{"id":436712,"date":"2026-08-18T23:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/436712\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T23:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:12:13","slug":"zz-top-drummer-frank-beards-final-onstage-photo-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/436712\/","title":{"rendered":"ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard\u2019s final onstage photo revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard was still in performing shape, photographed with his legendary bandmates months<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/08\/18\/entertainment\/zz-top-drummer-frank-beard-dead-at-77-after-health-struggles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> before his death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beard, seated behind his trusty drum kit, took the stage behind bassist\u00a0 Elwood Francis and ZZ Top founder Billy F. Gibbons as the trio performed at Viejas Casino &amp; Resort on November 02, 2025 in Alpine, California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Legendary ZZ Top Drummer takes the stage one last time in Alpine, CA.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The November 2, 2025 show featured many of the band\u2019s greatest hits. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Beard looked poised at the packed show, where the band belted out some of its biggest hits, including \u201cLegs,\u201d \u201cSharp Dressed Man\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m Bad, I\u2019m Nationwide,\u201d all of which were co-written by Beard.<\/p>\n<p>The drummer had just returned to the band after a two month absence, while suffering foot and ankle issues. Gibbons welcomed Beard back in a poignant statement shared on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet all the Taylor Swift Super Bowl highlights delivered to your inbox\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our Special Edition newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe missed him and are looking forward to turning it up and rocking out with him as has been the case for the last few hundred or so decades. His complete recovery is cause for celebration and that\u2019s just what we intend to do on an open-ended basis. Welcome back, pardner!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good to be back. See you out there,\u201d Beard replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beard is credited with co-writing some of ZZ Top\u2019s greatest hits. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The band encored the show with their rock anthem \u201cLa Grange,\u201d bringing the house down. <\/p>\n<p>Beard only remained with the band for a handful more shows after the gig in Alpine, taking another extended health leave before his eventual death. Drummer Michael Monahan filled in while he was gone.<\/p>\n<p>The drummer died after a stay in hospice August, the Fort Bend County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office in Rosenberg, Texas, told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good to be back. See you out there,\u201d Beard said.\u00a0 Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>His cause of death is unclear, and an autopsy will not be performed, the medical examiner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, 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,\u201d Gibbons said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ZZ Top was scheduled to play the Hollywood Bowl on Aug. 5, but <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/08\/05\/entertainment\/rock-band-zz-top-cancels-concert-hours-before-show-due-to-undisclosed-personnel-matters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">canceled only hours before the show was supposed to start<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ZZ Top has canceled upcoming shows in Salt Lake City and Colorado Springs, the band said. However, the band plans to resume its The Big One! tour this weekend with two performances at Austin City Limits, one of Beard\u2019s favorite venues in a city he considered a second home, a statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard was still in performing shape, photographed with his legendary bandmates months before his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,62181,967,27835,77259],"class_list":["post-436712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-entertainment","tag-musicians","tag-zz-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}