ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies
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ZZ top drummer Frank Beard went through a very dark period in his life during the 1970s.
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Frank Beard, who drummed with ZZ Top for nearly six decades, playing on such classics as “La Grange,” “Tush,” “Sharp Dressed Man” and “Legs,” died Monday. He was 77. The band’s longtime rep Bob Merlis confirmed to our sister publication ...
"Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas," ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons said in a statement.
ZZ Top musician Frank Beard has died at the age of 77. The Texas musician who was a founding member of the band, was remembered as "one of the most naturally innovative drummers" in a moving