
In their Facebook post, guitarist Billy Gibbons. This story has been corrected to reflect that ZZ Top was formed in the late 1960s, not the late 1970s. ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues rock trios bearded figures, died at his Houston home, the band announced Wednesday. That look - with all three members wearing dark sunglasses and the two frontmen sporting long, wispy beards - became so iconic as to be the subject of a New Yorker cartoon and a joke on “The Simpsons.” When I first saw them, I thought, ‘I hope these guys are not on the run, because that disguise is not going to work.’”
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These cats know their blues and they know how to dress it up. 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. Said Rolling Stones lead guitarist Keith Richards in introducing the band to the Hall: “These cats are steeped in the blues, so am I. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. 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.

12, 2019, file photo, that tickets for the Nov. The award-winning musician announced Monday, Aug. Joe Walsh will be joined by ZZ Top, Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow, and Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit at his VetsAid music festival to benefit veterans. Dusty Hill - the long-serving bassist of American rock-blues band ZZ Top - has died at the age of 72, his fellow band members announced on Facebook Wednesday. The band announced Hill’s death on the band’s official Facebook page, writing 'We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, TX.


