Billy F. Gibbons on the Death of Dusty Hill and the Future of ZZ Top

“Nobody else could sound like The Dust!”

"...F. Gibbons being the constant factor. After longest-serving bassist/singer Dusty Hill passed away in his sleep at age 72..."

July 30, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

"Let Dusty Sing One!" ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill (1949-2021) and the Pursuit of the Perfect Note

Legendary Texas bassist died in his sleep Tuesday night

"...a member of ZZ Top passes away, as bassist Dusty Hill did in his sleep at his home in..."

July 29, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Letters at 3AM: The Dragon on Sennett's Hill

Hollywood is an electric dragon

"...the floor: spotlights, broken chairs, thick wires – all dusty. (It soon became a parking lot.) Twentieth Century Fox..."

March 12, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...when that state is Texas." – a baffled Hank Hill to son, Bobby, in the series finale of King..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

ZZ Top

Tracking the beards

"...the "ZZ goatee." It hardly rivals Billy Gibbons' and Dusty Hill's twin front beards, but it'll kill the endless..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Wild Bill

"...Directed by: Walter Hill. Starring: Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane,..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ZZ Top’s Pincushion

Flyin’ high and fast at a sold-out Moody Theater

"...crude oil, Billy Gibbons’ first oozing verse met by Dusty Hill’s piquant punctuation as churned in full-on tractor mode..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Gift Guide for the Austin Music Fan in Your Life

Try a Nineties Austin oral history, Willie birthday LP, or BLK ODYSSY ashtray

"...while you're at it? – C.A.blkodyssy.com, $12 ZZ Top Dusty Hill Portrait..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

ZZ Top Flies High at the Moody

October 10, 2013. 16 photos.

"...The great Dusty Hill..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Photo Gallery

Bill Ham Had My Back

ZZ Top’s onetime manager made rock & roll history

"...much quickly grew around the guitarist and his bandmates Dusty Hill and Frank Beard...."

June 24, 2016 Music Post by Bill Bentley

ZZ Top

"...slower rolls Gibbons' gruff but endearing ballad "Over You," Dusty Hill's harmony vocal for "Heartache in Blue" afterward only..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Nasty Dogs & Funky Kings

Rockpalast, German for DVD gold mine

"...Civil War-era pugilist in a rounders hat, and with Dusty Hill in his Che Guevara beret, the now-lifetime musical..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Life by the Drop

The return of Doyle Bramhall

"...hotel room in Houston once with Frank Beard and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top. They were like, 'Whatever you..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Faster Than Sound: Edith Frost Returns

Austinite once again, Edith Frost offers first new songs in over a decade, plus Natalie Jane Hill's debut and Red River Cultural District requests

"...to be heard, even though they're so old and dusty." Natalie Jane Hill Sings With the Azaleas..."

May 22, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Local Music to Livestream, Download, and Otherwise Enjoy Digitally

What we’re watching and listening to

"...a live rehearsal site for Messrs. Billy Gibbons, 70; Dusty Hill, 70; and Austinite Frank Beard, 70, who's outed..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

ZZ Top, Bad Company, and Cheap Trick Stage a Texas Jam

Seventies headliners reanimate the me decade for the ages

"...tumble, 75-minute knock-out not two feet from low-end pluck Dusty Hill, 70 yesterday, and about three yards from beat..."

May 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Tommy Shannon

'I Live in Trios'

"...as he picked up work in trios with Rocky Hill, brother of ZZ Top's Dusty Hill, in Houston, and..."

April 13, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

What We’re Listening to Right Now

DJ Jester & DJ Marz, Willie Nelson on Billy Joe Shaver, Lisa Morales, High Heavens, and ZZ Top

"...helplessly those first weeks of COVID. Witnessing Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard tap blues magma at said..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

ZZ Top, Bad Company, and Cheap Trick Roar at Circuit of the Americas

"...Tres Hombres: (l-r) Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons..."

May 20, 2019 Photo Gallery

Party on the Patio

Live review of ZZ Top's 1st Annual La Grange Fest.

"...Lynyrd Skynyrd proved worse past the initial chill/thrill of hearing one of the original band’s favorite opening..."

Oct. 24, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sound Unseen Brings Fugazi, Cyndi Lauper Docs to Austin

Minneapolis-based film fest spotlights local links for Austin leg

"...What happened to rock radio? Lyle Lovett, ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill, Melissa Etheridge and Sammy Hagar, along with top..."

Oct. 19, 2023 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Do Your Part. Get Vaccinated. Do It Now.

Where to find the COVID vaccine in Austin

"...speaks with ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons about bassist/singer Dusty Hill, who passed away in his sleep at age..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...starts opener "Got Me Under Pressure" at a croak, Dusty Hill duets a save and by "Jesus Just Left..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Boxing Lesson

Blues before & after

"...Mud (1972): Billy F. Gibbons' '58 Les Paul riding Dusty Hill's bass and Frank Beard's drums with a vocal..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Moving Sidewalks

Sun., 11pm, Reverberation stage

"...happened after the latter left and Frank Beard and Dusty Hill came aboard. Mitchell later rejoined Tom Moore in..."

April 26, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

DVDnds

"...ensuing rip through "La Grange" and "Tush." Check out Dusty Hill's immaculate grill and Billy Gibbons' heavenly hands...."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

ZZ Top

Backyard, May 15

"...was more a mark of distinction than distraction. Bassist Dusty Hill's pipes were considerably more intact on his 12-bar..."

May 23, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

Hall of Fame Shuffle

Anything goes at the TX Film Hall of Fame Awards... and somebody's already up and gone

"...the AMD LIVE! Soundtrack Award, with Billy F. Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard in attendance. Other honorees include..."

Feb. 27, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Power of Three

With ZZ Top mowing down the Backyard this weekend, the power of three – trios – comes into play

"...by his blues-sharpened, rock-hard buzz-saw guitar with thundering bassist Dusty Hill and lightning-quick Frank Beard on drums, the band..."

April 13, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

ZZ Top

Record review

"...with strutter "Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings" is aces. Dusty Hill scores with ode to Galveston vice den "Balinese"..."

April 7, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

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