Their million-selling albums included ”Eliminator," “Afterburner” and “Antenna. Arts 4:58 PM EST 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. The band went on to have such hits as “Tush” in 1975, and the 1980s songs “Sharp Dressed Man,” ”Legs," “Gimme All Your Lovin’” and “Sleeping Bag.” The band’s 1976 “Worldwide Texas Tour,” with its iconic Texas-shaped stage festooned with cactuses, snakes and longhorn cattle, was one of the decade’s most successful rock tours. HOUSTON - 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. 'We are saddened by the news today that our compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed. The trio's other members, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard, announced Hill's death in a. 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. Blues rock bassist Dusty Hill of ZZ Top died at the age of 72 on Tuesday, members of the band said in an announcement. Dusty Hill, bassist for the enduring Texas blues rock band ZZ Top for over half a century, has died 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. 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.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. Their debut release, “ZZ Top’s First Album,” came out in 1970. 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.
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. His band, ZZ Top, announced his passing on Wednesday on their website. His rep confirmed the musician’s death, but said a cause of death was currently.
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. Ozzy Osbourne and the entire music industry is mourning the loss of beloved bass player Dusty Hill. ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who played with the Texas blues-rock trio for over 50 years, died Tuesday at age 72.
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