I don’t know what to say but ‘Thank you’ and ‘Rest however you damn well choose!’” Always a gentleman from the days of us opening for them through the recent days of them opening for us. Paul Stanley of KISS wrote: WOW! Dusty Hill. Since news of his death broke, a number of people have taken to social media to pay tribute to Hill. He said, ‘Boy, this shoulder and hip are really starting to become a problem.’ But, as of this juncture, yeah, it was off to dreamland and beyond.” And I could tell that he was moving a little slow. “Although the attending physician had earlier warned him that bursitis was not uncommon, even arthritis, and they said it’s not a very comfortable place to be. “Let’s face it, you don’t necessarily pass away from a broken shoulder or broken hip,” he said. While there’s been no official word on Hill’s cause of death, it has been revealed that the bassist died in his sleep, which Gibbons said is all they can determine at this point.
He was in, and he was out.”ĭusty Hill of ZZ Top. And at the same time, knowing that this came up so suddenly - going to bed and not waking up… That was the luck of the draw. Who knows? I’m just glad he’s in a good spot.”Īsked about how he’s been since news of Hill’s death, Gibbons answered:”Passing through the grieving process, I can tell you it’s no less than anyone else that loses a good friend or a close associate. And by throwing in the towel, it might’ve caught up with him. But I think that this was a real challenge. So he’s been kind of tiptoeing through keeping himself ship-shape, best he could. And he had some problems with some ulcers. Speaking on Hill’s health, Gibbons said: “It’s no secret that over the past few years he had a pretty rough go with a broken shoulder, followed with a broken hip. Go do your thing.’ And I could tell through those first two valiant attempts, if he’s not giving it 110 per cent, he was the first one to kind of say, ‘Gee whiz. “He said, ‘Yeah, let me go check this out.’ And of course I said, ‘Hey, man, health is number one. “He requested dismissing himself,” Gibbons told Variety. Now, speaking in a new interview, frontman Gibbons has recalled Hill’s health struggles as well as the moment he asked to step off the recent tour. On Thursday (July 29), ZZ Top announced that the tour they just recently began would resume on Friday (July 30) after a brief postponement, with Elwood Francis, their guitar tech of 30 years, filling in. They added: “You will be missed greatly, amigo.” We will forever be connected to that ‘Blues Shuffle in C.’” “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’. “We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, TX,” remaining ZZ Top members Gibbons and Frank Beard said in a statement. News of the bassist’s passing was confirmed on Wednesday (July 28) by the group’s longtime rep, who said that Hill died at home in his sleep.
ZZ Top‘s Billy Gibbons has opened up about former bandmate Dusty Hill’s health struggles prior to his death earlier this week.
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