2026年8月18日 / 美国东部时间下午3:41 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
记者：乔丹·弗赖曼
ZZ Top乐队长期担任鼓手的弗兰克·比德已去世，乐队向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻证实了这一消息。他享年77岁。
目前尚未公布具体死因，但乐队的公关人员在一份声明中表示：“他在德克萨斯州里士满自己的牧场去世，当时正接受临终关怀，家人都陪伴在他身边。”他于周一离世。
比德与吉他手比利·吉本斯、贝斯手达斯蒂·希尔于1969年共同组建了ZZ Top乐队。希尔于2021年去世，按照他的遗愿，由其长期担任贝斯设备技师的埃尔伍德·弗朗西斯接任。
“今天，埃尔伍德和我失去了一位挚友与合作伙伴，全世界也失去了最具天赋的天生创新型鼓手之一，以及一位伟大且纯粹的德州之子。他标志性的强拍节奏是让ZZ Top始终稳居巅峰的关键所在，”吉本斯在社交媒体发布的声明中说道。
2013年8月20日，ZZ Top乐队的弗兰克·比德在密歇根州克拉克斯顿DTE能源中心举办的“20美元最佳夜游巡演”中表演。斯科特·莱加托 / 盖蒂图片社
乐队宣布已取消原定于盐湖城和科罗拉多斯普林斯的两场即将举行的演出，但本周末奥斯汀城市极限音乐节的巡演将照常进行，“这里是弗兰克最喜爱的场馆之一，对他而言，这座城市堪称第二故乡”。
_本文为突发新闻，后续将持续更新。
Frank Beard, ZZ Top drummer, dies at age 77
August 18, 2026 / 3:41 PM EDT / CBS News
By Jordan Freiman
Frank Beard, longtime ZZ Top drummer, has died, the band confirmed to CBS News. He was 77.
A cause of death was not immediately provided, but the band’s publicist said in a statement, “He was in hospice care when he passed away at his ranch in Richmond, TX with family members at his side.” He died on Monday.
Beard, along with guitarist Billy Gibbons and bassist Dusty Hill, formed ZZ Top in 1969. Hill died in 2021, and at his request, was replaced by his longtime bass tech, Elwood Francis.
“Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas. His signature backbeat was key to keeping ZZ on top,” Gibbons said in a statement posted on social media.
Frank Beard of ZZ Top performs during the $20 Best Night Ever Tour at DTE Energy Center on August 20, 2013, in Clarkston, Michigan. Scott Legato / Getty Images
The band said it has canceled its two upcoming shows in Salt Lake City and Colorado Springs, but that the tour would continue this weekend at Austin City Limits, “one of Frank’s favorite venues and in a city that had been something of a second home for him.”
This is a breaking story. It will be updated.
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