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Frank Lee Beard (born June 11, 1949) in Frankston, Texas
Frankston, Texas

Frankston is a town in Anderson County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 1,209 at the 2000 census. Frankston was named for Frankie Miller, a young woman who donated land for the downtown city park....
 is the drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
 in the rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
 ZZ Top
ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American Rock music trio formed in late 1969 in Houston, Texas, United States. The group members are Billy Gibbons , Dusty Hill , and Frank Beard ....
. Beard was formerly with The Cellar Dwellers, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and The American Blues bands before starting to perform and record
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 with Billy Gibbons
Billy Gibbons

Billy F. Gibbons , nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the guitarist for ZZ Top. He is also the lead vocalist and composer for many of the band's classic songs....
 and Dusty Hill
Dusty Hill

Joe Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bass guitarist and vocalist with Texas Boogie-Blues-Rock group ZZ Top. Hill is noted for his solid, unadorned bass playing, "leather-lung" vocal stylings and his love of Elvis Presley....
 as ZZ Top.

Beard was born in Frankston
Frankston, Texas

Frankston is a town in Anderson County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 1,209 at the 2000 census. Frankston was named for Frankie Miller, a young woman who donated land for the downtown city park....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 and attended Irving High School
Irving High School (Irving, Texas)

Irving High School is a public high school in Irving, Texas. It was the first high school established in the Irving Independent School District....
 in Irving, Texas
Irving, Texas

Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County, Texas. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to the U.S....
. In late 1969 he helped The Moving Sidewalks guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and vocalist Gibbons form ZZ Top.






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Frank Lee Beard (born June 11, 1949) in Frankston, Texas
Frankston, Texas

Frankston is a town in Anderson County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 1,209 at the 2000 census. Frankston was named for Frankie Miller, a young woman who donated land for the downtown city park....
 is the drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
 in the rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
 ZZ Top
ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American Rock music trio formed in late 1969 in Houston, Texas, United States. The group members are Billy Gibbons , Dusty Hill , and Frank Beard ....
. Beard was formerly with The Cellar Dwellers, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and The American Blues bands before starting to perform and record
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 with Billy Gibbons
Billy Gibbons

Billy F. Gibbons , nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the guitarist for ZZ Top. He is also the lead vocalist and composer for many of the band's classic songs....
 and Dusty Hill
Dusty Hill

Joe Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bass guitarist and vocalist with Texas Boogie-Blues-Rock group ZZ Top. Hill is noted for his solid, unadorned bass playing, "leather-lung" vocal stylings and his love of Elvis Presley....
 as ZZ Top.

Beard was born in Frankston
Frankston, Texas

Frankston is a town in Anderson County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 1,209 at the 2000 census. Frankston was named for Frankie Miller, a young woman who donated land for the downtown city park....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 and attended Irving High School
Irving High School (Irving, Texas)

Irving High School is a public high school in Irving, Texas. It was the first high school established in the Irving Independent School District....
 in Irving, Texas
Irving, Texas

Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County, Texas. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to the U.S....
. In late 1969 he helped The Moving Sidewalks guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and vocalist Gibbons form ZZ Top. Beard introduced Gibbons to bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
 and vocalist Dusty Hill, with whom Beard had played in the bands American Blues
American Blues

American Blues were a 1960s Texas-based garage band who played a psychedelic style of blues rock music influenced by the 13th Floor Elevators....
, the Warlocks, and the Cellar Dwellers. After honing their trademark Texas Boogie-Blues-Rock style, they released their aptly titled "ZZ Top's First Album
ZZ Top's First Album

ZZ Top's First Album is the debut album by United States blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1971 ....
" on London Records
London Records

London Records is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 in music through 1979 in music, then becoming a semi-independent label....
 in January, 1971. When ZZ Top started, Beard was known by the nickname "Rube" and was credited as "Rube Beard" on the first album and on Tres Hombres
Tres Hombres

Tres Hombres is the third album by United States blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1973 . It proved to be the group's commercial breakthrough attracting a larger fanbase....
, the band's third album, but is listed under his real name on Rio Grande Mud
Rio Grande Mud

Rio Grande Mud is the second album by United States blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1972 .The Rio Grande, from where the album name derives, is the river that forms the border of Mexico and Texas....
, their second album. After Tres Hombres, he was credited as "Frank Beard" on all the band's albums.

Ironically, Beard is the only member of ZZ Top who does not have a beard
Beard

A beard is the hair that grows on a person's chin, cheeks, neck, and the area above the upper lip. Typically, only males going through puberty, or post-pubescent males are able to grow beards....
, usually wearing only a mustache (though he went through a phase in the 1990s with a tidy beard).

Frank resides in Richmond, Texas
Richmond, Texas

The city of Richmond is the county seat of Fort Bend County, Texas in the U.S. state of Texas within the Greater Houston metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S....
, where he owns and operates the Top 40 Ranch. He is a scratch golfer, renowned locally for participation in tournaments and community events.

Equipment

Tama Drums, Paiste Cymbals, and Promark Drum Sticks

Starclassic Maple Drums :

a 18"x22" Bass Drum

b 18"x22" Bass Drum

c 6"x14" Starclassic Maple Snare

d 5.5"x10" Tom Tom

e 10"x10" Tom Tom

f 6"x12" Tom Tom

g 14"x14" Floor Tom

h 16"x16" Floor Tom

i 16"x18" Floor Tom

j 5"x12" Snare Drum

Hardware :1 Iron Cobra Power Glide Single Pedal / 1st Chair Wide-Rider Drum Throne

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