ZZ TOP BASSIST DUSTY HILL HAS DIED

Suddenly you realize that even the lives of rock legends are finite. Dusty Hill is in Houston Texas fell asleep peacefully at home. The band had announced a week earlier that Dusty had returned to Texas to recuperate. On July 28, 2021, the news came that Dusty Hill had died.

Over 50 years of rock'n roll and blues

The band was founded in Houston, Texas in 1969 and has been successful throughout the 80s. The first live performance in Germany was on Rockpalast in 1980 and is now part of rock history

ZZ TOP LIVE AT ROCKPALAST 1980

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This year alone, they still have 57 live gigs planned. Even before Dusty went to Texas, he said, „The show must go on“. He wasn't feeling well, he wanted to see his doctor and until further notice, Mr. Elwood Francis is to stand in.

Ellwood is the band's longtime guitar tech, who received the instruction before Dusty left for home. That feels a bit crazy, surely Ellwood can replace the second singer and bassist of ZZ TOP not really replace him. But if it's already going ahead, it's perhaps a good thing if it's someone from our own ranks and he's even been given the blessing.

These are big shoes to fill! Unforgettable when Dusty Hill and Bill Gibbons their legendary dance moves with the knee bouncers and the synchronized guitar swings on stage. And they always had their drummer Frank Beard have been included.

The band ZZ TOP, is particularly important in the rocker scene has always been and still is a big thing. Whether hot rod classic car, or the Harley-Davidson Old school lifestyle, they were always right here and important for the scene. Their distinctive appearance in particular, with their long beards, cowboy style and dark sunglasses in combination with their dance rockers, will go down in rock history and be irreplaceable.

Dusty co-founded the band ZZ TOP at the age of 20 and died at the age of 72. 50 years of rock and blues history leave the stage.

„We are saddened to learn today that our friend Dusty Hill passed away in his sleep at his home in Houston, Texas. We and all ZZ Top fans around the world will miss your steadfast presence, your good nature and your enduring determination to be the monumental foundation of ‘Top„. We will forever be associated with the “Blues Shuffle in C.“. You will be greatly missed, amigo."

- ZZ Top

It goes on!

The ZZ TOP story continues, the planned live performances will go ahead, the tour schedule is set until May 2022 and Bill Gibbons and Frank Beard will rock the stage with Mr. Elwood Francis, as it looks now, it was already announced this weekend.

As Dusty Hill says so beautifully: „The show must go on“!

With this in mind, Legends never die

Image credits: Courtesy of Epic Rights, Inc ZZ TOP

References: ZZ TOP BAND SIDE Wikipedia