Frank Beard was the enigma at the heart of ZZ Top. “I never wanted to quit ZZ Top. And I never wanted to get fired”

Frank Beard, drummer and co-founder of ZZ Top, has died at the age of 77. Beard was the least visible member of the trio, standing apart from the bearded, be-shaded image cultivated by bandmates Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill, but his disciplined, propulsive drumming underpinned the band's evolution f