BLUES AND BEYOND
01 DUSTY HILL
July 28, 2021 was the saddest of days. Joe Michael ‘Dusty’ Hill departed the planet at the age of 72, and the world became that little bit less fun. Of course, the long-bearded Dallas native left a long legacy with ZZ Top, with whom he starred for five decades. The hard rock and blues juggernaut continues, as Hill personally requested, with his former bass tech Elwood Francis on bass.
It was the cello that first turned Hill’s head, but by age 13 he’d already decided that the electric bass was his bag, and he duly exploded onto the local bar scene while still in high school. Later, he and drummer Frank Beard played in various Texas bands, including American Blues, at that time also featuring his older brother Rocky. Beard and Hill, however, were more interested in a certain Billy Gibbons, late of
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