All right, it happened again - so I can safely assume that I haven't lost what's left of my mind.

David Lee Roth was on late-nite TV again, and I'll be damned if he wasn't indeed playing a country version of a Van Halen hit. The bonus this time was that he appeared on The Late Late Show, with TV's Craig Ferguson, who interviewed the cheeky wee monkey, in addition to the performance.

Now I have to say, while I much enjoyed the bluegrass version of "Jump", the image of the singer seemed to be be inconsistent with the performance. Mr. Lee Roth certainly doesn't look like a cowboy, and he's now a bit removed from his Spandex, wildman rocker days. He almost looks like a guy you'd rent a car from...not so much a guy that might be twirling a microphone stand around onstage.

So, how do you sell the whole image thing, when your singer looks like he might be an off-duty TGIF manager?? This is the same guy that sang about being a gigolo, after all...

Here's my thought. First off, keep the jeans, but at least add a country-cut jacket of some sort. We don't have to go so far as to add a cowboy hat, if he's going to play traditional country roots music. And to be honest, if he grew his hair long again, adding a hat would make him look too much like Alan Jackson, without the mustache.

Then, add one of those classic bolo ties. the ones that are really just a shoe lace with metal balls on the end, but held together with what looks like a mini-belt buckle. I used to have one with a 3-D steer head sticking out, very fashionable. This might help Mr. Lee Roth blend in whenever he's in Nashville, and would make his live appearances in support of this disc a wee bit more realistic...

That's my story!!

Chow for now!