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Dusty Hill R.I.P.
ZZ Top bassist Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill has died. He was 72
No cause of death was given.
He passed away in his sleep at his home in Houston Texas.
Hill has been the groups bass player for 50 years.
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Re: Dusty Hill R.I.P.
Sad news. I love ZZ Top. My fave song is "It's Only Love".
RIP Dusty.
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Re: Dusty Hill R.I.P.
The group was known in Canada as "Zed Zed Top"
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Re: Dusty Hill R.I.P.
G. wrote:
The group was known in Canada as "Zed Zed Top"
I never heard the Canadian pronunciation of Z used for them on the radio here ... right from the start, announcers knew that they should use the American pronunciation. However, this does bring to mind a famous incident involving legendary news announcer Dick Smyth, who passed away earlier this year. In the early 1980s, CHUM started having its newscasters announce the next song coming out of the news. Smyth never hid the fact that he wasn't into rock music, and that led to a problem one day when someone gave him a handwritten note that the next song was by ZZ Top. He misread their writing, and instead announced the record as being by "22 Top".
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Re: Dusty Hill R.I.P.
The group was known in Canada as "Zed Zed Top"
zed, zud, zee... it makes no difference. i saw him on top's anniversary tour 3 years ago. he was singing better than ever, and his bass was down in the groove.