RIP Dusty Hill

[cyclingwriter2]

Super sky point to the great bass player for the little old band from Texas. Fact that fascinated me: ZZ Top has the record for the most continuous years without a lineup change. They formed as a trio in 1969 and never stopped.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Awww, man. I hate to hear this, even though we know it's coming to so many of the entertainers, musicians, and movie stars of our youth. I used to drink in a little dive bar he owned in Houston, back in the day. It was a few blocks from my parent's house.

 

[Legacy]

Rock and Roll Heaven just added another bass player.

 

[Songbird]

Their videos helped shape MTV's early legacy.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Those Eliminator videos made both ZZ and MTV plenty of money.

Billy Gibbons has a bunch of cool cars, including the Eliminator hot rod. He calls this one Cadzilla, and I think it's my favorite.

 

[mpcincal]

Their videos helped shape MTV's early legacy.

Man, Matt Keough's future ex-wife sure must have felt a chill during the filming of that video.

ZZ Top was one band that sure reinvented itself during the MTV era. I knew of them earlier but wasn't too familiar, but I loved Eliminator and went back and appreciated their older stuff a little bit.

RIP, but he did put in a lot of years, and probably had a hell of a time while doing it.

 

[DanOregon]

Love the band. Real. No BS Road Warriors. Great tunes. Something to be said for keeping it simple.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Rock and Roll Heaven just added another bass player.

Waiting to greet him:

 

[goalmouth]

A friend offered a ticket and saw them at the Beacon in NYC about 10 years ago, and was glad I did. Have a little rough flip-phone video as well.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Waiting to greet him:

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Real. No BS. Road Warrior.

 

[Neutral Corner]

 

[Neutral Corner]

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

YES

 

[User 149557]

Now I’m imagining the funniest way Floyd Pepper could kick the puppet — I mean — bucket.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Dusty Hill Insisted ZZ Top Not Break Up Following His Death

 

[Driftwood]

Dusty Hill Insisted ZZ Top Not Break Up Following His Death

One day this week I heard on the radio that he had left the tour because of a hip injury, and the guitar tech filled in that night.

That’s why I like terrestrial radio. You learn things.
RIP

 

[ChrisLong]

Dusty Hill Insisted ZZ Top Not Break Up Following His Death

Voices from the grave.

 

[Neutral Corner]

One day this week I heard on the radio that he had left the tour because of a hip injury, and the guitar tech filled in that night.

That’s why I like terrestrial radio. You learn things.
RIP

I read it on the internet, and watched a video clip of the tech sitting in. You learn things there, too. ;)

 

[Songbird]

Phonetics stayed the same too: ZZ Tech.

 

[Machine Head]

Saw them on the World Wide Texas Tour.

Rattlesnakes, a Steer and whatnot on the stage. Great show.

RIP