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Beard performing with ZZ Top in 2014. Before joining ZZ Top, Beard was a member of a fake version of the British band the Zombies, which toured in the US without authorization from the original band members, and also was part of the Outlaws with later ZZ Top member Dusty Hill.
Dec 17, 2023 · Why the beardless member of ZZ Top is called Frank Beard. As much as it might look like an internal joke from the band the answer is simple: that’s his real birth name. Born in Frankston, Texas in 1949 he was registered as Frank Lee Beard. The surname “Beard” came from his father John Woodrow Beard who was born in 1920.
ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. For 51 years, it consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill, until Hill's death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons' blues style and Hill and Beard's rhythm section. They are known for their live ...
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- 'Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings' (1975) We're pretty proud of ourselves, because -- honest to goodness -- this impossibly groovy number would have topped our list of the best ZZ Top Frank Beard songs, too!
- 'Precious and Grace' From: 'Tres Hombres' (1973) "Here is another example of Frank's creativity with the drums," Weird raves. "I think this song has the best feel throughout because of the grooving, swinging beat Frank lays down.
- 'Heard It on the X' (1975) According to Weird, this probably shouldn't be the first ZZ Top song you try to learn to play. "The feel of this song is harder than it sounds to re-create," he explains.
- 'Cheap Sunglasses' This one wanders about as close to progressive rock as you can get while maintaining what Weird praises as Beard's famous "laid back and easy groove." '
Jan 17, 2023 · Frank Beard recorded drums for every ZZ Top album that has been released, which is largely why he’s considered a founding member. The big irony of the group is that the two guitar players, Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill, always had long and impressive beards.
Is Frank Beard still the drummer for ZZ Top? Yes, ZZ Top announced a tour scheduled for 2022 with Gibbons on guitars and vocals, Beard on drums, and Elwood Francis, who will replace deceased Dusty Hill on the bass.
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Aug 23, 2021 · Up till then, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, collectively ZZ Top, had made music together that was as true to an American tradition as pumpkin pie; music steeped in the electric blues pioneered by the likes of Jimmy Reed, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and the two Kings: BB and Albert.
