Frank Beard (musician) member of ZZ Top not sporting a long beard (as Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill do). Beard was married to Catherine Alexander from April 1978 to July 1981, when they divorced. He married Debbie Meredith in November 1982. They remain married and have three children. Beard resides in Richmond, Texas, where he owns and operates the Double Z Ranch. He is a scratch golfer, known locally for participation in tournaments and community events. Before joining ZZ Top, Beard was a member of a fake version of the British band The Zombies and The Outlaws with fellow ZZ Top member Dusty
Charles Lafontaine his countenance "rather austere, perhaps thoughtful", and his beard was "prodigious". Given the English fashion of the day for a clean-shaven face, Lafontaine’s beard was a subject of some considerable notoriety when he arrived in England — Spencer Timothy Hall's description of Lafontaine at a "conversazione" in 1841 is typical: Richard Harte, former journalist with the "New York Telegram", one-time member of the Theosophical Society Adyar (1877-1893), a former editor and regular contributor (often under the "nom de guerre" "D.C.K.") to "The Theosophist", and author of "The New Psychology", observed that, He was introduced to mesmerism in Brussels, in 1831,