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Don't Wear Shorts
- Thread starter Stranger Danger
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Well, according to Jimmy, Sammy in shorts doesn't count because he's already famous. Jimmy prefers that we instead recall the older Sammy, the one in shiny, tight, red satin pants. 
Whether we want to recall that or not, however, might be a nice sidebar.
Whether we want to recall that or not, however, might be a nice sidebar.
Um, I was told there'd be no math.
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Hey country musicians...NO MORE COWBOY HATS AND BOOTS!! Only famous country artists can pull that look off and you ain't one of them. Besides, you're not at a rodeo, you're playing music for people who expect you not to look too casual.
See how ridiculous this is?
See how ridiculous this is?
Dude come down here in July/august and walk around in long pants. You'll stand out like an ET. Out at the beach, where most of the good gigs are, you might be made fun of, especially since you'll likely be totally drenched in sweat. Plus how many girls/ladies show up to YOUR gigs wearing thongs/bikinis?
BAZINGA!
BAZINGA!
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Personally, I think the anti-shorts sentiment is a hold over from decades gone by, just like it used to be unheard of to get on an airplane if you weren't wearing a suit, wearing hats indoors, chewing gum in school, etc., etc., etc. Those days are a-fadin', like it or not
Once again people here seem to think that EVERY bassist plays their kind of music in their kind of band. If I show to a country gig, jazz gig, blues gig, corporate gig, wedding/anniversary gig in shorts I'd be drubbed out of the band, and rightly so. If you're playing at Carl's Crab Shack on the beach, wear your shorts. Makes no difference to me at all, and shouldn't to anyone else, either.
Just goes to prove my point that you can do what you want when you're already famous.Well, according to Jimmy, Sammy in shorts doesn't count because he's already famous. Jimmy prefers that we instead recall the older Sammy, the one in shiny, tight, red satin pants.
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LOL. That'd be a sporran. Specifically, a hunting sporran. And it's alwas a good idea to wear a heavy one, in case some inebriated broad yells, "Dress up day!" and grabs your kilt.
My understanding is that until Queen Bess buys the proverbial Scottish castle, that you can wear underwear under your kilt. Once there is a king on the throne though, custom says commando... But I still prefer the heavy sporran!
You forgot about not mixing drivers, only stacking 2x10 or 2x12 cabinets vertically and that tone is all in the fingers...
Well, it's settled, tonight I'm going home and sewing all those patches I picked up on tour to my favorite pair of shorts. Yes ladies and gentlemen, the 'sticker bass' of stage attire! But I'm not going to stop there, oh no, I'm going to break the zipper, then sew another zipper inside of the first, unseen from the outside, so that it looks like I'm constantly walking around with my fly open. I'm gonna sew zippers into all the pockets so my picks won't fall out, and for shitzengiggles I'm gonna put a double row of studs around the left leg hem. I'm gonna wear those shorts every show, appropriate weather or not, and I'm never going to wash them. Now so long as I don't grab the -3db@120Hz. shorts, I should be golden...
And in 12 months, I still be the bass player in the punk rock band I helped found 16 years ago. Dogs and cats will still be at odds with each other, the polar ice caps will still exist, and the earth will continue to orbit the sun, while the moon still orbits the earth.
There are bass players out there hanging on the passing note! Let's get some perspective here people!
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I guess the automatic cuss replacer wasn't thrown off by a Beerfest reference!
OP probably has never played a punk show in someones basement... shorts are a must lolol seriously tho whats wrong with shorts? I wear cut off shorts and they are so comfy
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oh no here comes the angry mob with their p basses and pitchforks
I don't think the outfit is dependent upon the music you're playing, but more the place that you're playing. Probably shouldn't play a wedding in shorts and probably shouldn't play a house show wearing a tux.
But when it really comes down to it, don't let other people dictate what you wear. As long as you're comfortable, the music sounds decent, and you're not breaking any laws, you should be able to wear what you want on a gig.
Now whether or not you get hired back is a whole other story.
But when it really comes down to it, don't let other people dictate what you wear. As long as you're comfortable, the music sounds decent, and you're not breaking any laws, you should be able to wear what you want on a gig.
Now whether or not you get hired back is a whole other story.
