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ZZ Top Team With Black Keys, Rick Rubin on New Album

As ZZ Top enter into their 40th year of making music together, the little old band from Texas have a lot of secrets to their incredible staying power. One of them, for guitarist Billy Gibbons, is keeping up on new music. To that end, the rockers will get a hand from the Black Keys on ZZ Top's next album.

"They're couple of really fresh blues-based rockers that truly say it," Gibbons tells Spinner of the Keys.

The forthcoming album is being produced by Rick Rubin, and Gibbons believes the pairing should result in a pretty raw sound. "We've enjoyed a friendship with Rick, which now includes an opportunity to focus our collective energy in a studio setting, which is actually more like bringing the live show into the room," Gibbons says. "The art of capturing the maverick rogue called 'live in the studio' is what Rick does so well -- better than anyone."

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ALBUM QUOTE:

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