Dusty Hill recorded bass and vocal parts for a new ZZ Top album, Billy Gibbons reveals

Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons
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Billy Gibbon has revealed that the late bass guitar icon Dusty Hill, who recently passed away at the age of 72, recorded bass and vocal parts for an upcoming, soon-to-be-announced ZZ Top album.

Gibbons shared the news while in conversation with Variety, saying that the follow-up to 2012’s La Futura will feature Hill’s rough recordings, which are said to be in need of some “completion work”.

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Matt Owen

Matt is a Staff Writer, writing for Guitar World, Guitarist and Total Guitar. He has a Masters in the guitar, a degree in history, and has spent the last 16 years playing everything from blues and jazz to indie and pop. When he’s not combining his passion for writing and music during his day job, Matt records for a number of UK-based bands and songwriters as a session musician.