{"id":105543,"date":"2021-07-29T15:34:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105543"},"modified":"2021-07-29T15:34:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:34:45","slug":"zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-dead-at-72-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105543","title":{"rendered":"ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dead at 72 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105543\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105543\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-105544 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dusty-hill-city-national-civic-2019-billboard-1548-1627498585-compressed-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dusty-hill-city-national-civic-2019-billboard-1548-1627498585-compressed-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dusty-hill-city-national-civic-2019-billboard-1548-1627498585-compressed-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dusty-hill-city-national-civic-2019-billboard-1548-1627498585-compressed-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dusty-hill-city-national-civic-2019-billboard-1548-1627498585-compressed.jpg 1548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tributes poured in as artists such as KISS\u2019s Paul Stanley and Travis Tritt remember their colleague and friend, Dusty Hill. The ZZ Top bassist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee passed away July 28, 2021 in his sleep at his home in Houston, Texas. He was 72.<\/p>\n<p>Born Joseph Michael Hill on May 19, 1949, Hill was an American musician, singer and songwriter, who was a member of ZZ Top since its inception in 1969. Hill, his brother, Rocky, and fellow band mate Frank Beard produced fifteen studio albums, four live albums, seven compilation albums and 44 singles, such as \u201cGimme All Your Lovin\u2019\u201d, \u201cLa Grange\u201d, \u201cGot Me Under Pressure\u201d, \u201cCheap Sunglasses\u201d, and the more well-known hits \u201cSharp Dressed man\u201d and \u201cLegs\u201d. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hill made on-screen appearances on TV series such as MOTHER GOOSE ROCK N\u2019 RHYME (1990), BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (1990), THE DREW CAREY SHOW (1995-2003), DEADWOOD (2004-2006), KING OF THE HILL (1997-2010), and TWO AND A HALF MEN (2003-2015).<\/p>\n<p>Hill was inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame as a member of ZZ Top in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Dusty Hill\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Tributes poured in as artists such as KISS\u2019s Paul Stanley and Travis Tritt remember their colleague and friend, Dusty Hill. The ZZ Top bassist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee passed away July 28, 2021 in his sleep at his home in Houston, Texas. He was 72. 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