ZZ Top has continued to play gigs, recently without Dusty Hill. According to Billboard, guitarist Billy Gibbons introduced Elwood Francis. “The synthesizer made all the difference,” he said. ZZ Top resumed their tour last Friday, playing their first concert following the death of longtime bassist Dusty Hill. In the early days, Vognar says, you could imagine guitar-heavy, blues-infused ZZ Top songs being played at a Texas roadhouse. Gaining a wider audience meant less of an obvious “Texanness” about the band, too. “Those aren’t bad songs at all – well, most of them aren’t – but they’re different from what they were doing before.” “They sold out very skillfully,” Vognar said. Dusty Hill was born Joseph Michael Hill in Dallas, Texas and grew up in Lakewood, East Dallas. Vognar says songs like “Legs” and “Sharp Dressed Man” brought ZZ Top into focus for even casual observers. “They always had a sense of humor, they always had a healthy libido,” Vognar said.
Later, the members of the band became pop stars, Vognar says, capitalizing on their personalities and eventually making music that appealed to a broadening audience around the time MTV began playing music videos that turned their performers into stars. Hill died in his sleep, according to an announcement made by drummer Frank Beard and lead guitarist Billy Gibbons. When the members of ZZ Top connected in Houston, they had been playing other styles of music but quickly decided they wanted to focus on blues rock. Dusty Hill, the longtime member of legendary rock band ZZ Top, has died at his home in Houston, Texas, his bandmates announced Wednesday. But it’s still hard to think of their sound without it,” Vognar said. “His sound was the core – that kind of low rumble that wasn’t really showing off a whole lot. Hill provided the baseline on top of which Gibbons laid out his virtuosic guitar riffs and vocal lines. He told Texas Standard that in the raucous world of ZZ Top, Hill was the “strong, silent one.” After Hills death, many fans were left wondering about the future of the 'Sharp Dressed Man' crooners. It was there they teamed up with guitarist and singer Billy Gibbons to form ZZ Top.Ĭhris Vognar is a culture writer at Texas Monthly. By Anna Harnes / J4:15 pm EDT On July 28, longtime bass player and co-vocalist of ZZ Top Dusty Hill died while on tour with his bandmates. We are saddened by the news today that our compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, Texas. Hill was a Dallas native, and played cello in high school before relocating to Houston in 1968 with fellow musician Frank Beard. Dusty Hill, the bassist for blues-rock trio ZZ Top, has died. Known among legions of fans as “the bottom to the top,” ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill died at his Houston home Thursday at the age of 72.
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