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04-10-2009, 11:08 AM
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I have a gig tomorrow at a Harley Davidson dealership in which I will be playing 4 hours outside. I had the same gig about a month ago and was pretty cold. We weren't told the last time that it was an outside gig. Just as we started packing up snowflakes started falling.
Its warmer now, but I want to be better prepared.
Just looks kinda silly wearing a jacket onstage, but at the same time I am not willing to freeze for the sake of vanity.
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04-10-2009, 11:13 AM
|  | Hard on Heels Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | | | Layers.
T-shirt > Waffle long underwear shirt > Fave music related
T-shirt. Bring a cool leather jacket or a down vest.
I have a pair of Home Depot work gloves I cut the fingers
off of. That might help your right hand, but the left you may
just have to deal. Decent shoes or work boots. Over the calf
athletic socks.
And since your body will put less blood flow in your extremities
to warm your head, wear a warm hat.
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04-10-2009, 11:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas | | | If you're playing at a Harley Shop, I'd think a leather jacket would fit right in. |
04-10-2009, 11:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rochester N.Y. | | | Get some of those dry-chemical hand warmers that you shake up and they heat up. Trust me, you'll be glad you did. Put them in an easy to reach place on your body. Between songs use them to warm your hands....
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04-10-2009, 11:26 AM
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... and snag yourself one of these for your hands when you get breaks in playing: http://www.eyelinegolf.com/EyeLine_Q...handwarmer.htm
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04-10-2009, 11:40 AM
| | Looking for Opportunities to Create Harmony | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | Well, I'm vegan so I don't own a leather jacket. My bandleader wore his last gig and I must admit it did look cool and it suits our genre... roots rock & rockabilly. |
04-10-2009, 11:46 AM
|  | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ::::BASSIST:::: Well, I'm vegan so I don't own a leather jacket. | You're not gonna eat it! 
The cow WAS already dead for other reasons - they don't kill them just to get the hides.
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04-10-2009, 11:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Edwardsville, IL | | | Sucks to play when you're cold. And not much sympathy from the Harley folks.
We play Mardi Gras parties in tents, which is close to playing outside. Good pair of boots and double socks for starters. After that, dress in layers. See if you can bring a space heater, or some kind of propane heating device.
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04-10-2009, 11:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | 2 handwarmers:
If you keep a handwarmer(I use hot hands and they are fairly cheap...outdoors store have em) in your left jacket pocket and put your hand in there between songs..
Keep the other handwarmer in the palm of a fingerless (I like wool but you may want a neoprene fishing glove) glove on your right hand and layer your body you will be fine.
FWIW this setup works real well for hunting and fishing in brutally cold conditions, can't see why it would'nt work for a four hour gig...
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04-10-2009, 11:49 AM
| | | | Get some long underwear pants too! There's a lot of surface area on the legs and jeans (or any other pants) really don't do the trick. Wear a hat and tall collar or scarf too. Same reason.
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04-10-2009, 11:51 AM
| | Registered User | | | | | oh and if you are rockabilly look into a stormy kromer cap...warmest cool old school wool caps |
04-10-2009, 12:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Iowa | | +1 to long underwear.
when i lived on the west coast, i found a lot of people did not appreciate thermals. they are not just for midwest winters! they are great for cool spring days. no need for heavy jackets, just good layers. trap your bodyheat!
and if your hands get really cold, remember:
root, fifth, root, fifth.... 
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04-10-2009, 12:05 PM
| | | a$$less leather chaps  |
04-10-2009, 12:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Knoxville, TN | | | Just get one of thos Fodera jackets that Vis wears!
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04-10-2009, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by JohNLA a$$less leather chaps | LMAO
yeah that might be O.K. if in San Francisco, but not at a Harley rally.
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04-10-2009, 02:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NC | | | I played an outdoor gig once while wearing a pair of Nomex flight gloves. They're designed for dexterity (and fire resistance!)- you probably can't do 2-hand tapping with them, but for roots & rockabilly you'll be fine. They were a lifesaver for me that night. You'll probably wear them out after a gig or two, but they only cost $20- much better than having frozen fingers.
Your guitarist is still screwed, though.
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04-10-2009, 02:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville, NC USA | | | If it were me, I would ask the Harley shop to borrow a jacket. You can tuck the tag up the sleeve and give it back when you're done. That should be cool for them too. You will be a model for their gear. |
04-10-2009, 02:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Michigan | | | You're from Canada and you want to know what to wear outside?
Maybe some of them mittens with the strings attached might help.
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04-10-2009, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by two fingers If it were me, I would ask the Harley shop to borrow a jacket. You can tuck the tag up the sleeve and give it back when you're done. That should be cool for them too. You will be a model for their gear. | if you can handle the new leather smell. i don't mean to side track this thread. i'm just saying, as a vegetarian, i don't think i could deal with it.
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