"No, it's not your fault. I've secretly always known there was the possibility of a hat."
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Obviously he's a bass player...
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"No, it's not your fault. I've secretly always known there was the possibility of a hat."
Hahahah! Yeah what is it with bass players and dorky hats? Especially fedoras….
Definitely not just a bass players thing. Guitar players wear some hats I wouldn't wear to a dog fight. I played with one for years. I think he would have worn a road kill if he would have thought about it. Hats worn on stage look dorky. Why wear one? I think of them as some do of cargo shorts.
Spot on. It's overwhelming to think a man would put on a fedora or a stoker and see the reflection in a window and not stop dead in their tracks. My God! What are you thinking?
Times change, and, along with the times, people's perception of what "looks good."
Look up "Zoot-suit."
Look up "Zoot-suit."
Aren't we free to choose how we like to look? I'll wear a hat if I want, or any other clothing, like cargo shorts (I'm doing so today for a gig outside in 90 degrees, with shoes.)
On the other hand, I don't wear it on stage. My wife made it and a vest to go with it, out of an old woolen blanket. As I get older, I sometimes get cold. This solved that problem, and I like the look… but I don't wear it in public much.
I guess you missed the swing revival of the 90's.
As someone who almost never wears a hat indoors, I have to side with the anti-hat on stage crowd.
That said, outdoor gigs are a free-for-all with me.
That said, outdoor gigs are a free-for-all with me.
Do we need to break out the list of iconic performers who've worn hats on stage?
devnulljp
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Somehow, y'all are coooler than this guy?
A fedora is less intimidating than a blinding reflection of a spotlight from a shiny bald pate. No?
We can all wear what we want to wear, and the haters can all hate on it all they want.
That is unfortunately how people are.
Right?! Oops, I mean, uh, guilty as charged...
(I like to wear hats when I play, but I can still laugh at myself)
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...you knew it was coming.
If I wore a hat, it would be to annoy those that deserved to be annoyed.
