#Zz top bassist dusty hill dies at 72 how to

#Zz top bassist dusty hill dies at 72 how to

“These cats know their blues and they know how to dress it up. “These cats are steeped in the blues, so am I,' Richards said. ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, introduced by Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. Their million-selling albums included ”Eliminator,' “Afterburner” and “Antenna.” 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.

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. 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. The Associated Press contributed to this report.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. 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.’' These cats know their blues and they know how to dress it up. 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. The band went on to chart the hits 'Tush' in 1975, 'Sharp Dressed Man,' 'Legs' and 'Gimme All Your Lovin’' in 1983, and 'Rough Boy' and 'Sleeping Bag' in 1985. Three years later it scored its breakthrough hit, 'La Grange,' which is an ode to the Chicken Ranch, a notorious brothel outside of a Texas town by that name. The band released its first album, titled 'ZZ Top’s First Album,' in 1970.

At that time, the band said 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. 'Per Dusty’s request ‘The show must go on!’' the band wrote last week. However, last Friday, the band said Hill was going back to Texas to 'address a hip issue.' ZZ Top is on tour and scheduled to play six shows over the next week, including a concert Wednesday in South Carolina.