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DUSTY HILL 1949–2021 Guitarist was saddened to hear of the passing of ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill on 28 July, aged 72. The Texan played with the legendary blues-rock trio for more than 50 years after joining in 1969. He previously played alongside his brother Rocky and future ZZ Top bandmate Frank Beard in the Warlocks, the Cellar Dwellers and American Blues. Hill became an integral part of ZZ Top’s sound, with both his bass playing and backing vocals. His keen sense of economy in the band’s brand of boogie blues was very much by design after being influenced early on by the busier playing of Jack Bruce and Stanley Clark. “When I started playing in a three-piece, I realised that you have to do the song, not your personal performance, so you…

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Guitarist (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2021

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