In accordance with Hill's wishes, he was replaced by their longtime guitar tech, Elwood Francis. bpaschal@dispatch.com This ...

"We got it down and got the heck out of that heat box," ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons recalled in a Guitar World interview.

Enter Hazard native and longtime Lexingtonian Elwood Francis. Actually, Francis was already there ... Shoot, he even had a beard, a seeming prerequisite for front-line duty in ZZ Top. “When Dusty got ...

With the passing of Dusty Hill, I didn’t know what to expect from the evening concert and the band’s new replacement, Elwood Francis. I’m thinking, how’s this going to play out? ZZ Top ...

ZZ Top announced that they will be continuing the tour with guitar tech Elwood Francis on bass and will be continuing the band in accordance with Dusty Hill's wishes. We send our condolences to Dusty ...

When ZZ Top came out of Houston in the early ‘70s, they played a fuzzy mix of blues and boogie rock that totally suited their appearance and background. With slight variations over the years ...

The winds grew stronger as Sunday went on — and really started picking up in the late afternoon, especially close to shore, at the LowTide stage where the longtime rock act ZZ Top was performing.

"That Little Ol' Band from Texas" — more famously known as ZZ Top — is coming to town ... he was replaced by their longtime guitar tech, Elwood Francis.

Hill died in 2021 at age 72. The band carried on, with Elwood Francis, previously their guitar tech, strapping on the bass. In 2024, ZZ Top returned to north Alabama, co-headlining a packed Von ...