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Hill recently stepped away from performing with the band, but they didn't cite anything more serious than a "hip issue." Longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis ended up filling in. At the time, ZZ Top said, "Per Dusty's request, the show must go on!" Their concert on July 23 in New Lenox, Ill., marked Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard's first without Hill in more than five decades. Hill once chalked up that longevity to a sense of common purpose. "It's a cliche and sounds so simplistic, but it's down to the three of us genuinely enjoying playing together," Hill said in 2014. "We still love it, and w...

In Memoriam: Dusty Hill 1949-2021 The ZZ Top bassist was 72 and, until a few days before his death, still touring Dusty Hill of ZZ Top, who provided the bass line for the band that’s had legs for more than half a century, has died at the age of 72, just days after he’d taken a leave of absence. “We are saddened by the news today that our compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston,” wrote lead vocalist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard in a joint statement Wednesday. “We, along with legions of ZZ Top fans around the world, will miss your steadfast prese...

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May 19, 2021 Born on this day in 1949, Dallas native Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill turns 72. Dusty grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School where he played the cello. Along with his brother Rock Hill and future fellow ZZ Top member Frank Beard, Dusty Hill played in local Dallas bands the Warlocks, the Cellar Dwellers, and American Blues. From 1966 to 1968, American Blues played the Dallas-Fort Worth-Houston circuit. In 1969, Hill was a member of a fake version of the British band The Zombies with Beard. In 1968, the band decided to leave the Da...

May 19, 2021 Born on this day in 1949, Dallas native Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill turns 72. Dusty grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School where he played the cello. Along with his brother Rock Hill and future fellow ZZ Top member Frank Beard, Dusty Hill played in local Dallas bands the Warlocks, the Cellar Dwellers, and American Blues. From 1966 to 1968, American Blues played the Dallas-Fort Worth-Houston circuit. In 1969, Hill was a member of a fake version of the British band The Zombies with Beard. In 1968, the band decided to leave the Da...