My best friend told me about this yesterday. Okay, David Cook played with ZZ top on the finale, the drummer of which is Frank Beard. Frank used to be my neighbor in Houston (I just moved 2 months ago) and I used to play golf with his wife. My best friend just played with her this week and got to hear about meeting David. Supposedly Debbie (Frank's wife) got a lot of flack about not telling anyone they were going to American Idol. I don't think they had a lot advance warning. Debbie simply said David was a nice guy. I wish I was still there because I would have been driving her crazy with questions. My best friend is a Cook fan, but she's not Cook'd like all of us.

On a side note from knowing a superstar, (well, I knew his wife, not him so much), I hope Cookie doesn't get that aloofness that most rockers get. I can count on one hand the number of times Frank made eye contact with me. He always seemed to stare into space, trying not to focus on anyone. I'm sure that comes from years of being hounded by fans and papparazzi. His wife was one of the nicest people ever though and she was so much fun.