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03-11-2009, 11:22 AM
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Kind of in the vein of recent threads on Michael Anthony... What do y'all think of ZZ Top's bassist? I was watching their Live In Texas concert last night on VH-1 and really, I was kind of underwhelmed. His right-hand technique is unusual (to say the least), his tone was kind of grungy/farty and he is definitely the weak link of the band rhythmically (compared to Gibbons and Beard who are both just flat-out groove gods).
OTOH, Dusty is a helluva singer, he has that super-cool persona, seems like a great "hang" and there's really no way you could imagine the band without him.
Bottom line, he probably would fail the audition in a lot of bands, but for those guys he is just right.
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03-11-2009, 11:26 AM
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03-11-2009, 11:27 AM
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03-11-2009, 11:30 AM
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Are you gonna eat your t(h)ots? 
On topic, agreed- he probably couldn't land any other gig, & ZZ wouldn't be w/o the man.
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03-11-2009, 08:44 PM
|  | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | | He does two things in the band. Bass, he is a bit of a weak link. Vocals, the band would not be the same without him. I do agree that The Reverend Willy G and Frank Beard lay a groove a mile deep. They are so strong, that maybe they don't need that strong of a bass player. I do know that the guys all love each other, and have been friends since way back. My wife is related to Dusty. I have never got to meet any of them though. She used to ride horses with his daughter when she was a teenager.
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03-11-2009, 08:51 PM
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03-11-2009, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by fdeck I can only offer this saying: I solemnly swear to play the root, the whole root, and nothing but the root, so help me Dusty Hill. | LMFAO...
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03-11-2009, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by fdeck I can only offer this saying: I solemnly swear to play the root, the whole root, and nothing but the root, so help me Dusty Hill. | lmfao.
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03-11-2009, 10:33 PM
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03-11-2009, 10:48 PM
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03-11-2009, 11:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NYC | | | He does the job at hand, and there's a lot to be said for that. I think he knows exactly what he's about. A more "ambitious' bass player would be a real drag in that band. |
03-11-2009, 11:11 PM
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03-11-2009, 11:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Aloha, Oregon | | +1.... Ican do that too...in fact when the whole train is chuggin along I think that ONE is awesome!!!! 
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03-11-2009, 11:25 PM
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03-12-2009, 01:00 AM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | I started listening to ZZ Top 38 years ago so maybe my point of view is a little skewed, I thought he was great then and played what was perfect for the music, I haven't changed my mind!
p.s. the Tater thots still has me laughing.......
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03-12-2009, 07:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sioux Falls, SD | | | Not disagreeing with anything said here. I was just surprised how "loose" he was rhythmically in a live setting... I had always assumed he and Beard were a lot tighter, especially for how long they've been doing it. Of course a lot of that Eliminator stuff and later is sequenced bass so it's kind of hard to know how much of Dusty is actually on those records. |
03-12-2009, 07:57 AM
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03-12-2009, 08:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sioux Falls, SD | | | That's a good one... seriously. You should send that idea into Mike Judge... "Hank Hill's long lost brother comes home."
I bet Mike would love to draw ZZ Top into one of those episodes. |
03-12-2009, 08:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sylva, NC | | Actually, it happened in season 11, episode 5 - Dusty was on as Hank's cousin! (I just checked and was wrong about brother).
The episode is called "Hank Gets Dusted". The rest of ZZ Top appear - er, are drawn. http://animatedtv.about.com/b/2007/0...f-the-hill.htm
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03-12-2009, 08:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Round Rock, TX | | | I have been a ZZ Top fan for YEARS , I am a fan of Dusty Hill.. because he plays what is "NEEDED" in the band and obviously GOBS of people like it.
I have come to appreciate that some professional bassists will forgo thier ego to play what is needed for the songs sake.
I love his tone and you have got admit that he has some of the most unique basses out there.
The catch here is that there is a pattern that bassists that play the just root are not good bassists.. seems like some of the most sucessful bands out there have a root playing bassist. (ie: U2, ZZ Top, Judas Priest, etc.) | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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