Dusty Hill

Dusty" Hill (born May 19, 1949) is the bassist and vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top.

Hill was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School and then graduated into an association with the lab band in Denton, Texas.

Along with his brother Rocky Hill and future fellow ZZ Top member Frank Beard; Dusty played in the known Dallas bands, the Warlocks, the Cellar Dwellers, and American Blues. From 1966 to 1968, American Blues played the Dallas-Fort Worth-Houston circuit.

In 1968, the band decided to leave the Dallas–Fort Worth area and relocate to the bluesier community in Houston. At this time, guitarist Rocky Hill went on to focus on "straight blues", while Dusty added a hard rock edge. Following Rocky, Dusty and Beard's move to Houston, they joined guitarist/vocalist Billy F Gibbons of Houston psychedelic-rockers Moving Sidewalks and later, Hill and Beard lent their already seasoned, rhythm section partnership with Gibbons to become the band ZZ Top in 1969.

ZZ Top's on-screen appearances in "Back To The Future Part III", "Mother Goose's Rockin' Rhyme", "WWE RAW", and "Deadwood" were bolstered with Dusty's appearance as himself in the 11th season episode of King of the Hill, "Hank Gets Dusted", in which Hank Hill was scripted to be Dusty's cousin.

Associated_acts = ZZ Top, El Willy & the Wolves, The Warlocks, The Cellar Dwellers, American Blues Notable_instruments = Vintage Fender Telecaster Bass,
Fender Precision,

| Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = Dusty Hill | Alias = "Duster", "The Dust"

Musical equipment

Main article: ZZ Top equipment

"Since I play in a three-piece group, the challenge remains not playing too much, yet still playing 100 per cent. For instance, Thelonius Monk remains paramount as an inspiration and that style of playing, moving sound around in a mesmerizing manner is calculatingly mysterious. ZZ's style draws much from Monk while maintaining a hard-edged, low register, preferring to stay way down for a solid foundation, then move in and around with a little extra sauce. Evidenced by the songs from the beginning, especially Tres Hombres and onward to the songs on 'Eliminator', it's still about time, tuning, and simplicity. That's the badboy tuff-stuff... that's enjoyable"

"The DH sound could best be called, big, heavy, and a bit distorted as it melts with the guitar. Someone once asked me to describe the DH tone, and I said it was like a low hanging cloud. It’s raw and plenty raunchy, yet the tone's in there rock solid."

Discography

American Blues albums

Main article: American Blues

• American Blues
• American Blues 'Is Here' (1968)
• Do Their Thing (1969)

ZZ Top albums

Main article: ZZ Top discography

• ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
• Rio Grande Mud (1972)
• Tres Hombres (1973)
• Fandango! (1975)
• Tejas (1977)
• Degüello (1979)
• El Loco (1981)
• Eliminator (1983)
• Afterburner (1985)
• Recycler (1990)
• Antenna (1994)
• Rhythmeen (1996)
• XXX (1999)
• Mescalero (2003)