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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Dusty Hill of ZZ Top dead at 72

Joseph “Dusty” Hill, ZZ Top’s bassist for more than 50 years, has died, the group’s longtime rep confirmed. 
The band’s Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard issued a statement: 

25 comments:

  1. Rest in peace just listened and danced to you here in South Africa a few hours ago

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  2. Now that is a true bummer.
    I met him in a hole in the wall Houston bar in 1975. My dad had a small concert hall at the time.
    Dusty was very nice to me, a 15 year old kid. Sat at the bar for a bit while he and my dad just shot the shit.

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    1. That is the stuff real life wealth is made of.

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  3. Legend playing in heaven now, gonna miss ya, RIP

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  4. Lost a lot of great ones in the last couple of years, RIP

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  5. Man, all of these legends going to the big jam in the sky, younger than me. Makes me think I should be looking over my shoulder.

    Nemo

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  6. If and When I slip past the pearly gates, I expect Dusty to be playing knockout bass in my heavenly choir." We ain't seen hide nor hair of 11 in decades."

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  7. Too young. Bless him for making us so stoked when Gimmie all your Lovin plays...

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  8. Oh fuck Dusty, damn it man. Saw him up close and personnel 2 years ago, we were comparing beards, down in Mississippi.
    Rock on Dusty, lots of great players to jam with are waiting for you. Rest in Peace
    Lloyd

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  9. Tres Hombres, the whole album holds a special place for me, with lots of bass too...RIP
    The Master of Sparks is God, just saying....
    AZRobert

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  10. Black sheep black do you got some wool? Yes I do man, my bag is full.

    Ersatz Naugahyde

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  11. Damn. I've been telling people the next 5 to 10 years are going to be a Rock and Roll massacre. 72 seems a little on the young side though. They should lower all the Texas flags to half staff.

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  12. Wonder if he’ll be buried in his rhinestone stage suit. Sorry to hear of his passing. For 3 guys they sure could make some sounds and I’ve been lucky enough to have seen them play 4 times. Twice in the 80s, once in the 90s and the last time was just about 5 years ago. RIP Dusty.
    MadMarlin

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  13. RIP! Very strange that out of the blue, I listened to a ZZ Top album not 3 days ago...

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  14. DAMN - RIP Dusty One of my top 3 concerts was them at the Cow Palace in the early 80's.

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  15. Mexican Blackbird loved and still love that song. RIP man.

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  16. Sad news. I’ve seen ZZ Top so many times in concert I can’t even count them all.
    RIP Master of Sparks.

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    1. I hear that, must be 12 to 15 times for me. I was in the audience of the Warehouse when they recorded the live part of Fandango. Great times
      Lloyd

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  17. That is so f'in depressing. We're losin' all the greats. RIP.

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  18. Sounds too much like what happened to Tom Petty!

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  19. And Keith Richards just keeps on truckin'.

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  20. Having just landed a position in room service with the newly built Hyatt Regency in Greenville, S.C. One evening I found myself delivering Hyatt sandwiches to the band,
    as they were gearing up for their performance that night. They offered me two backstage passes, as a tip, and encouraged me to bring a friend. "Man, I needed to keep my new job, and their offer was hugely tempting", as I explained to Billy. Understanding my position, and need for an income at the time, they offered an alternative. They would be having an after show party there in their suite and invited me, and a friend, to join them. Well, that's something I could do...and did ! My future wife and I had a blast and will never forget their kindness, nor their great talent. That little 'ol band will always live with-in my heart.

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    1. They are some great for real guys.
      Lloyd

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