ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies at age 77
Born in Frankston, Texas, in 1949, Beard joined ZZ Top in 1969 and followed the three-man band’s progression from heavy blues to its experimental synthesiser sound of the 1980s.
Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of American rock-blues group ZZ Top, has died at the age of 77, the band and their publicist announced Tuesday.
ZZ Top’s lead singer Billy Gibbons paid tribute to Beard as a “great friend and collaborator”.
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