(not so) Sharp Dressed (old) (guitar) Man.....

Just watching the 45 minute DVD that comes with the latest Queens Of The Stone Age album "Lullabies To Paralyze" - there's an interview and a video, but mostly a 'making of' filmed in the studio for the sessions recording the album itself.

Guesting, amongst others, is Billy Gibbons - one time guitar-twirling, beard-raising sharp dressed man from ZZ Top.

Shit, does the guy look old now. I mean, the beard always added a year or five but he's there doing some backing vocals etc and hanging out and he's got this green woolley hat on, slightly hunched like Gandalfs older brother. He's still got "The Cool" (tm) and effortlessly drops into press photo poses that would simply look trite if done by other band members but, sheesh, thinking how he looked when I saw the ZZ Top vids first time round, and seeing him now.....

{shakes head}

It's making me feel damn ancient.

The thing with appearances though....when he picks up a guitar to throw down some scorching leads for one of the tracks - wow. He's still on fire like the old days. 55 years old (going on 400) and firing hard on all rock-fuelled cylinders at 4am in the studio - now that IS cool.

Jack Black stamps on the floor to provide some rhythm for one track. He has a beard too but, well, he really isn't any competition.

;O)