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    • Rick Rubin Snags ZZ Top

    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:53:05

    Rick Rubin Snags ZZ Top - And agrees to produce their next album

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    • ZZ Top - Canadian Cree Indian Buffy Sainte-Marie performs during the 22nd annual Bluesfest music festival near Byron Bay on April 25, 2011. Australia's largest celebration of blues and roots music included Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, BB King, Elvis Costello, Grace Jones, ZZ Top, and Leon Russell in the six-day line-up.
    • ZZ Top - Canadian Cree Indian Buffy Sainte-Marie performs during the 22nd annual Bluesfest music festival near Byron Bay on April 25, 2011. Australia's largest celebration of blues and roots music included Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, BB King, Elvis Costello, Grace Jones, ZZ Top, and Leon Russell in the six-day line-up.
    • ZZ Top - Canadian Cree Indian Buffy Sainte-Marie performs during the 22nd annual Bluesfest music festival near Byron Bay on April 25, 2011. Australia's largest celebration of blues and roots music included Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, BB King, Elvis Costello, Grace Jones, ZZ Top, and Leon Russell in the six-day line-up.

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    Rick Rubin has signed ZZ Top to his American Recordings label, in hopes of reviving their career like he has with Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond over the past decade. The Def Jam co-founder plans on heading into the studio with ZZ Top soon.

    The band's last album, 2003's Mescalero, shifted just 103,000 copies.

    —The ARTISTdirect Staff
    07.07.08

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