Dusty Hill, ZZ Top bassist, dead at 72

Fox News ^ | 7/28/21 | Julius Young , Mariah Haas

[BradyLS]

Different title and source. Fair play, IMO.

[montanajoe]

Saw them in early 70’s in UT stadium while doing TDY at Fort Sam...without a doubt the best live concert I'd ever seen..RIP

[Seruzawa]

ZZTop was easily the best Superbowl Half-Time Show I ever saw.

[Seruzawa]

[Charles Martel]

So sad to hear that Dusty died so young. I am glad I got to see them in their La Grange era years.

Yep, I got to see them early on, too - at The Warehouse in New Orleans. That was back when the Allman Brothers Band was the unofficial "house band" at that venue, just before they became big names.

RIP, Dusty.

[FrankRizzo890]

I hope they do an autopsy, when someone that good dies that young, we have to know how, how, how, how.

(I’ll show myself out).

[SecAmndmt]

Keith Richards would require almost no time in wardrobe&makeup to play a in a zombie flick.

[moovova]

“Already posted.”

Not this article.

Different title.
Different author.
Different source.

[bigbob]

Bury him wearing cheap sunglasses. RIP.

[DoodleBob]

I think Billy Gibbons flipped the bird to someone at the 32-seconds mark on the first clip. And he doesn't miss a note. Beautiful.

All-original members for 50+ years, until the end. RIP.

[dfwgator]

Billy just did a solo record with a different band, I think this was supposed to be ZZ Top’s Final Tour.

[ex91B10]

24 post till Keith shows up. We’re getting slow.

[plain talk]

“Yep, I got to see them early on, too - at The Warehouse in New Orleans. That was back when the Allman Brothers Band was the unofficial “house band” at that venue, just before they became big names.”

I saw many concerts at the Warehouse including many original member Allman Bros concerts but didn’t Z Z Top see them there. I did see Z Z Top at City Park Stadium in 1975 along with Jeff Beck, Aerosmith and others.

[al_c]

Dang. That sucks. Glad I got to see them … and in La Grange, TX of all places.

RIP, Dusty.

[maddog55]

I saw these guys the first time in 73... Great band and always have been. RIP.

[chief lee runamok]

My live zz top experience was in San Diego in the early 70's.

Pure energy rock out tunes.

[Viking2002]

This stinks on ice. I was telling my wife a couple months ago that there was a bucket list of bands I wanted so see before they (or I) disappear, and ZZ Top was one of them. AC/DC and Deep Purple are on that list, too, but each of those bands are down a man or two from their glory days. Age and whatnot is starting to catch up to these guys.

[dfwgator]

Hill’s admirers also included Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, who introduced ZZ Top at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[a fool in paradise]

Keith Richards inducts ZZ Top Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 2004

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1R_NdM3eOI

[JCL3]

I recall them opening at The Warehouse for possibly Captain Beyond & Wishbone Ash(?) and they were introduced as a “small, unknown band who drove all the way from Texas in a van to play for ya’ll tonight”. It was the first time I heard them and the only time I saw them LIVE.

The above said, my Line 6 Helix has a patch in it named Dusty ZZ that is a dirty, clangy patch that imitates Dusty’s tone on the Live from The Warehouse song “Thunderbird”. Dad gave me a bass in 1965 and it’s been following me around since. Still lucky enough to be in a great band and play ZZ tunes.

RIP Dusty.