and was produced by Gibbons along with Matt Sorum and Mike Fiorentino with engineer Chad Shlosser providing additional production. The albums release is preceded by the release of the single West Coast Junkie on March 26. The video for the track was filmed near Joshua Tree, a stones throw from the studio and can be viewed through this link: Sorum, veteran of Guns N Roses, Velvet Revolver and the Cult also serves as Hardwares drummer and was joined in the albums core band by guitarist Austin Hanks. The same GibbonsSorumHanks aggregation recorded The Big Bad Blues, Gibbons earlier solo effort for Concord and winner of the Blues Foundations Blues Music Award. In contrast to The Big Bad Blues and Perfectamundo, Gibbons debut s