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Jul 10, 2024 · Read our full interview with Elwood Francis for more on an extraordinary career that’s seen him tech for everyone from Joe Perry to Steve Vai – and get fired and rehired by Guns N’ Roses, in a matter of days.
Per Hill's wishes, he was replaced by their longtime guitar tech, Elwood Francis, on bass. ZZ Top has released 15 studio albums and sold an estimated 50 million records. [2][3] They have won three MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2004, the members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Jul 30, 2021 · Elwood Francis, the band’s long-tenured guitar tech, will be replacing Hill in the iconic group. For 30 years he’s worked with the band, and remained clean-shaven only until...
Jul 31, 2021 · ZZ Top performing Sharp Dressed Man at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Elwood Francis accompanying. #RIP Dusty Hill...more.
Sep 13, 2022 · By David Sinclair. ( Classic Rock ) published 13 September 2022. The death last year of bassist/vocalist Dusty Hill looked like it might be the end of ZZ Top, but with Elwood Francis now filling his shoes Billy Gibbons reveals why it’s business as usual.
Nov 11, 2022 · ZZ Top bassist Elwood Francis has now explained why he whipped out a massive 17-string bass guitar onstage with the long-running classic rock band last week.
Jul 17, 2021 · 172K views 3 years ago. First time in more than 50 years ZZ Top ha splayed without Dusty Hill...more.
Jul 25, 2022 · ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons said the Texas trio feels "somewhat new as a band" with the addition of longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis, who took over for bassist Dusty Hill following his death last...
Jul 31, 2021 · The band's 20-plus year guitar tech Elwood Francis, sitting in on bass since Hill fell ill earlier this month, sported ZZ Top-appropriate wild white hair, head to chest, and like guitarist...
Aug 2, 2021 · Hill, who died aged 72 last week, was replaced onstage once more at the Tuscaloosa, Alabama show by long-serving guitar tech Elwood Francis, who has handled bass duties since the middle of July. Indeed, it was a decision Hill made himself in one of his last acts with the Texan blues-rock superpower.
