Beard Liberation Front
29th July
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill joins Hirsute Royalty in the Beard Hall of Fame
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has paid tribute to Dusty Hill (1949-2021) who has died after a hip injury
Hill was bassist for ZZ Top, and one of the most iconic beard wearers of the post-1945 era.
The campaigners say that when people thought of impressive facial hair ZZ Top and Dusty Hill often featured despite the fact that until recent times band member Frank Beard did not have facial hair.
Dusty Hill has now been inducted posthumously into the Beard Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame, a virtual listing, consists of a range of hirsute public figures, both alive and deceased, whose beard has had a distinctively positive impact in the public sphere.
It currently includes Richard Attenborough, Acker Bilk, Brian Blessed, Frank Dobson, Bob Dylan, Dave Swarbrick, Spike Milligan, Jeremy Paxman and Roger Protz amongst others
It is the highest honour a beard wearer can attain
BLF organiser Keith Flett said, Dusty Hill’s beard was visual gravitas. It is a model others in public life would be well advised to follow.
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