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Sad news from texas; one of the great characters. Saw ZZtop live at the tube studio in 1984(?). tremendous stuff close up, going to watch on youtube tomight.

I too was saddened to learn of Hills death. I also watched a number of ZZ Top videos on YouTube followed by an evening of 80’s rock videos. AC/DC, Guns&Roses, Van Halen, it was great watching the energy those bands expressed and inspired. 

I made me think, whilst the 80’s lacked many things, energy in music was not one of them. The rock bands gave me an opportunity to vent a fair bit of my pent up energy which today’s music just doesn’t. 

Not sure how most of the rock stars of that generation would manage in today’s world though. Can you picture a 22yr old Axel Rose or David Lee Roth living the 80’s lifestyle in 2021. Can’t imagine how many groupies they “interacted” with would behave today. 

didn’t realise he was 72. Going to put Eliminator on tonight and sit in my cheap sunglasses. RIP Dusty.

Very sad news. "Eliminator" was the first album I ever bought, back in 1985! They were superb.

Saw ZZTop loads of times after buying ‘Tres Hombres’ sometime around ‘77. Tremendous bass player with a good voice which all fitted brilliantly with Billy Gibbons. Real shame that he’s gone. 
They really captured the zeitgeist of MTV with the eliminator album, but it’s the earlier albums that plant a flag for a brilliant blues band with a killer guitarist. Going to dig out ‘Deguello’.

Maybe have a TV dinner too.

I like the chicken if the sauce is not too blue

https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/dusty-hill-and-zz-top-put-texas-music-on...

Said like a sharp dressed man

Very sad to hear. They were one of my "must-see" bands and I finally ticked them off in Glasgow a couple of years ago.

Alot of people just associated them with the '80's glossy pop rock stuff, but those '70's albums are great. "La Grange" is one of my top ten all-time tunes.

If you haven't seen the ZZ Top documentary on Netflix I would HIGHLY recommend!

Saw them at the Glasgow Apollo on the Eliminator tour.

One of my top three ever gigs and still play La Grange and Sharp Dressed Man with my band.

Loved the bit when Frank Beard dissed Eric Clapton because he "only" smoked heroin !

Good obit in the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/29/dusty-hill-lifted-zz-top-into...

A band to dip back into for sure

Seen it. Also highly recommend their very latest stuff, and also Billy gibbons' solo stuff. The video of 25 lighters reprises the eliminator era stuff, and features some absolutely cool cars. The 3 window WFG drives is just the mutts nuts. Spend some time on YouTube watching them, especially live on the Tube. That was a bit different even for that programme.

I remember watching that episode of the tube (but sadly on the TV not live) I remember they were really strong, wished Id had seen them live but never got chance, 

Sad news indeed. So ends the longest unchanged line up of any band in music history (52 years!) I saw them at Milton Keynes Bowl in the eighties... they were fantastic. A very unrated bass player and a fantastic gravelly voice. Let's remember him how we should and how he would want to be:

youtube.com/watch?v=SGW4qMUysAQ&