RIP Dusty Hill and Goodbye ZZ Top.

[mongers]

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58006978

Dusty Hill: ZZ Top bassist dies aged 72

Dusty Hill, the bassist of US blues rock band ZZ Top, has died at the age of 72.

Bandmates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard said that Hill died in his sleep at his home in Houston, Texas. They did not give further details.

Earlier in July, ZZ Top had announced that Hill would not play some upcoming shows due to a hip injury.

Hill was one of the founding members of the iconic band. He played with ZZ Top for over 50 years.

"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'," the statement from Gibbons and Beard said.

"You will be missed greatly, amigo."

Born Joseph Michael Hill, the bassist originally played guitar alongside his brother Rocky in Dallas before moving to Houston and joining Beard.

ZZ Top was founded in 1969, and played their first live concert the following year.

The trio would go on to release 15 studio and four live albums that led to two top 10 singles, Legs and Sleeping Bag from the 1983 album Eliminator. ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

In addition to the bass guitar, Hill played keyboard and was a secondary lead vocalist for the band.

Hill also made cameo acting appearances in the Back to the Future Part III film and HBO's Deadwood, along with the animated television series King of the Hill.

Following news of his death, fans and fellow musicians of Hill's took to social media to express their grief.

"For 50 entire years, Dusty Hill anchored down one of the greatest rock power trios that's ever existed," music journalist Corbin Reiff wrote on Twitter.

[The Brain]

RIP

[Admiral Yi]

RIP.

Totallly unique sound and incredibly full for only 3 instruments.

So bizarre they started life as fake Zombies.

[jimmy olsen]

He was a sharp dressed man. 

[Josephus]

He was a sharp dressed man. 

He had legs.

[The Brain]

He was a sharp dressed man. 

He had legs.

And a tush.