Frank Beard, legendary ZZ Top drummer, dies at 77

the drum kit was central to a chemistry that began when he joined Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill in 1969.

Together, the three musicians created a partnership that carried ZZ Top from Texas clubs and honky-tonks to international arenas and eventually into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

More than five decades behind the kit

Beard’s role within ZZ Top was continue reading …