
The band’s last record with Hill was 2012’s La Futura, which Gibbons produced with Rick Rubin. ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill dies, Watertown concert still planned Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons from U.S rock band ZZ Top perform at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England. The Texas trio gained national attention with the breakthrough 1973 album Tres Hombres, which featured the hit “La Grange.” Across their four-decade career, ZZ Top experimented with new wave–tinged synthesizer records while staying in touch with their Southern rock and blues roots. “We will forever be connected to that ‘Blues Shuffle in C.’” Dusty Hill was 72 years old.ĭusty Hill, guitarist and lead vocalist Billy Gibbons, and drummer Frank Beard comprised ZZ Top. “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,’” they wrote. 'We are saddened by the news today that our. The band announced the news via social media on Wednesday. As a member of ZZ Top, Hill appeared on hits like Tush, La Grange, Sharp Dressed Man, Gimme All Your Lovin’, Legs, I Gotsta Get Paid, Got Me Under Pressure, and Rough Boy. Dusty Hill, the iconic bassist who spent 50 years with blues-rock band ZZ Top, died Wednesday. Dusty Hill, who played bass with ZZ Top for more than 50 years and helped make the Texas trio one of the worlds most famous rock acts, has died. Dusty Hill, legendary ZZ Top bassist, dies at 72.

In a statement posted to ZZ Top’s social media channels, Hill’s surviving bandmates Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons said that Hill died in his sleep at his Houston home. Dusty Hill, bassist for legendary Texas band ZZ Top, dies in his sleep at age 72. Beard, and Elwood securing the bottom end continues the delivery with those famous three chords we all dig.ZZ Top bassist Joseph Michael “Dusty” Hill has died, as Rolling Stone and TMZ report. Las Vegas resident and ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons takes a selfie with Jessica Carlile of Las Vegas at Ricks Rollin Smoke BBQ and Tavern during a bike ride on Las Vegas Boulevard Wednesday. “Billy’s big guitar, crushing drums from Mr. And with Elwood to our right, rest assured ZZ Top will deliver their good time, signature show”, said Billy F Gibbons. Dusty Hill, the quiet, bearded bass player who made up one third of ZZ Top, among the best-selling rock bands of the 1980s, has died at his home in Houston.
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Dusty Hill, the bands bassist and one of its vocalists, was 72 years old, and according to his bandmates died at his home in Houston. With that directive, ZZ Top has put the services of Mr. One-third of the Texas blues-rock mainstay ZZ Top has died. They await a speedy recovery and have him back pronto.”Ĭontinuing to add, “Per Dusty’s request “The show must go on!”. In a post shared to social media on Friday (July 23), Gibbons and Beard shared that their “fearless Bass player, is on a short detour back to Texas, to address a hip issue. A post shared by ZZ Top cause of death currently remains unknown, however, recently Hill suffered a hip injury that the band said he had to address in the last few weeks, forcing him to remove himself from several upcoming shows across the U.S.
