The album cover looks very "country" to me. The photo shows them before they grew their long beards and before they started to wear their Raybans.
Billy Gibbons was interviewed on a radio show and he was reminiscing about their early days. He said they agreed to take a "year out" to do other things. He said he didn't have any contact with Dusty Hare or Frank Beard during this time out and when they all got back together again he was pleasantly surprised to see that Dusty had grew a hillybilly beard just like he had.
They did a few low key gigs at Texan Roadhouses and the new look went down a treat so they decided to keep it.
The rest as they say, is history
They are a great band, and still very underated and often overlooked when the awards are handed out