ZZ Top's bearded bassist Dusty Hill dead at 72


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ZZ Top has announced that Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues trio's bearded figures and bassist, has died at his Houston home. He was 72. Photo: AP

ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill, the long-bearded bassist for the million-selling Texas blues rock trio known for such hits as Legs and Gimme All Your Lovin', has died at age 72.

In a Facebook post Wednesday (July 28), guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard said Hill died in his sleep. They didn’t give a cause of death, but a July 21 post on the band's website said Hill was "on a short detour back to Texas, to address a hip issue”. At that time, the band said that its longtime guitar tech, Elwood Francis, would fill in on bass, slide guitar and harmonica.

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