The show we did together just last week would be his last.
Dusty Hill, the iconic bassist who spent 50 years with blues-rock band ZZ Top, died Wednesday. Joseph Michael Dusty Hill of ZZ Top, March 2014 (Mat Hayward/Getty Images) ZZ Top bassist Joseph Michael Dusty Hill has died, as Rolling Stone and TMZ report. We were so blessed to share the stage with the great Dusty and ZZ Top many times, and if that wasn’t rock & roll heaven, I don’t know what is. Dusty Hill, legendary ZZ Top bassist, dies at 72. John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival tweeted a remembrance of his own: “We are devastated to hear about Dusty’s passing. As a member of ZZ Top, Hill appeared on hits like Tush, La Grange, Sharp Dressed Man, Gimme All Your Lovin’, Legs, I Gotsta Get Paid, Got Me Under Pressure, and Rough Boy. We will forever be connected to that ‘Blues Shuffle in C.’ You will be missed greatly, amigo.” “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’. Dusty Hill, the longtime member of legendary rock band ZZ Top, has died at his home in Houston, Texas, his bandmates announced Wednesday. “We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, Texas,” surviving members Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard said in a statement. His rep confirmed the musician’s death, but said a cause of death was currently unknown. Three years later, they broke through commercially with “La Grange,” a funky blues song in the style of Slim Harpo’s ”Shake Your Hips” that paid tribute to the Chicken Ranch, a notorious brothel outside of the Texas town of La Grange.ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who played with the Texas blues-rock trio for over 50 years, died Tuesday at age 72. Their debut release, “ZZ Top’s First Album,” came out in 1970. Hill and influenced by the British power trio Cream. 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.īorn Joe Michael Hill in Dallas, he, Gibbons and Beard formed ZZ Top in Houston in 1969, naming themselves in part after blues singer Z.Z.
In a Facebook post Wednesday, guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard said Hill died in his sleep. Dusty Hill, the bassist and secondary lead vocalist of the band, died in his Houston home at age 72. 'We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has. TYLER, Texas (KETK) ZZ Top announced one of their members passed away in his sleep Wednesday. On July 28, longtime bass player and co-vocalist of ZZ Top Dusty Hill died while on tour with his bandmates. The trios other members, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard, announced Hills death in a.
The announcement, signed by ZZ Top members Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard, said that Hill passed away in his sleep at his Houston, Texas home. Dusty Hill, bassist for the enduring Texas blues rock band ZZ Top for over half a century, has died at age 72. HOUSTON (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. ZZ Tops bassist Dusty Hill has died at the age of 72-years-old, the band announced Wednesday.
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