Details of Billy Gibbons‘ first-ever solo release ‘Perfectamundo‘ have been revealed.

The album will be released on Oct. 23 via Concord, and was co-produced in Houston, Los Angeles, Austin and Pontevedra, Spain by Billy Gibbons and Joe Hardy.

Instead of fellow ZZ Top members Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, the album will feature a handpicked group of new faces dubbed the BFG’s. There will be more of an Afro-Cuban sound, replacing ZZ Top’s familiar blues-rock.

Even before Billy’s first recordings back in 1967 with the Moving Sidewalks, the legendary pre-ZZ Top Houston psyche-punk garage band, Gibbons studied Latin percussion in Manhattan with none other than its preeminent virtuoso, “Mambo King” Tito Puente, a friend of Billy’s bandleader dad. Puente taught the young Gibbons the essential Latin rhythms via conga, bongo, maracas and, most importantly, timbales. “Banging away on ‘em came back like riding on a lost bicycle,”

Friend and musical collaborator Martin Guigui occupys a key role in the BFG’s, playing on piano and B3 organ. Mike Flanigan, Alex Garza and Greg Morrow round out the core lineup. Co-producer Hardy and Gary Moon also contributed. Gibbons is featured on guitar, B3, piano, timbales and other percussion instruments. Perfectamundo also features the Cubano Nationale Beat Generator percussion ensemble, which includes Pons. Garza, also known as Alx Guitarzza, adds hip-hop flavor to the title track, ‘You’re What’s Happenin,’ ‘Baby‘ and ‘Quiero Mas Dinero.’

Not that Gibbons has forgotten his roots in the blues. Perfectamundo is made complete with an update of Slim Harpo’s ‘Got Love If You Want It,’ but in Spanglish, and an Afro-Cuban take on Lightnin’ Hopkins’ ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’

Gibbons has continued to work with ZZ Top while completing Perfectamundo, and says the project was made with the blessings of Beard and Hill.