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My favorite example of this

Posted by Mod Lang (@modlang) on June 26, 2026, 8:10 p.m.

Lee Brilleaux, the singer, was born in 1952, which means he would’ve been 22 or 23 when this performance was shot in 1975. Yet he already looks 35. And not just him - everybody in the audience looks far older than they likely were. Some of those dancing girls were probably teenagers yet have the look of dowdy housewives.

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The original lineup - I don’t know the exact ages of the rest, but sheesh, these guys were all still in their 20s at the time of this first album photoshoot!

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