ZZ Top’s longtime drummer, Frank Beard, is quickly stepping away from the band “to attend a well being problem.”
In his place, ZZ Prime members Billy F Gibbons and Elwood Francis have recruited longtime tech member, percussionist, and drummer John Douglas to affix them on their ongoing “Elevation Tour,” which is about to run through August.
Douglas beforehand stuffed in for Beard in ZZ Prime when he underwent an emergency appendectomy in 2002.
The character of Beard’s present well being ailment was not disclosed, nonetheless a press assertion says he’s “trying ahead to a speedy restoration.”
