Show us you lids!! OK, not what you think :)

dancedad5678 · #1 01-16-2011, 04:11 PM

So here's the thing, our band has been struggling for "a look" After a few suggestions from associated spouses and girl friends - we're no closer than we were months ago. Everyone just does their own thing.

I have a large number of hats, from ball caps to 100+ year old Stetsons. One night I wore a '50's Royal Stetson fedora, small brim and kept the brim flipped up. Also wore some Chucks (which I'm known for) and everyone thought it was great and that is now my look.

For some reason I actually feel like I play better with it on too, I get in to the groove easier and people make more positive comments during the night on my playing.

I've seen pics of other players with various hats on - so show us your lids and tell us why that one and if there is a story behind it.

I'll start - here's a pic from Friday night's gig

oerk · #2 01-17-2011, 04:50 AM

I love hats, but I can't wear one on stage without sweat running all over my face.

rtslinger · #3 01-17-2011, 05:19 AM

Okay here is mine a Fedora I picked up in the Rock Hard Cafe in Paris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulGxTG_llg4

pklima · #4 01-17-2011, 05:40 AM

I have a few hats, but the only one I've ever worn on stage is a cheap wool felt Australian style hat. It is pretty damn hot. So here I am with my bass wearing it on its head instead of me - but the singer is wearing bunny ears, so I figure that makes it OK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBEMBjZan9w

(No still photos from that gig, just video)

I'll sometimes also wear a skully to look gangsta. I've never worn my "nice" hat (only a Resistol 4X, but the nicest I got) on stage, though. I also have a couple of cheap trillbies (one wool felt, one cotton) and a leather cowboy hat that's in terrible shape from being worn in snow and rain a lot.

dancedad5678 · #5 01-17-2011, 08:30 AM

@ Oerk - I know what you mean about it getting hot - last summer we played an outdoor gig, it was about 100 deg F and 90% humidity. I had a straw cowboy hat on and the sweat was dripping down all day - it was ugly

@ rtslinger - nice hat and from Paris too!! What's with the lights on the lead guitar and his strap? Looks cool but doesn't it weigh a lot?

@pklima - love the lid on the top of the bass, nice touch. bunny ears are cool too - special night?

pklima · #6 01-17-2011, 08:39 AM

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@pklima - love the lid on the top of the bass, nice touch. bunny ears are cool too - special night?

Heh, thanks.

Our band has a bunny-related name, literally translating into English as "the Soothing Hares". She got those ears for her 18th birthday, and liked the look enough to buy some lace ears last week. We're gonna keep getting sillier...

Of course at the end of the set I tipped the hat to the audience. Gotta be polite!

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Originally Posted by dancedad5678

@ rtslinger - nice hat and from Paris too!! What's with the lights on the lead guitar and his strap? Looks cool but doesn't it weigh a lot?

+1

Phalex · #7 01-17-2011, 08:49 AM

MikeyB · #8 01-17-2011, 08:53 AM

Here's mine - a black cloth ivy cap. Playing harmonica here. As far as having a "look" - I typically wear a trendier button-down shirt with collar or black T and tailored sport coat. I also keep a 10" Godzilla on my amp as my personal mascot!

mkandolf · #9 01-17-2011, 10:31 AM

Someone tell me where I can get some to fit my 7-3/4 to 7-7/8 size head? No adjustables please, they don't work!

Dega60 · #10 01-17-2011, 10:45 AM

Not a very good picture but if I am wearing a hat it will be this or one very like it

jb63 · #11 01-17-2011, 10:57 AM

I never realized it but I'm bass player of many hats.
The standard flat cap backwards:

Winter cap:

Old school Fedora:

And the "let's have a party" sombrero:

dancedad5678 · #12 01-17-2011, 11:06 AM

@jb63 -> I see each hat comes with a different bass too

very nice I may have to coordinate hats and basses too LOL

Mkandolf - check out ebay, yeah i know, but I have picked up a couple older fedoras there, type in fedora 7 3/4 or 7 5/8 and a number of them will pop up

dancedad5678 · #13 01-17-2011, 11:07 AM

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Nice hat and bass face to go with it

almost like there was a smell to that dead raccoon lol

jb63 · #14 01-17-2011, 11:17 AM

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I see each hat comes with a different bass too very nice I may have to coordinate hats and basses too LOL

I never set out to coordinate my hats with the basses, but I can see how that would work. The hats actually serve a more utilitarian purpose; too keep my flowing locks out of my face.

jb63 · #15 01-17-2011, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by dancedad5678

Nice hat and bass face to go with it

almost like there was a smell to that dead raccoon lol

"Daniel Boone was man...yes a big man..." or was I thinking of Davy Crockett?

Passinwind · #16 01-17-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by dancedad5678

I've seen pics of other players with various hats on - so show us your lids and tell us why that one and if there is a story behind it.

My wife and I were goofing around on vacation in San Diego and this Ascot somehow just decided to go home with us:

Around here it's often too windy for a hat at an outdoor gig. This one caused me mucho trouble in swirly 30 knot winds:

I'll see if I can scare up one of my Mexican cowboy hat that an actual cowboy gave me last year.

dcr · #17 01-17-2011, 11:38 AM

Well, crap! I left my 40's original Pork Pie at home this past weekend and we had tons of pix taken. I won't take it to a show again for a while, as the upcoming shows are SMOKING ALLOWED. Not having it smell like an ashtray.

Pix up later of other shows with hats, including flat caps, cowboy hats, fedoras, and baseball caps.

dcr

Richland123 · #18 01-17-2011, 12:36 PM

I have never been a hat wearing guy but there is a running joke with my band that if I am somewhere that is giving out prizes for something that there is usually a very good chance that I will win a baseball cap. I have won more caps than most people own.

rtslinger · #19 01-17-2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by dancedad5678

@ Oerk - I know what you mean about it getting hot - last summer we played an outdoor gig, it was about 100 deg F and 90% humidity. I had a straw cowboy hat on and the sweat was dripping down all day - it was ugly

@ rtslinger - nice hat and from Paris too!! What's with the lights on the lead guitar and his strap? Looks cool but doesn't it weigh a lot?

@pklima - love the lid on the top of the bass, nice touch. bunny ears are cool too - special night?

Thanks yeah I picked up the hat while on vacation in Paris cool thing about it has a phoenix on the one side and the name of our band is the PHOENIXBAND had to get and yeah but it wasn't cheap! And no they weigh almost nothing note the one on his finger of his pick hand (like ET phone home)

mboogiemanusa · #20 01-17-2011, 07:28 PM

Every one except our singer sported a lid for NYE. I usually wear a black Stetson for most gigs unless its a biker ralley where I will don one my skullcaps.