The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!
Having a visual element to your band is a good thing.
ZZ Top did get a chance to play with Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reed, there's still that one, single song we just can't shake... J.B. Hutto's "Combination Boogie".
It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.