It wasn’t very good, but I kind of learned how to play on stage and whatnot, and embarrassment is a great motivator.” I was a singer and I came home from school and there was a bass guitar there, and I played a bar that night. “Most bass players are guitar players first,” he told writer Gary Graff in 2016. Hill grew up in Dallas, Texas, and began playing bass when he was 13. And after all this time, we all know what winds up the others and what makes them the people they are.” We also have enough in common to maintain a bond between us but sufficient differences to keep our individuality. “We still love it, and we still get a kick out of being onstage. “It’s a cliché and sounds so simplistic, but it’s down to the three of us genuinely enjoying playing together,” Hill explained to Classic Rock in 2010. Throughout all that time, the lineup stayed just Hill, Gibbons, and Beard, making them one of the most stable acts in rock history. Hill wasn’t ZZ Top’s original bass player, but he joined shortly before they cut their debut LP, ZZ Top’s First Album, in 1971, and remained a pivotal part of the group through their most recent albums and tours. The show we did together just last week would be his last. We were so blessed to share the stage with the great Dusty and ZZ Top many times, and if that wasn’t rock & roll heaven, I don’t know what is. John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival tweeted a remembrance of his own: “We are devastated to hear about Dusty’s passing. We will forever be connected to that ‘Blues Shuffle in C.’ You will be missed greatly, amigo.” “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 are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, Texas,” surviving members Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard said in a statement. His rep confirmed the musician’s death, but said a cause of death was currently unknown. ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who played with the Texas blues-rock trio for over 50 years, died Tuesday at age 72.
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