ZZ Top's Frank Beard is taking a leave of absence while touring for a medical procedure.. In an Instagram post shared on ...

As y’all know, ZZ Top’s Tres Hombres is one of the greatest albums the Rev. Willie G and God ever created. I wore that album out, cranking up the record player for the gospel/blues songs (Hot ...

ZZ Top was formed in 1969 in Houston, featuring Beard alongside singer-guitarist Billy Gibbons and bassist-singer Dusty Hill. They went on to become one of rock’s best-loved trios — and bands ...

The band's longtime drum tech, John Douglas, filled in for Beard, who will be back behind the kit when ZZ Top continues their Elevation Tour on June 1 in Victoria, British Columbia.

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard is stepping away from the band's tour to manage 'a health issue requiring his focus in the near term.' John Douglas will step up.

ZZ Top’s Frank Beard Returns to Band Following Health-Inspired Leave of Absence "We missed him and are looking forward to turning it up and rocking out with him as has been the case for the last ...

John Douglas displays a customized drum kit he painted for ZZ Top's Frank Beard. He works out of a studio behind his Montgomery home. Steve Campbell/Houston Chronicle.

The agreement comes 50 years after Billy Gibbons (guitar, vocals), Dusty Hill (bass, keys, vocals) and Frank Beard (drums) released their debut album, ZZ Top's First Album, in 1971.

ZZ Top announced Thursday that Frank Beard will rejoin the band for their summer tour following the drummer’s leave of absence due to a then-unspecified “health issue.”. Beard missed the ...

Def Leppard is touring with ZZ Top later this fall, according to a promoter's announcement, and the 20/20 Vision Tour includes an Omaha stop. The Omaha concert is slated for Wednesday, Oct. 7, at ...

Frank Beard performing with ZZ Top in 2014. While Douglas took the gig, it wasn’t exactly ideal. He wanted to play. “The thought of just setting up somebody else’s drums and tuning them ...

Shelter Music Group, ZZ Top’s management, has announced the band’s drummer, Mr. Frank Beard, has temporarily stepped away from the current tour to attend to a health issue requiring his focus ...