The show we did together just last week would be his last. 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. John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival tweeted a remembrance of his own: “We are devastated to hear about Dusty’s passing.
We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty. We will forever be connected to that ‘Blues Shuffle in C.’ You will be missed greatly, amigo.” Dusty Hill, the bearded bassist with American blues-rock band ZZ Top, has died, according to the band’s official website. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) had a special, sharp-dressed visitor preview their latest exhibit on Tuesday. “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’. ZZ Tops Billy Gibbons visits new exhibit at VMFA. “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. Watch ZZ Top perform “Brown Sugar” and “La Grange” live at Gruene Hall (from the film That Little Ol’ Band From Texas) below.ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who played with the Texas blues-rock trio for over 50 years, died Tuesday at age 72. It’s a calling that has us grinning from start to finish.” If that’s the direction, I gotta take it.'”Īsked about the band’s plans to put out new music beyond Raw, Gibbons said making new music “would be an interesting excursion into the unknown-particularly with Elwood holding down the bottom end.” He continued, “We’ve got the makings of a band that is partially the tried-and-true longstanding experience with something so fresh, and kind of uncharted territory that’s being broken.
It was, ‘Hey Elwood, grab the guitar.’ He said, ‘Okay, listen, I’m the hired gun. Elwood grabbed Dusty’s hat and placed it on the microphone and made sure that there was a point of relation through the whole night. “To Elwood’s credit, he made certain that Dusty was in an ethereal sense still present during the experience. “The emotions were running high,” he said. Gibbons described the emotional tone of the band’s first shows without Dusty. We’re crazy characters, almost cartoon-like, but at the bottom of it, we’re all very dedicated and serious on the musical level.”įrancis has already performed live with ZZ Top. It’s kind of an interesting twist, but the balance remains. He’s been a solid standby for over three decades.’ He is adding to five decades of a rather serious side of making loud sounds. He said, ‘Listen, if I’m late getting back to the gig, make sure that Elwood, our guitar technician, wraps his hands around my guitar.’ I said, ‘Okay.’ He said, ‘Look, he’s more than a family member. When he was feeling a bit out of sorts, he requested going to see his physician. Their influences are both the originators of the form Muddy Waters, B.B. Hill’s bandmates Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons confirmed the news Wednesday in a statement that read. As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers. Dusty Hill, the bass player for ZZ Top for more than 50 years, died on Wednesday. “Not only was he a great performer and a great friend, he had a thread of wisdom. The elements that keep ZZ TOP fresh, enduring and above the transitory fray can be summed up in the three words of the band’s internal mantra: Tone, Taste and Tenacity. Asked about the transition, Gibbons said it was Dusty who recommended Francis for the position. The band also has plans to work on new music with Elwood Francis, who served as the outfit’s guitar tech for over 30 years, on bass. Surprisingly, given his age, 46, and his love of the blues, Auerbach came late to ZZ Top. Due to be released on July 8th, the album will feature a mix of classic tunes and lesser-heard songs like “Certified Blues” and “Brown Sugar”, both from the band’s 1971 debut, ZZ Top’s First Album. The band will first release a new live album, Raw, which was recorded with Dusty during the making of the band’s 2019 documentary, That Little Ol’ Band From Texas, at Gruene Hall-the longest running live music venue and dance hall in Texas. We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, TX, remaining ZZ Top members Gibbons and Frank Beard said in a statement. Gibbons announced in an interview with Ultimate Classic Rock. ZZ Tops Billy Gibbons recalls Dusty Hills health struggles prior to his death.
ZZ Top has plans to put out new music with the band’s longtime guitar technician Elwood Francis filling in for the late Dusty Hill, who passed away in 2021, guitarist Billy F. Dusty Hill, the bass player for ZZ Top for more than 50 years, died on Wednesday.
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