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Jett recorded the ZZ Top song "Tush" for her 1990 covers album "The Hit List."
JOAN JETT is the latest musician to react to the death of ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill.
Hill died in his sleep at his home in Houston. The surviving members made the announcement Wednesday on Facebook. He was 72 years old.
Dusty Hill dead at 72: 'You will be missed greatly, amigo'
"This is devastating news. Dusty was an amazing part of our rock and roll community -- so brilliant," Jett said in an exclusive statement to the Chronicle. "ZZ Top is one of a kind great. I love their music and I am honored to have played shows with them throughout the years."
Jett recorded the ZZ Top song "Tush" for her 1990 covers album "The Hit List." Hill sang on ZZ Top's 1975 original and co-wrote the song.
Condolences came in quickly from fellow musicians, including rock band Junkyard, Blue Mother Tupelo and Gary P. Nunn, who simply wrote, "Damn."
Rapper Bun B thanked Hill and ZZ Top "for all the frat music and for helping make being a Texan cool" on social media.
Hill is survived by his wife Charleen "Chuck" Hill and daughter Charity Hill. No details have been released regarding funeral arrangements. JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS RELEASING PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD CONCERT RECORDINGS from: themusicuniverse.com By Buddy Iahn
THREE NEW PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE CONCERT RECORDINGS AVAILABLE VIA NUGS.NET
In partnership with nugs.net, the leading platform for live concert streams, legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, multi-platinum selling band JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS are debuting three new, previously unreleased live concert recordings for the first time. In 2013, the city of West Hollywood honored Jett with the official proclamation of August 1st as "JOAN JETT Day," and this year fans around the world will have the best seat in the house to one of rock's most iconic bands just in time for the annual celebration.
Spanning four decades of chart-topping hits and global anthems, the second set of epic performances highlight some of the best from the archives and are the latest additions to the incredible collection of vintage and modern shows that will continue to be added exclusively to nugs.net over future months. Subscribers can stream all six standout shows in both audio and video formats. Fans can also purchase the audio in MP3 and Hi-Res downloadable formats. Rockers Wanda Jackson And JOAN JETT Team On 'That's What Love Is' from: udiscovermusic.com By Paul Sexton
Rock'n'roll original Wanda Jackson has today (16) shared "That's What Love Is," a country-tinged collaboration with JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS from Jackson's Encore album, due August 20 via Big Machine Records/BLACKHEART RECORDS.
The new track follows the recent appearance of her version of Johnny Tillotson's 1962 hit "It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'," with both tracks due to appear on what will be Jackson's 32nd album. The set was recorded just before she announced her retirement and sees her teaming with Jett and the latter's longtime associate KENNY LAGUNA, who produced her albums Bad Reputation (1980), and I Love Rock 'n' Roll (1981).
The new release also features contributions from Elle King, Angaleena Presley, Candi Carpenter, Lori McKenna, Will Hoge, Luke Laird, and Sonia Leigh. Encore is being described as a "final chapter" in an epic career that began in 1954, when Jackson was 16. That year, she made the country Top 10 with Billy Gray on "You Can't Have My Love" and went on to such signature hits at the turn of the 1960s as "Let's Have A Party," "Right or Wrong," and "In The Middle Of A Heartache."
She found new success on the US country charts in the early 1970s and maintained an active recording and touring schedule for decades, as new generations of artists such as Amy Winehouse, Adele, and Jack White, who produced her 2009 album The Party Ain't Over.
"Right around the time I retired from performing and what I thought was the end of my career," says Jackson, "I found myself back to writing songs with some of the great writers in Nashville. The songs you hear are truly my life story. This is the first time I have ever inserted so much of my personal life into my music.
"You'll get a picture of my early life and have a peek into the closeness that my late husband Wendell and I had in our life together. I'm happy to share this with all of you. Your constant love and support has seen me through the ups and downs of my 64-year career. I love you all and God bless you." [more]
