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Listen to Jimmy Cliff cover the Clash's "Guns of Brixton," produced by Rancid's Tim Armstrong

by Nicole Villeneuve

This is a perfectly compatible melding of musical minds: Rancid’s Tim Armstrong is producing a new EP from reggae great Jimmy Cliff, and Stereogum has a glimpse of upcoming stuff with the paring’s “Guns of Brixton” cover. You can listen to it below.

“The project started after someone in my management organization introduced me to Tim,” Cliff says. “The cool thing about it was that Tim knew people from the Clash, who I associated with a lot. I worked on a record with Joe Strummer shortly before he passed away. So, we knew people in common and that made it very easy at the beginning. Also, Tim is just very easy to work with. He’s a very creative guy and it’s just been very good—and very easy—working with him.”

An EP is expected this November, while a full-length album for release early next year.

Guns Of Brixton by JimmyCliffMusic