It's Monday and it's time for music! It's also time for another induction into Rock and Roll Heaven.
Who are the Music Moves Me bloggers? We are a group of music loving bloggers who blog about music each Sunday or Monday (or even later in the week). If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! We are brought to you by Cathy of Curious as a Cathy, Stacy of Stacy's Random Thoughts, Marie (Xmas Dolly), and myself, plus other music loving bloggers.
Why not join us? This is our "you pick" week when we can pick any music we want.
Frank Beard, drummer and only beardless man in the group ZZ Top, died on August 17, 2026. He was in hospice care, suffering from pneumonia and heart disease at the time of his death.
Beard was not ZZ Top's original drummer, but joined the band after their original drummer (Dan Mitchell) left in 1969. Unlike the remainder of the band, who were famous for their long beards. Beard only grew a (short) beard for a time in 2013. Beard, with some brief exceptions due to illness and other reasons, was their drummer until 2025.
La Grange, released in late 1973, became a hit in 1974.
Cheap Sunglasses, from 1979.
Not an induction but a sad moment. The Hollies officially retired from touring and broke up this past week, with their 80 year old lead guitarist Tony Hicks announcing his retirement due to health reasons. Their drummer, Bobby Elliot (84) followed shortly after. The band had been together for some 63 years.
This is one of my favorite Hollies songs: Stop Stop Stop with Hicks on banjo and Elliot on drums. I never realized, until researching this post, that Hicks was playing the banjo and not sitar.
I wanted to include some music I listened to this week on the radio.
The Babys - Every Time I Think of You, from 1978. This is such a beautifully sung song that I wonder why I don't hear it more.
The Four Tops - Bernadette
And that's a wrap!
Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me.
...the Babys are new for me.
ReplyDeleteIt's rare to hear of musicians retiring. I hope the Hollies can enjoy their years of retirement.
ReplyDeleteSome of the great bands are losing founding members and a piece of the group's music goes with them. ZZ Top was legendary in their day and Billy Gibbons is still considered one of the premier guitarists working today. Love that group and hate to see the passing of Frank Beard. Thanks for sharing some of their music this morning.
ReplyDeleteI love The Babys! Also, the intro for LaGrange is so good.
ReplyDeleteI knew the ZZ Top songs but not the others.
ReplyDeleteSo many of our music idols are leaving us
ReplyDeleteOnce again wonderful memories. I love all those groups.
ReplyDeleteGreat songs and enjoyable ro listen to.
ReplyDeleteI'm not good with band member names but ZZ Top is a favorite of mine. I had no idea The Hollies were still performing. That's amazing that they've been touring for more than half a century. I barely remembered "Stop Stop Stop" and I totally forgot about The Babys, not sure I knew the band by name and their song "Every Time I Think of You". Thanks for sharing your tunes with us this week, Alana. Have a boogietastic week, my dear! xo
ReplyDeleteThe only band I have heard of is ZZ but these songs were all new to me. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThe Hollies leaving a great legacy of wonderful songs, but we wished they were able to play for a longer time...Love the Babys😻Double Pawkisses for a wonderful week ahead, Alana🐾😽💞
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