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.
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