From left: Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top before performing at the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 4, 2005. Beard, whose drumming propelled the music of the hit-making Texas power trio ZZ Top for more than a half-century, died on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. He was 77. (Jeff Topping/The New York Times) By ISHANI DESAI Frank Beard, whose drumming propelled the music of the hit-making Texas power trio ZZ Top for more than a half-century, died Monday at his ranch in…
