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Dusty Hill 1949-2021: paying tribute to the bearded boss of bass guitar
When the ZZ Top bassist left us on July 27, he left a legacy like few others. We look back at the career of a true bass original
Billy F. Gibbons: “We let off steam by letting it rock... Hardware is a raging rocker but always mindful of the desert’s implicit mystery”
Why the ZZ Top legend headed to the California High Desert to seek rock ’n’ roll inspiration
Billy Gibbons: “I was fearless when I started playing, but learning that agonizing F chord was miserable!”
With new solo album Hardware in record stores, the ZZ Top icon sits down with TG to share some hard-earned wisdom
Dusty Hill recorded bass and vocal parts for a new ZZ Top album, Billy Gibbons reveals
The late bass guitar great will feature on the yet-to-be-announced record, though his parts are still in need of some "completion work"
![[L-R] Elwood Francis, Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vHPaYXUBRJYAvC8tLakczA-840-80.jpg.webp)
Watch footage of ZZ Top's first shows since bassist Dusty Hill's death
The band recruited longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis to handle bass duties – with Hill's full blessing, according to frontman Billy Gibbons
Dusty Hill, 1949-2021: the guitar world pays tribute
Ozzy Osbourne, Flea, Joe Bonamassa, Zakk Wylde, Paul Stanley, Jason Isbell, David Coverdale and many more pay their respects to the legendary ZZ Top bass player
Dusty Hill, ZZ Top bassist, dies at 72
The legendary bass player died in his sleep at his home in Houston, Texas, the band wrote on social media
Is Billy Gibbons’s new Wild Custom guitar the craziest signature model of the year so far?
The ZZ Top icon's unique new six-string sports the brand's marvelously ingenious Gyrock system, which features a rotating pickup loading bay for seamless sonic swaps
![[L-R] Billy Gibbons and Steven Tyler](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FRFeBdGUWnx4wwNePeuzYn-840-80.jpg.webp)
