Many fans are curious about Dusty Hill's financial success in April 2026. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.

What was Dusty Hill's Net Worth?

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With Dusty, ZZ Top released 15 studio albums, including "ZZ Top's First Album" (1971), "Afterburner" (1985), and "La Futura" (2012). They have also released the live albums "Live from Texas" (2008), "Double Down Live" (2009), "Live at Montreux 2013" (2014), and "Tonite at Midnight: Live Greatest Hits from Around the World" (2016). The band is known for hit singles like "Sharp Dressed Man," "Legs," and "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and has appeared in the films "Back to the Future Part III" (1990) and "Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme" (1990) and the television series "Ellen" (1996) and "Two and a Half Men" (2010). ZZ Top was the subject of the Grammy-nominated 2019 documentary "That Little Ol' Band from Texas," and the group was  inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

Dusty married actress Charleen McCrory on March 23, 2002, and they remained married until his death. Hill had one daughter from a previous relationship.

Sadly, Dusty passed away in July 2021 at the age of 72, and before his death, he requested that ZZ Top's guitar tech, Elwood Francis, take his place in the band.

Dusty, Rocky, and future ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard were in the Dallas bands the Cellar Dwellers, the Warlocks, and American Blues, and Hill and Beard toured as a Texas-based version of the British group the Zombies in 1969. Dusty and Frank moved to Houston in 1968, and Beard joined Billy Gibbons' band The Moving Sidewalks in 1969. Frank introduced Dusty to Billy, and the band became known as ZZ Top in July 1969. The group signed with London Records and released "ZZ Top's First Album" in 1971. They then released 1972's "Rio Grande Mud," followed by the Gold albums "Tres Hombres" (1973), "Fandango!" (1975), and "Tejas" (1976). In 1976, the band began a three-year hiatus while Beard sought treatment for drug addiction, and Hill worked at Dallas Airport to "feel normal" and "ground himself" during this period.

Dusty Hill was an American musician who had a net worth of $60 million at the time of his death in 2021. Dusty Hill was best known for being the bassist, keyboardist, and co-vocalist of the rock group ZZ Top alongsideBilly GibbonsandFrank Beard. He was previously a member of the bands the Warlocks, the Cellar Dwellers, and American Blues.

ZZ Top returned with the Platinum album "Degüello" in 1979, then 1983's "Eliminator" was certified Diamond and 1985's "Afterburner" went 5× Platinum. The band played at the Super Bowl XXXI halftime show in 1997, then they released the albums "Mescalero" (2003) and "La Futura" (2012). In 2000, ZZ Top had to cancel their European tour after Dusty was diagnosed with hepatitis C, and they canceled part of their 2014 tour after Hill fell on the tour bus and suffered a hip injury that required surgery. A few days before his death, Dusty left the band's "A Celebration with ZZ Top" tour after injuring his hip again.

Dusty Hill was born Joe Michael Hill on May 19, 1949, in Dallas, Texas. He grew up in East Dallas' Lakewood neighborhood with mother Myrl, father Ernest, and older brother Rocky. Hill attended Woodrow Wilson High School and played the cello as a teenager. When Dusty was 8 years old, he and Rocky started singing for money, and after Rocky formed a band, Dusty learned how to play the bass at age 13. Hill didn't make good grades in school, and he stated, "Part of the problem was that by the time I was 13 I was already playing in local bars, so school kinda got in the way of that and I resented it."

Ultimately, Dusty Hill's financial journey is a testament to their success.

Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.