Frank Beard net worth
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What is Frank Beard’s net worth?
Frank Beard is an American drummer with a net worth of US$50 million. Beard is best known as the drummer of the rock band ZZ Top. Before playing and recording as ZZ Top with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill, he worked in The Cellar Dwellers, The Hustlers, The Warlocks and American Blues. In the early days of ZZ Top, Frank was nicknamed “Rube”, and he was called “Rube Beard” on the band’s first and third albums. ZZ Top has released 15 studio albums and 4 live albums, and is known for popular singles such as “Sharp Dressed Man”, “Legs” and “Gimme All Your Lovin'”. The band appeared in the movies “Back to the Future Part III” (1990) and “Mother Goose Rock’n’ Rhyme” (1990) and the TV series “Allen” (1996) and “Two and a half heroes” (2010). ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. They are the subject of the 2019 Grammy-nominated documentary “Little Old Bands from Texas”.
early life
Frank Beard was born Frank Lee Beard on June 11, 1949 in Frankston, Texas. According to genealogy website Geneastar, his mother is Rachel Elizabeth Dossett and his father is John Woodrow Beard. Frank attended Irving High School.
Profession
In 1969, Beard and future ZZ Top band member Dusty Hill toured as the Texas version of the British band the Zombies (which broke up in 1968). The two also participated in a band called Outlaws. Frank joined Billy Gibbons’ band Moving Sidewalk in May 1969 and introduced Gibbons to Hill. The band was called ZZ Top in July of the same year. After signing with the London record company, they released “ZZ Top’s first album” in 1971, followed by “Rio Grande Mud” in 1972 and “Rio Grande Mud” in 1973. Tres Hombres”. Beard started abusing cocaine, heroin and LSD after the band’s success, and ZZ Top was interrupted for three years from 1976 when he was seeking treatment for drug addiction.
ZZ Top has their first platinum album, “Degüello” in 1979, then “Eliminator” in 1983 with diamond certification, and “Afterburner” in 1985 with 5 times platinum. Their next two albums, “Recycler” in 1990 and “Antenna” in 1994, won platinum. The band played the 1997 Super Bowl XXXI halftime show, released albums “Mescalero” (2003) and “La Futura” (2012) in the 2000s. ZZ Top also released live albums “Live from Texas” (2008)), “Double Down” Live” (2009), “Live at Montreux 2013” (2014) and “Tonite at Midnight: Live Greatest Hits from around the World” (2016). Unfortunately, Dusty Hill passed away in July 2021, but according to Hill’s request, the band will continue to use their guitar technique Elwood Francis to replace Dusty.
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personal life
Frank married Catherine Alexander on April 12, 1978, and divorced in 1981. Beard then married Debbie Meredith on November 11, 1982, and the couple welcomed three children. While touring with ZZ Top in 2002, Frank underwent an emergency appendectomy in Paris. The band’s drummer John Douglas replaced Beard in the next concert, which was the first time ZZ Top performed without a core member in 33 years. Frank lives in Richmond, Texas and owns TOP 40 Ranch. For decades, he was known as the only member of ZZ Top without a beard, but he finally grew one in 2013. Beard is a zero-handicap golfer (a zero-handicap golfer) and participated in the game.
Awards and nominations
ZZ Top received three Grammy nominations, “Eliminator” (1983) and “Afterburner” (1986) and “The Little Ol’ Band From Texas” (2020) nominations for best musical film. They won Nominated for more than ten MTV music video awards, won the Best Director Award for “Sharp Dressed Man” (1984), the Best Group Video Award for “Legs” (1984) and the “Rough Boy” (1986) Best Art Direction Award. The band was also nominated for Best International Solo Artist (1985) and International Group (1986) in the UK, as well as the International Album of the Year for “The Eliminator” (1984) and “Afterburner” (1986) at the Juno Awards Nominate. In 1994, they were introduced to RockWalk in Hollywood at the Sunset Boulevard Guitar Center. In 1991, Texas Governor Ann Richards announced May 4 as “ZZ Top Day”, and the band was named “Official Heroes of Texas” by the Texas House of Representatives.
