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ZZ Top’s bearded bassist Dusty Hill dies in his sleep at 72
The band, whose concert in 1977 was the first event ever held the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, had such hits as La Grange, Tush, Legs and Gimme All Your Lovin .
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Dusty Hill, left, and Billy Gibbons from the rock band ZZ Top perform at the Glastonbury music festival in Somerset, England, in 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. Jonathan Short/Invision/Associated Press
ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dies at 72
Joseph Dusty Hill, ZZ Top s bassist for more than 50 years, has died, the group s longtime rep confirmed.
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Jem Aswad / Reuters | 4:05 pm, Jul. 28, 2021 ×
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, left, and guitarist Billy Gibbons perform on the Palomino Stage during day two of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Saturday, April 25, 2015, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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.
ZZ Top has announced that Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues trio s bearded figures and bassist, has died at his Houston home. He was 72. Photo: AP
ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill, the long-bearded bassist for the million-selling Texas blues rock trio known for such hits as
Legs and
Gimme All Your Lovin , has died at age 72.
In a Facebook post Wednesday (July 28), 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 that its longtime guitar tech, Elwood Francis, would fill in on bass, slide guitar and harmonica.
ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dies at 72
Joseph Dusty Hill, ZZ Top s bassist for more than 50 years, has died, the group s longtime rep confirmed.
Written By:
Jem Aswad / Reuters | 4:05 pm, Jul. 28, 2021 ×
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, left, and guitarist Billy Gibbons perform on the Palomino Stage during day two of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Saturday, April 25, 2015, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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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