B King and Z.Z Hill. According to a statement: "Guitar player, singer and songwriter William Gibbons founded ZZ Top in late 1969. Before Gibbons brought in Hill and Beard (an ironic last name ...

When ZZ Top came out ... Dusty Hill and Frank Beard) locked into 1973’s ‘Tres Hombres’ with a crowded-barroom intensity that shot them straight into the Top 10. Ten years later, they slapped ...

Dusty Hill, the bassist for ZZ Top, has passed away. He was 72 and passed in his sleep at his home in Houston, Texas. No cause of death has been revealed. Last week Dusty Hill had to drop off ZZ Top's ...

Bassist Hill died in 2021, with his long-time guitar tech Elwood Francis stepping in as his replacement at the late musician’s request. Francis not only could play ZZ Top’s catalogue after ...

ZZ Top made it back the next year, in what became a historical moment: The band's first show since the death of bass player Dusty Hill. Until his death, ZZ Top had been the longest-running hit ...