The article pays tribute to Frank Beard, the founding drummer of ZZ Top, following his reported death at the age of 77. It frames five ZZ Top songs as a weekend listening selection in his honour and reflects on his role in the band’s distinctive rock-and-blues sound.

– ZZ Top are currently on tour and intend to continue performing.
– Billy Gibbons is now the band’s only surviving original member.
– Bassist Dusty Hill, another founding member, died in 2021.
– No cause of Beard’s death had been released at the time referenced.
– The supplied article text does not include the five song selections.