ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill dies aged 72
Blues-rock band ZZ Top s bassist, Dusty Hill, has died at the age of 72. His surviving bandmates said he died in his sleep at his home in Houston.
Dusty Hill was with ZZ Top for over five decades
Dusty Hill, the bassist for blues-rock band ZZ Top, died in his sleep on Wednesday at the age of 72. We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, his bandmates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard said in a post on Facebook. We will forever be connected to that Blues Shuffle in C. You will be missed greatly, amigo, the post read.
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