ZZ Top bassist and vocalist Dusty Hill, who played with the blues-rock trio for more than 50 years, died on July 27, 2021, at the age of 72.
Ric Parnell, the English musician who played drummer Mick Shrimpton inThis Is Spinal Tap, died May 1 at the age of 70. The rocker initially found success in the U.K with the band Atomic Rooster, playing with the group from 1970-74. In the ensuing years he’d work as a session drumme...
Hill died last year at the age of 72 while ZZ Top was in the midst of a U.S. tour. Heinsistedshortly before his death that Gibbons and Beard continue with Francis in his stead. The bandcanceled only one showbefore soldiering on with its new member. Despite their sadness over the loss...
Hill died last year at the age of 72 while ZZ Top was in the midst of a U.S. tour. Heinsistedshortly before his death that Gibbons and Beard continue with Francis in his stead. The bandcanceled only one showbefore soldiering on with its new member. ...
King has released over two dozen studio albums and continued performing into the 2010s, alone and with her good friend and fellow musician, James Taylor. In 2014, a Broadway musical based on King's life and music, "Beautiful: A Carole King Musical," premiered, running until 2019,...
The biggest challenge for him is, "staying on top of the fire." "When I hear something on the radio and go 'Wow'," he emphasizes, "I get on the cell. I want to know who that was. Because I felt that musician, whomever he or she is, and even- tually they're going to be ...
Creach (born John Henry Creach in Beaver Falls, PA, May 18, 1917; died February 22, 1994) was a journeyman musician decades older than any of the other members of Jefferson Airplane, and his recruitment was evidence of the ways in which the bands approach was changing. An even more ...
In the early 60s, Darin had mostly abandoned rock for the adult pop market, becoming a huge success on the Vegas-nightclub circuit, and moving into the all-around entertainer mode with starring roles in movies (including one as a non-singing jazz musician in John Cassavetes Too Young Blues)...
This season, Elgort sits down with four luminaries—legendary musician and producer Nile Rodgers, EGOT-winning actress Rita Moreno, American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Skylar Brandt, and her own father and trailblazing fashion photographer Arthur Elgort. Through candid conversations and striking ...
ZZ Topbassist Dusty Hill, who played with the Texas blues-rock trio for over 50 years, died Tuesday at age 72. His rep confirmed the musician’s death, but said a cause of death was currently unknown. “We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away...