Remembering ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill
Hill died in his sleep at the age of 72
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Updated: 9:31 PM EDT Jul 29, 2021
Remembering ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill
Hill died in his sleep at the age of 72
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Updated: 9:31 PM EDT Jul 29, 2021
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POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING RIGHT NOW. SHANNON: WE LEARNED TODAY THAT ZZ TOP BASSIST DUSTY HILL, ONE OFHE T TRIO'S BEARDED MUSICIANS, DIED TONIGHT AT THEGE AF O 72. MIKE C.: HE WAS PART OF A MEMORABLE CONCERT HERE IN PITTSBURGH IN 1970. ATTH SHOW'S PROMOTER INVITING US INTO HIS HOM TE,ALKING ABOUTHE T CHAOS FOR WHAT WAS CALLED THE WORLDWIDE TEXASR TOU WITH AEROSMITH. >> IT WAS A CRAZY EVENINGIT, WAS A LONG HAIR BAND, HAIR BAND, PUT TMHE TOGETHER WITH BEER DRINKERSND A HELL RAISERS WITH ZZ TOP'S CROWD AND YOU HAD HAVOC. FIREWORKS, FIGHTS IN THE AUDIENCE, IT WAS CRAZY. AEROSMHIT GOT HALFWAY THROUGH THEIR SHOW AND SOMEBODY FROM ZZ TOP'S CROWD,HE T FAN, GOT INTO THE POWER AREA, CUTHE T POWER, IT WENT TO TOTAL SILENCE IN THREE RIVERSTA SDIUM. AEROSMITH IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR SET, THEY JTUS LIKE TOTAL FREAKED OUT. I REMEMBER JOE PERRY THROWGIN HIS GUITAR UP IN THE AIR AND NOT CATCHINGT. I SHANNON: ROCK 'N' ROLL, RIGHT? BILLY GIBBONS AND FRANKIL HL SA