Dusty was a class act. Years ago I was subbing in a band that was playing on a festival date that ZZ Top were headlining. One of their buses was parked across from our crappy van and Dusty came off the bus dressed in his silk pajamas and slippers and hung out with us for about 15 minutes. We were sitting in the parking lot in the heat by the van because we had ben booted out of the backstage area by another band's manager. Our guitar player was living in Austin at the time and had a few shared acquaintances in Austin with Dusty and the guitarist started asking Dusty if he'd be interested in playing bass on his album he was working on. Dusty was gracious and let him down easy but he did took pity on us and let us sit on his bus in the AC before we went on.
Absolutely. What was the worst Dusty could say, "No?" Years later though I was told that same guitarist played on some tracks that Dusty was on so in a round about way they still collaborated.
I'm sure you know the tale but worth repeating: in the 60s an unscrupulous promoter had a fake Zombies touring the US and Dusty was one of them. When quizzed about this decades later he said something along the lines of "oh man, I don't remember. It was the '60s!"
One of my faves, still miss that ol' boy. Thanks for the playlist
Dusty was a class act. Years ago I was subbing in a band that was playing on a festival date that ZZ Top were headlining. One of their buses was parked across from our crappy van and Dusty came off the bus dressed in his silk pajamas and slippers and hung out with us for about 15 minutes. We were sitting in the parking lot in the heat by the van because we had ben booted out of the backstage area by another band's manager. Our guitar player was living in Austin at the time and had a few shared acquaintances in Austin with Dusty and the guitarist started asking Dusty if he'd be interested in playing bass on his album he was working on. Dusty was gracious and let him down easy but he did took pity on us and let us sit on his bus in the AC before we went on.
I don’t blame your guitarist - shoot your shot!
Absolutely. What was the worst Dusty could say, "No?" Years later though I was told that same guitarist played on some tracks that Dusty was on so in a round about way they still collaborated.
I'm sure you know the tale but worth repeating: in the 60s an unscrupulous promoter had a fake Zombies touring the US and Dusty was one of them. When quizzed about this decades later he said something along the lines of "oh man, I don't remember. It was the '60s!"
Yes indeed! Thanks for the reminder of the Zombies story. Never heard Dusty’s comment, though. A typical response to that era, for sure.