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Billy Gibbons and the BFGs: Perfectamundo
ByPerfectamundo is a slickly produced take on R&B, soul, and blues as strained through Cuban-Latino filter. Much seed has been spilt on the ground regarding the Cubano- Latino influences contained herein. As a native of south Texas, this would be part of Gibbon's musical genome. Add to Gibbons' guitar, keyboards (lots of them) including the copious use of the Hammond B3 coupled with thick use of the habanera (Cuban contradanzaJelly Roll Morton's "Latin Tinge") and the result is a dense and molten momentum that is as immediately listenable and danceable as is a margarita is drinkable in an unforgiving Laredo Summer.
Gibbons pulls a couple of blues from the mire, a radioactive take on Slim Harpo's "Got Love if You Want It" and the ever-present "Baby Please Don't Go" as imagined by Lightnin' Sam Hopkins. Both get an oversized sonic treatment and thorough updating. Gibbons transforms the Roy Head and the Trait's hit, "Treat Her Right" into a sweaty night at the cantina before sliding into the original Classics IV on acid "You're What's Happening Baby." Gibbons brings on the salsa picante in the percussion-heavy "Sal Y Pimiento" and "Hombre Sin Nombre." I can say this for Gibbons, he keeps thing interesting. Many will realize the obvious charms of this recording, young and old.
Track Listing
Got Love If You Want It; Treat Her Right; You're What's Happenin' Baby; Sal Y Pimiento; Pickin' Up Chicks On Dowling Street; Hombre Sin Nombre; Quiero Mas Dinero; Baby Please Don't Go; Piedras Negras; Pefectamundo; Q' Vo.
Personnel
Billy Gibbons
guitarBilly Gibbons: vocals, guitars; Alx Garza: bass; Mike Flanigin: Hammond B3; Martine GuiGui: piano, Hammond B3; Greg Morrow: drums; Joe Hardy: guitars, keyboards; Gary Moon: guitar.
Album information
Title: Perfectamundo | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Concord Music Group