Hill had taken a short detour from the tour last week due to a hip issue, according to a Facebook post on the band's page on Friday. We are saddened by the news today that our compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in. Her bandmates - Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley and Athol Guy - said their lives had been changed. Joseph Dusty Hill, the long-bearded bassist for the blues-rock band ZZ Top, has died at the age of 72. Durham died in palliative care on Friday night after complications from a long-standing lung disease, her management said. 'I hope it will, but I can't confirm it right now,' he said. Members of The Seekers have paid tribute to their 'shining star', singer Judith Durham, who has died aged 79 in Melbourne.

Bob Merlis, the band's publicist, said Wednesday it was unclear whether show will go on as planned. In 2004, Hill was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the group, which was founded in 1969.

The band is scheduled to appear Sunday at the Brandon Amphitheater. Dusty Hill, the bassist for blues-rock trio ZZ Top, has died. We will forever be connected to that 'Blues Shuffle in C.” Las Vegas resident and ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons takes a selfie with Jessica Carlile of Las Vegas at Ricks Rollin Smoke BBQ and Tavern during a bike ride on Las Vegas Boulevard Wednesday. 'We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston,' remaining band members Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. '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'. ZZ Top was nominated for three Grammy Awards: in 1983 for best rock performance by a group for the album 'Eliminator,' in 1986 in the same category for the album 'Afterburner' and this year for best music film for 'That Little Ol' Band From Texas.Dusty Hill, bass player for the Texas blues rock band ZZ Top, died in his sleep at 72 at his home in Houston, just days before the band is set to perform in Brandon on Sunday. Their videos for 'Legs,' 'Gimme All Your Lovin'' and 'Sharp Dressed Man' would all be featured in heavy rotation on MTV in the '80s. But the ranking belies the song's staying power, thanks to a highly stylized music video in the art form's early years. ZZ Top founding member Dusty Hill dies in his sleep at home in Texas at age 72 Daily Mail Online Dusty Hill, 72, a bassist and vocalist for 1970s rock group ZZ Top, died in his sleep He was at. 'Legs,' from the 'Eliminator' album, was the 60th biggest Billboard hit of 1984. In a Facebook post Wednesday, guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard said Hill died in his sleep.

The Texas natives - with Gibbons and Hill sporting long, distinctive beards and the trio wearing dark sunglasses - would go on to become one of the most recognizable bands of the 1980s. HOUSTON (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. Three years later, they broke through commercially with 'La Grange,' a funky blues song in the style of Slim Harpo's 'Shake Your Hips' that paid tribute to the Chicken Ranch, a notorious brothel outside the Texas town of La Grange. Their debut release, 'ZZ Top's First Album,' came out in 1970.

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