You may have even seen him on screen in various appearances such as “Back to the Future Part III” and on “Deadwood.” The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. “Per Dusty’s request, ‘The show must go on!” the band had written in a statement.Īlthough Gibbons was the lead vocalist for most of the band’s songs, Hill stepped up to sing “Tush,” an early hit. The band’s longtime guitar tech, Elwood Francis, stepped in for Hill. Last week, the band’s official site shared that Hill was being sidelined due to a “hip issue.”
Hill was born in Dallas, and after trying to break into the music scene there, he eventually moved to Houston, where he met Gibbons. Among their most famous hits are “La Grange,” “Tush” and “Gimme All Your Lovin’.” In their Facebook post, guitarist Billy Gibbons. Hill performed alongside Beard and Gibbons and together they went on to have a string of hits and put out 15 studio albums. ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues rock trio’s bearded figures, died at his Houston home, the band announced Wednesday. Hill joined not long after, staying with ZZ Top for more than five decades, until his death. “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. “We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, TX,” the statement, from surviving members Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons, said. Dusty Hill, the bearded bassist with American blues-rock band ZZ Top, has died, according to the band’s official website. “You will be missed greatly, amigo,” Beard’s and Gibbons’s statement added.Dusty Hill, the bearded bassist with American blues-rock band ZZ Top, has died, according to the band’s official website.
Hill performed alongside Beard and Gibbons and together they went on to have a string of hits and put out 15 studio albums. The trio's other members, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard, announced Hill's death in a. “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’.” Dusty Hill, bassist for the enduring Texas blues rock band ZZ Top for over half a century, has died at age 72. “We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, TX,” the statement, from surviving members Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons, said. Dusty Hill, the bearded bassist with American blues-rock band ZZ Top, has died, according to the band’s official website.
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