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Publishing date: Jul 28, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 4 minute read • Musician Dusty Hill of ZZ Top performs at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Nov. 8, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo by John Harrelson /Getty Images for NASCAR
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LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Joseph “Dusty” Hill, ZZ Top’s bassist for more than 50 years, has died, the group’s longtime rep confirmed. No cause of death was cited.
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HOUSTON (AP) ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues rock trio’s bearded figures, died at his Houston home, the band announced Wednesday. He was 72.
In their Facebook post, guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard said Hill died in his sleep. They didn’t give a cause of death, but a July 21 post on the band’s website said Hill was “on a short detour back to Texas, to address a hip issue.”
At that time, the band said its longtime guitar tech, Elwood Francis, would fill in on bass, slide guitar and harmonica.
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FILE - Dusty Hill, left, and Billy Gibbons from U.S rock band ZZ Top perform at the Glastonbury music festival in Somerset, England, June 24, 2016. ZZ Top has announced that Hill, one of the Texas blues trio s bearded figures and bassist, has died at his Houston home. He was 72. In a Facebook post, bandmates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard revealed Wednesday, July 28, 2021, that Hill had died in his sleep.
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FILE - Dusty Hill of ZZ Top performs during the VH1 Rock Honors concert in Las Vegas on May 12, 2007. ZZ Top has announced that Hill, one of the Texas blues trio s bearded figures and bassist, has died at his Houston home. He was 72. In a Facebook post, bandmates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard revealed Wednesday, July 28, 2021, that Hill had died in his sleep.
Dusty Hill, bassist for iconic Texas band ZZ Top, passes away at 72 By ABC13 Staff Dusty Hill was a founding member of the legendary Texas rock band.
Photo by Emily Jaschke Dusty Hill, a native of Dallas best known for being ZZ Top s bassist, died on Wednesday, July 28 at the age of 72. Hill died in his sleep at his home in Houston, according to a post published on the band s Instagram page. A Facebook post on the band s official page said: We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, TX. 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 will forever be connected to that Blues Shuffle in C.
Muere Dusty Hill, baterista de ZZ Top, a lo 72 años
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El baterista de la banda ZZ top murió a los 72 años, se desconocen las causas.
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Dusty Hill, el bajista de ZZ Top y una de las figuras barbudas del trío rexano de rock y blues, falleció en su casa de Houston, anunció la banda el miércoles. Tenía 72 años.
En su publicación en Facebook, el guitarrista Billy Gibbons y el baterista Frank Beard dijeron que Hill murió mientras dormía. No revelaron la causa del deceso, pero en una publicación del 21 de julio en el cibersitio de la banda dijeron que Hill estaba “de regreso en Texas para atenderse un asunto de la cadera”.