Frank Beard (musician) played in the bands American Blues, 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" on London Records 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", the band's third album, but is listed under his real name on "Rio Grande Mud", their second album. After "Tres Hombres", he was credited as "Frank Beard" on all the band's albums. Ironically, despite his last name he is the only
Elisa Villanueva Beard Elisa Villanueva Beard Elisa Villanueva Beard is the CEO of Teach For America (TFA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for low-income students across America. Villanueva Beard began her education career as a 1998 corps member of TFA, teaching first and second grade bilingual education. Villanueva Beard grew up in the Rio Grande Valley in McAllen, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from DePauw University in 1998, where she was also a member of the college's NCAA Division III basketball team. Villanueva Beard remembers being part of a small minority of Mexican American students