Dusty Hill

Dusty Hill ( born May 19, 1949 in Dallas, Texas when Joe Michael Hill ) is an American blues musician, best known as the bassist and second vocalist of the band ZZ Top.

Life

Youth

Dusty grew up in East Dallas, where he attended the High School. He was influenced early on by his mother, who was both a singer and on the other hand a fan of Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Lightnin ' Hopkins. Furthermore, he was influenced by his older brother Rocky Hill, who played blues guitar. As Rocky Hill formed his first band, Dusty Hill played bass there. From this band was the annual American blues over.

American Blues

American Blues was founded in the early 1960s as "The Star Liners " and was soon renamed " The Dead Beats". About an organizer, the band was booked early on as a backup musician for the likes of Freddie King and Lightnin ' Hopkins, who had no fixed band. Dusty Hill learned in that time a lot about professional music. From "The Dead Beats" was " The Warlocks " and it was again "American Blues". As a new drummer Frank Beard joined them. The trademark of the band at that time were blue dyed hair to stand out from the others coming bands.

The band played a mixture of psychedelic and blues rock. The first single, the band played a cover of Tim Hardin's a " If I Had a Hammer" for the local label karma. With " Is Here " (1967) and "Do Their Thing" (1968 ) published two albums, which were later re-released several times.

The band left the scene Dallas and moved to Houston. There, the band split up due to the different conceptions of the Hills Brothers. Dusty Hill wanted more rock music, his brother wanted stronger Blue influences. So he left the band and was a solo artist. With a new guitarist Billy Gibbons was found and formed the band ZZ Top.

ZZ Top

See also the main article: ZZ Top

Together with the Moving Sidewalks guitarist Billy Gibbons and his former bandmates Frank Beard Hill founded in late 1969, the band ZZ Top. As a music style you chose for Blue Rock, Texas Blues and Southern Rock. In Bill Ham was found a manager for the band, who remained from 1969 to September 2006.

Within the next six years, ZZ Top were five albums out: The first album ZZ Top's First Album released in 1971 under the label Warner Bros. Records, in which the band released their albums until 1990.

By 1976, ZZ Top was one of the best-selling rock bands of their time, yet made ​​the band until 1979 a break. The following albums were more modern and the band mixed electronic sound with their normal style.

Until the sale of their 's 1983 internationally successful album " Eliminator " Hill and Gibbons could be grow their long beards as well trademark of the band were as Gibbons ' 1933 Ford Coupe and leggy women in their music videos and the large number of different guitars and basses in live performance. Some of the band's songs are among the most-played music videos on MTV.

With the 1994 released album "Antenna " ZZ Top joined with a better-paid contract to RCA Records, where they released four albums.

2004 Hill was recorded with his band mates in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Five years after their last album was released in 2008, the 15 th album " Live From Texas ", released on Eagle Records.

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In 1990 he was co-producer of the tribute album to Roky Erickson ( lead singer of The 13th Floor Elevators ) "Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson ."

Film and Television

In addition to the purely musical career as a bass musician Hill is connected as a member of ZZ Top since the early 1980s with the movie scene. From 1982 to 2007 he contributed (as a member of ZZ Top) some songs to soundtracks, such as to An Officer and a Gentleman, The Winner - American Flyers, Knight Rider, Stephen King's The Stand - The Stand, Shang - high Noon, The Sopranos, and Ghost Rider.

In addition, Dusty Hill himself had appearances on television. One of the townspeople he plays in the series Deadwood. In the movie Back to the Future III, he, together with his bandmates a band on the village festival dar. Self had Hill at Mother Goose Rock ' n' Rhyme, A Simple Plan, Raw, King of the Hill, Drew Carey Show and MADtv.

Private

Dusty Hill is married and has a daughter from a previous relationship.

In early 2000 it was found in his hepatitis C and therefore canceled a tour. 2007 again had to cancel a tour ZZ Top, as in Hill, a tumor was discovered in the inner ear, which could damage his hearing. The tumor turned out to be benign and could be removed.

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