John Douglas, a longtime tech member of the Texas boogie band, will man the drum kit in the interim. He played with ZZ Top ...

ZZ Top’s drummer Frank Beard will be temporarily ... Douglas has been with the band for over twenty years and once manned the drum kit when Beard, 75, underwent an emergency appendectomy in ...

John Douglas, a longtime tech member of the Texas boogie band, will man the drum kit in the interim. He played with ZZ Top back in 2002 when Beard underwent an emergency appendectomy in Paris.