Dusty Hill
Dusty Hill was born in Dallas, Texas, United States on May 19th, 1949 and is the Bassist. At the age of 72, Dusty Hill biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill (born May 19, 1949) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, best known for his membership in the American rock band ZZ Top.
Hill, who also plays bass guitar and keyboards, as well as singing backing and occasional lead vocals, is a member of the band.
Hill was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ZZ Top in 2004.
Early life
Hill was born in Dallas, Texas, on May 19, 1949. Rocky, his older brother, who is also a musician, was raised in East Dallas' Lakewood neighborhood. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School, where he played the cello. Hill, like his future bandmates, grew up listening to blues music, which he said was unusual in white families; he remembered horrifying the parents of his childhood friends when he carried Muddy Waters or Son House to their homes.
At the age of 8, Hill began singing for money with his brother Rocky. Dusty started playing bass after Rocky formed a band with a drummer. He did not learn to play guitar first, unlike many bassists. "I kind of knew how to act on stage and whatnot," he said, and embarrassment is a great motivator." If you don't do well, or are standing around with lights on, it really stands out, so it behooves you to get your shit up as soon as possible." "He did not enjoy school and received poor marks," Hill says; "part of the issue was that by the time I was 13 years old, I was already playing in local bars, so school kinda got in the way of it, and I resented it."
Personal life
Hill said he trusted in God but that he did not know "what or who God really is." He refused to specify whether he was a Republican or Democrat, and said, "I only tell them that I'm a Texan." I'd never leave Texas if I was left to my own devices. In Texas, everything is bigger."
Hill mistakenly shot himself in the stomach when his derringer fell from his boot and discharged on December 16, 1984. "I don't know how I could do it to this day," Hill said. However, I didn't really feel anything at the time. All I knew was that I'd have to get myself to a hospital right away, so I got in the car and rode there. The seriousness of what I'd done struck me only after I arrived at the hospital, and I went into shock. He made a complete recovery.
Charleen McCrory, an actor, married Hill in 2002. He had one daughter.