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
Official Live Bootleg/The Beard Is out There Official Live Bootleg/The Beard Is out There Official Live Bootleg is the third album and first live album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard. It was released in 1996, with a European release under the title The Beard Is out There in 1998. The original North American release consisted of the four tracks from the band's debut album "The Light", with the fifth song, "Thoughts" coming from their second album, "Beware of Darkness". The European release added a sixth track coming from the band's rarity collection "From the Vaults", originally also from Beware of Darkness. All songs by Neal