“Dusty’s Guitar Tech took over for him the last few shows. Looks like he recently had hip or knee surgery, could barely move on stage”
That is my understanding as well. I’m wondering if maybe he had a problem with painkillers? That was the problem with Tom Petty he had a fractured hip barely made it through his last tour and essentially accidentally OD’d on opioids before he could get surgery.
The wife and I saw ZZ here in Houston May 2019. Bad ass concert. These guyz were jammin.
Sad day here in Texas.
Rest in peace Dusty man.
Last show with Dusty, July 18th in Louisville, you clearly see him resting against the amplifier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGQvmpi00Ug
Billy introducing Elwood Francis (at least he looks the part)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UuuXk8ySgU
In 1969, my dad had his hip/leg shattered from the socket to 6 inches above his knee.
The doctors gave him percocet for the pain. After a couple years he made the decision to quit them because he knew it was causing him more problems than the pain.
He took aspirin instead but that was like putting a bandaid on a gaping wound.
But he refused any opioids until he died in 1990