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The Texas trio gained national attention with the breakthrough 1973 album Tres Hombres, which featured the hit “La Grange.” Across their four-decade career, ZZ Top experimented with new wave–tinged synthesizer records while staying in touch with their Southern rock and blues roots. Dusty Hill, bassist and secondary lead vocalist for legendary Southern blues-rock trio ZZ Top, has died, according to a post on the band’s official Facebook page by his. “We will forever be connected to that ‘Blues Shuffle in C.’” Dusty Hill was 72 years old.ĭusty Hill, guitarist and lead vocalist Billy Gibbons, and drummer Frank Beard comprised ZZ Top.
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Dusty Hill (L) was a member of the band ZZ TopCredit: AP:Associated Press. It was announced on Jthat Dusty Hill, the bassist and secondary lead vocalist for the rock band ZZ Top had, passed away. We are saddened by the news today that our compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, Texas. THE music industry is mourning the loss of one of their own. “We, along with legions of ZZ Top fans around the world, will miss your steadfast presence, your good nature and enduring commitment to providing that monumental bottom to the ‘Top,’” they wrote. Dusty Hill, the bassist for blues-rock trio ZZ Top, has died. In a statement posted to ZZ Top’s social media channels, Hill’s surviving bandmates Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons said that Hill died in his sleep at his Houston home. ZZ Top bassist Joseph Michael “Dusty” Hill has died, as Rolling Stone and TMZ report. ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, 72, dies at his Houston home just days after dropping out of shows due to a hip injury.