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Rocky Hill
12+ albums
blues rockbluesSouthern RockTexas Bluestexas
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Rocky Hill was born John Rockford Hill on December 1, 1946 in Dallas, Texas; and is the older brother to ZZ Top Bassit Dusty Hill. At the age of 15 Rocky formed a band with younger brother Dusty on bass, and Frank Beard on Drums originaly calling themselves The Starliners before finaling calling themselves American Blues. They dyed their hair blue to go along with the blues fused psycedlia music that was popular during the late 60's. In 1969 the Band relocated to Houston, Texas where they eventually disbanded. Dusty and Frank went to form the blues rock group of ZZ Top with former Moving Sidewalks gutar player, Billy Gibbions, while Rocky went out on his own and played blues. Rocky went through periods of inactivity, possibly due to his "erratic behavior", but he always seemed to bounce back and play. He released "Texas Shuffle" in 1982, which found him at his best playing the blues, with a sharp guitar and voice that made folks who listen to the record not want to put it down. He went on to release two more albums: 1988's "Rocky Hill" and 1994's "Midnight Creeper". Rocky Hill died April 10, 2009 in Houston due to unnamed causes. Remembering Rocky Hill Rocky Hill's blues were his own. He struggled with addictions, bad business dealings and a difficulty relating to other people. His blues were internalized, and he lived with them or for them, wrenching them out through his guitar. He'd share them on stage, though admirers suggested Hill's blues were of a personal nature,
