RIP Frank Beard

[Captain Sternn]

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard died age 77. Vaya Con Dios

 

[rkymtnman]

my wife used to think one of their hits was called Shot-glass man , not sharp dressed man. makes me laugh 20 years later.

 

[Amos Otis]

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard died age 77. Vaya Con Dios

Ironically, he was the only one of 3 w/o a beard.

 

[rkymtnman]

Ironically, he was the only one of 3 w/o a beard.

wasn't it Gillette that offered the other 2 like a million each way back decades ago to shave the beards?

 

[belleswell]

We saw them many years ago doing the recycler tour. One of the highlights of the show was a huge electro magnet that picked up Mr Beard mid song while playing drums. He and the drum set were encased in a large metal cage. The electro magnet picked his drum set and him while he was playing and lifted him about 10 feet in the air, and then the electro magnet carried him and his drum set to stage left and dropped him into a huge dumpster that was on stage. He never missed a beat. Shortly thereafter he and the same drum set came back on to the stage on a stage length tread mill. The crowd went wild. The drumming also continued while he was missing from the stage for about 10 seconds.

One of the coolest things I ever seen at a show. RIP Frank. You Rock.