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Elwood Francis (born August 23, 1961) is an American guitar tech and bassist. The longtime guitar technician for bassist Dusty Hill of ZZ Top , Francis replaced Hill in the band after Hill's death in 2021.
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.
The band performed without him at the Village Commons in New Lenox, Illinois, with the band's guitar tech Elwood Francis on bass per Hill's request. [23] Gibbons later confirmed that Hill had recorded bass and vocals for ZZ Top's upcoming sixteenth album before his death. [24]
Lexington’s Elwood Francis making his hometown debut with legendary Texas group.
When someone with a very science-based or engineering heavy background starts building guitar effects pedals, they deal with the opposite challenges that a lot of musicians run into.
His first guitar was a sunburst 1962 Gibson Melody Maker. [26] In 1968, Gibbons acquired a sunburst 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar from a farmer in Houston, Texas, for $250. The guitar was named Pearly Gates, a name taken from the dangerous-to-drive "rolling-wreck" automobile that he sold to buy the guitar.
Tech. How Trump's Foreign-Aid Freeze Is 'Shaking the Whole System' Belinda Luscombe. February 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM. A sign for the World Food Programme outside a United Nations Relief and Works ...
Beard performing with ZZ Top in 2014. Before joining ZZ Top, Beard was a member of a fake version of the British band the Zombies, which toured in the US without authorization from the original band members, and also was part of the Outlaws with later ZZ Top member Dusty Hill. [1]