![]() But the main thing is we just enjoy playing together. And we're always happy to see one another when we get there – because you're not traveling together. We got separate tour buses really before we could afford to do it, because we travel so much. I always make the joke that the secret is separate tour buses. That's as close as I can come to answering the question. We're a pretty democratic group, talk things over. I don't know if it's because we're a three-piece and there's not so many people, that cuts it down. I can guess at it: Like I said, while you're doing it, you don't think about it. It's just after you start thinking about it you go, "Oh, yeah, that's pretty cool." But I can certainly understand a lot of different reasons why bands – you know, a band's like a marriage, I guess. While you're doing it, you don't really think about it. With us, it hasn't really been that much, and I do appreciate the uniqueness of it. I understand it's not the easiest thing in the world to keep a band together. ZZ Top are going to hit the 50-year mark. Hill discusses ZZ Top's rocket ride to international success with 1983's Eliminator, his early years and the band's incredible longevity in the below interview from 2018. We're reaching back a few years in the wake of his death for some valuable insights. His understated, minimalist playing represented a similarly laid-back but good-humored personality – the latter demonstrated so frequently in ZZ Top's videos. The Dallas native, who started playing with drummer Frank Beard in bands (including a faux version of the Zombies) before meeting Billy Gibbons in Houston, was a true Texas gentleman. Hill's death is a loss for to ZZ Top and its fans but also for the music world in general. "I never really got hurt while on a bike, though," he quipped. ![]() things change through the years." Hill added that he was once an avid motorcycle rider but stopped while touring at management's insistence. "I used to laugh and say, 'Any manager or agent I've ever had certainly would have enjoyed it if they could just put me in a road case and take me out to play, but. "Maybe they should have started that earlier," he said.
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