Song Premiere: Billy Gibbons and Co., 'Oh Well'

ZZ Top guitarist scruffs up Fleetwood Mac

June 21, 2012 9:00 AM ET

Billy Gibbons, Blake Mills and Matt Sweeney

Stacy Barbour

On the upcoming compilation album Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, a diverse range of artists give their takes on Fleetwood Mac favorites. Here, ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons joins Blake Mills and Matt Sweeney to scruff up the Peter Green-written 1969 track "Oh Well," charging the original with heavily distorted riffs and deliberate, ramshackle percussion. The trio's "Oh Well" snarls and stomps with serious crunch.

Just Tell Me That You Want Me also features Lee Ranaldo, J. Mascis, Best Coast, the New Pornographers, the Kills, MGMT, Lykke Li, Bonnie "Prince" Billy and more. It is set for release on August 14th.

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