ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard performs in Boston on Aug. 28, 2016. (Photo by Winslow Townson/Invision/AP, File)
\n\nDusty Hill, from left, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard of ZZ Top, perform in Monaco on July 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File) CORRECTION: Corrects position of Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill.
\n\nDusty Hill, from left, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard of ZZ Top appear at the “American Idol” finale in Los Angeles on May 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
\n\nZZ Top drummer Frank Beard, from left, lead singer and guitarist Billy F. Gibbons and bass player Dusty Hill appear at the 19th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York on March 15, 2004. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
\n\nNEW YORK (AP) — Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top who kept the tempo for the band’s biggest hits like “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Gimme All Your Lovin’” and “Legs,” has died. He was 77.
\n\nBeard was in hospice care when he died Tuesday at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side, according to publicist Bob Merlis. Band co-founder and guitarist Billy Gibbons, on tour with bassist Elwood Francis, hailed Beard…
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