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Dusty Hill plays his fur-covered bass guitar in ZZ Top's Legs music video

“Billy drops the line, ‘I'm sending you some sheepskins. I want you to put them on some guitars’”: Dusty Hill’s iconic fur-covered spinning bass from ZZ Top’s Legs video just sold at auction – and absolutely smashed its estimated sale price

By Matt Owen published

The Dean Zelinsky-made model went under the hammer alongside Hill's custom Hot Rod car bass – but both were outsold by the late ZZ Top bassist's vintage 1953 Fender Precision model

Dusty Hill Wayne Charvel Eliminator Hot Rod car bass

“When they shot smoke, the crowd went wild!”: Dusty Hill’s Hot Rod car bass, custom built by Wayne Charvel for ZZ Top’s Eliminator tour, hides a few secrets beneath the hood – now it’s up for auction

By Matt Parker published

Check out the automobile-inspired build that powered some of the band’s most iconic appearances in the early-’80s

(from left) Dusty Hill, Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons in the music video for ZZ Top's Legs

"We were still gluing the fur on the tuning keys when the FedEx driver showed up to pick up the guitars": The iconic fur-covered spinning bass from ZZ Top's Legs video is going up for auction

By Jackson Maxwell published

Made by Dean Zelinsky, the bass is the crown jewel of a forthcoming auction of the late Dusty Hill's instrument and memorabilia collection

(from left) Frank Beard, Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top perform at the 2019 Bourbon & Beyond Music Festival at Highland Ground on September 22, 2019 in Louisville, Kentucky

ZZ Top announce new live album, Raw

By Jackson Maxwell published

The album captures the Texas trio's bare-bones, 11-song 2019 set at Gruene Hall, “the oldest continually run dance hall in Texas”

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Dusty Hill 1949-2021: paying tribute to the bearded boss of bass guitar

By Jamie Blaine published

When the ZZ Top bassist left us on July 27, he left a legacy like few others. We look back at the career of a true bass original

Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons

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

By Matt Owen published

The late bass guitar great will feature on the yet-to-be-announced record, though his parts are still in need of some "completion work"

[L-R] Elwood Francis, Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top

Watch footage of ZZ Top's first shows since bassist Dusty Hill's death

By Sam Roche published

The band recruited longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis to handle bass duties – with Hill's full blessing, according to frontman Billy Gibbons

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Dusty Hill, 1949-2021: the guitar world pays tribute

By Matt Owen published

Ozzy Osbourne, Flea, Joe Bonamassa, Zakk Wylde, Paul Stanley, Jason Isbell, David Coverdale and many more pay their respects to the legendary ZZ Top bass player

(left to right) Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top perform during Super Bowl Live at Root Memorial Square Park in Houston, Texas, on February 4, 2017

Dusty Hill, ZZ Top bassist, dies at 72

By Jackson Maxwell published

The legendary bass player died in his sleep at his home in Houston, Texas, the band wrote on social media