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    Dusty Hill, ZZ Top bassist, dead at 72

    Dusty Hill, the bassist for ZZ Top, has died. He was 72.

    Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard of the Texas-based trio issued a statement writing: "We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, TX. We, along with legions of ZZ Top fans around the world, will miss your steadfast presence, your good nature and enduring commitment to providing that monumental bottom to the ‘Top’. We will forever be connected to that ‘Blues Shuffle in C.’"

    "You will be missed greatly, amigo," the statement added.

    RIP
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    Bummer. If I remember correctly, he hasn't been in good health for a while, so not all that shocking. I think Gibbons just put out a solo album (which I haven't heard yet) so Dusty probably hadn't been working for a while now.

    ZZ Top was probably the only band that stayed together for 50 years without any lineup changes, so you have to respect that... even if they did go overboard with the synthesizers in the mid 80s (like damn near everybody else)
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    I bet he died from the Trump/Putin AIDS virus known as COVID.
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    Very sad. ZZ TOP has been such a monument for so long...

    I hope Gibbons will consider the band is done and not try to find any replacement bassist.
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    Oh, and what will Dave Grohl have to say about this? No question he's booking himself on every talk show an media outlet he can find to sat how Dusty's death affected him and only him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jérôme Frenchise View Post
    Very sad. ZZ TOP has been such a monument for so long...

    I hope Gibbons will consider the band is done and not try to find any replacement bassist.
    They went on tour without him.

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    He had just stepped off their current tour to go take care of a hip issue... That's was posted on Facebook last Friday.

    Hill had been dealing with a health concern related to a hip issue as recently as Friday, the band revealed, adding that they were awaiting "a speedy recovery" and hoping to "have him back pronto."

    "The members of ZZ Top, Billy, and Frank, would like to share that Dusty, their fearless Bass player, is on a short detour back to Texas, to address a hip issue," the Facebook post read. "Per Dusty’s request ‘The show must go on!’ With that directive, ZZ Top has put the services of Mr. Elwood Francis, their trusted guitar tech of the past two decades, into play with his slide guitar, bass guitar, and harmonica playing in full swing."

    No indication of his cause of death... just that he passed in his sleep. Nice way to go if you're going...

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    Sad news..I have a ZZ story..want to hear it Kristy?
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    No, because you're retarded

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZahZoo View Post
    No indication of his cause of death... just that he passed in his sleep. Nice way to go if you're going...
    Is it though?

    Is that not missing out on a very important moment?

    Something I ponder sometimes...
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    RIP DUSTY HILL from one of the greatest bands ever!

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    I’m willing to bet he died from an accident overdose on pain medication…. He was due for hip surgery.

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    Nope he died because he's an anti-vaxxer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jérôme Frenchise View Post
    I hope Gibbons will consider the band is done and not try to find any replacement bassist.
    For what it's worth...

    Dusty Hill Insisted ZZ Top Not Break Up Following His Death
    https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-not-breaking-up/
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    Thanks for that record deal, Keef!



    Not that the Stones were directly involved.....

    But as it happens, London Records was a relatively small, obscure label which issued mostly classical music before they signed a little British band called The Rolling Stones in 1964.

    In 1970, the Stones handed in their 2nd live album, "Get Your Ya Yas Out" and then served notice that they were starting their own label.

    London needed a new band to keep the label going. Keeping it in the blues rock tradition of the Stones would be a big plus. Enter in the "little ol' band from Texas".... and the rest is history.

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    What up FORD COUNTRY?!?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by FORD View Post


    Not that the Stones were directly involved.....

    But as it happens, London Records was a relatively small, obscure label which issued mostly classical music before they signed a little British band called The Rolling Stones in 1964.

    In 1970, the Stones handed in their 2nd live album, "Get Your Ya Yas Out" and then served notice that they were starting their own label.

    London needed a new band to keep the label going. Keeping it in the blues rock tradition of the Stones would be a big plus. Enter in the "little ol' band from Texas".... and the rest is history.
    Ghey. They turned around and sued that label.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jérôme Frenchise View Post
    Very sad. ZZ TOP has been such a monument for so long...

    I hope Gibbons will consider the band is done and not try to find any replacement bassist.
    The Gibfarter has a fledgling solo career that has been going on for over 10 years or so. He released a couple of really bad albums followed by some sad solo tours. Shitbons knows his bread and butter was with the Top and he always returned to it knowing how burnt out he was of playing dog turds like La Grunge and Carp Dressed Tan. Who knows? Sometimes Jeff Beck would suck his Texan cock on stage but about it, really. It's what Dave Grohl thinks that matters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
    Is it though?

    Is that not missing out on a very important moment?

    Something I ponder sometimes...
    I don't know... once you're dead, I believe the importance of a lot moments and other things pretty much cease... especially your ability to sit back and savor those precious moments. But... who the hell knows..?

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    Once you die your body shuts down metabolically and cells the regenerate your miserable existence cease to function and your piece of shit F A T body becomes marketable to be food for worms and numerous insects and birds depending how and where you die. There is no afterlife, no 72 virgins; no being a corpse pussy magnet, no G.E. Sus, no old white dude with a beard who'll suck your dick if you voted Trump. NOTHING. I still say F A T Dusty Hill was an anti-vaxxer brain dead Texan and the Putin/Trump AIDS virus killed him that he probably contracted on this tour. Right? He seemed fine before that.

    So there you have it.

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