What year did Texas Express start making the rounds?
Here's a little blast from the past, Earl vs. Keith:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHQw9T5uvyk&list=PLA4999AFABD4C092B
In a Derby City format, I would easily beat my 20 year old self at banks or one-pocket. 9-ball would be a completely different story.
Considering that I almost never have the opportunity to play it anymore, I would lose at snooker badly to my 20 year old self.
Watching a snooker match on youtube, Alex Higgins adopts quite the stance at 2:20 in the match to follow that rule. Later at 7:20 he has the referee clean the cue ball so he can get a drag on his cigarette...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aC3_Dkops4
I was 20 or 21 when I saw it for the first time and was already playing. As far as influence, I spent a lot of time shooting the bank shot on the 8-ball.