In the more than thirty years that they have been together, ZZ Top have mutated from a hard rocking boogie band into pop culture icons. Ironically the only one without a beard is the drummer called Frank Beard!! Billy Gibbons once said he turned down a million dollars from Gillette to shave off his beard!! As a group, ZZ Top possesses 11 gold records and 7 platinum (13 multi-platinum) records their 1983 album, Eliminator, remains the group's most commercially successful record, selling over 10 million units. ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. ZZ Top's musical style has changed over the years, beginning with blues-inspired rock on their early albums, then incorporating New Wave, punk rock and dance-rock, with heavy use of synthesizers. Since the release of the band's debut album in January 1971, ZZ Top has become known for its strong blues roots and humorous lyrical motifs, relying heavily on double entendres and innuendo. Etheridge's departure issued primarily from his unwillingness to be bound by a recording contract. The band and its members went through several reconfigurations throughout 1969, achieving their current form when Hill replaced bassist Billy Etheridge in February 1970, shortly before the band was signed to London Records. The band consists of guitarist and lead vocalist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist and co-lead vocalist Dusty Hill who is replaced (to Dusty's wishes) by former basstechnician Elwod Francis after Hills death july 28 2021. I like the humor in that.ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. There’s an inscription on a wooden marker over a grave in Boot Hill that says: Here lies Lester Moore. “I’ve come up with some ideas, and then rejected them all. “It may sound morose, but you never get younger,” he said. While his cause of death is unknown, he did say in 2010 what he’d like to see written on his tombstone. The group was forced to cancel a few shows, and they played with a replacement earlier this month when Hill was forced to head back to Texas to deal with a hip issue. Over the past few years, Hill endured a hip replacement surgery and a shoulder injury. You have to go through the low points to appreciate the highs in life.” All I will say is that you have to have the right attitude to these downturns. “They’re not for the public to pick over and dissect. “There have been any number, but I never discuss them in public,” he said in 2010. When he did talk to the press, he hinted at a darkness that few fans saw. Hill remained a quiet presence through it all, rarely granting interviews and letting Gibbons serve as the group’s mouthpiece. And after all this time, we all know what winds up the others and what makes them the people they are.” We also have enough in common to maintain a bond between us but sufficient differences to keep our individuality. “We still love it, and we still get a kick out of being onstage. “It’s a cliché and sounds so simplistic, but it’s down to the three of us genuinely enjoying playing together,” Hill explained to Classic Rock in 2010. Throughout all that time, the lineup stayed just Hill, Gibbons, and Beard, making them one of the most stable acts in rock history. Hill wasn’t ZZ Top’s original bass player, but he joined shortly before they cut their debut LP, ZZ Top’s First Album, in 1971, and remained a pivotal part of the group through their most recent albums and tours. The show we did together just last week would be his last. We were so blessed to share the stage with the great Dusty and ZZ Top many times, and if that wasn’t rock & roll heaven, I don’t know what is. John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival tweeted a remembrance of his own: “We are devastated to hear about Dusty’s passing. Watch ZZ Top Perform 'Gimme All Your Lovin'' at Dusty Hill's Last Concert How ZZ Top Conquered MTV With the 'Eliminator' Trilogy We will forever be connected to that ‘Blues Shuffle in C.’ You will be missed greatly, amigo.”ĭan Auerbach on ZZ Top's Dusty Hill: 'It Would Have All Crumbled Without Him' “We, along with legions of ZZ Top fans around the world, will miss your steadfast presence, your good nature, and enduring commitment to providing that monumental bottom to the ‘Top’.
“We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, Texas,” surviving members Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard said in a statement.
His rep confirmed the musician’s death, but said a cause of death was currently unknown. ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who played with the Texas blues-rock trio for over 50 years, died Tuesday at age 72. ZZ Top Performs At The Aragon Ballroom - Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images
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