Legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist Billy F Gibbons has signed a worldwide publishing administration cope with Spirit Music Nashville. The deal is for his solo work solely and doesn’t embrace any of his work with ZZ High.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Billy F Gibbons to the Spirit Music household,” says Frank Rogers, Chief Artistic Officer, Spirit Music Group and CEO of Spirit Music Nashville. “Billy is a world-class artist, and business icon and one of many coolest people on earth. He has undeniably formed the sound of recent music and we’re honored that he’s entrusted us as his publishing associate.
Billy F Gibbons is finest referred to as the centerpiece and one-third of the legendary rock band ZZ High. The band got here collectively in 1969 and stays an vital a part of the American music panorama. In 2004, Gibson alongside together with his bandmates had been inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame. Along with his signature model, Billy is famous for recognition as one of the crucial creative and dexterous guitarists of the rock style.
ZZ High’s sound owes to his uncanny knack and skill to squeeze distinctive sounds out of the electrical guitar that resonate with the blues, pop, R&B, nation, gospel, western, hillbilly, and West African influences that coalesced within the start of rock n’ roll. As a vocalist, his down and soiled growl is unmistakable sound ominous and mirthful on the similar time on tracks like “La Grange,” “Sharp Dressed Man,” and “Low cost Sun shades.”
Apart from his work with ZZ High, Gibbons has recorded with different artists together with B.B. King, Les Paul, Queens of the Stone Age, Shemekia Copeland, Child Rock, Alice Cooper, Johnny Winter, and John Mayall. In 2021, Gibbons launched the album {Hardware}, an album produced alongside Matt Sorum and Spirit’s Mike Florentino. The title is a tribute to the late Joe Hardy.