Playing in suits

[pklima]

Plus it gets HOT in a suit.

Linen or linen blend material and partial linings help a lot with that.

 

[CapnSev]

I'm playing in a soul band, so every gig is in a suit. It makes the band look really sharp.

 

[Guz2]

It worked for Akercocke:
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[MadDogM]

Or you can go my route.

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[Mharris]

My band is having a CD release show February 11th at an awesome venue in the area complete with a great dance floor, seating with a view, plenty of pool tables, and here's the kicker: it's complete with a green room. We've played here a couple of times before and it's really great because they don't give a damn what you do back there. But I digress...

We have custom made red suits! Haha! It's going to be great. It compliments our fun album art. I'll be sure to upload pictures from the show. Cheers!

 

[unity bass]

we sometimes gig in suits.
It can be fun to look sharp on stage if it's appropriate for the setting.
Usually though it's shorts, t-shirts & chucks.

Here's a youtube vid of us at a Beatles Tribute night.
there were several bands on stage that night.
(please excuse the missed lyrics but check out the g-players solo)



Here's a costume party we performed at.
We played 20 Beatles songs that night.

Chad

 

[Rob Martinez]

The Beatles really hit on something! I wear a suit a lot when I gig. It looks good, it is timeless, and you stand out.

It really is the best look for a band, IMO! Unless you are KISS!

 

[elgecko]

I play a lot of big band tuxedo gigs. They're always one schlub wearing mismatched black pants/sportcoat and a bowtie.

 

[Lesfunk]

To Look sharp is to feel sharp!

 

[Lesfunk]

Or you can go my route.

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I can do that

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

I always try to dress up - even if no one else is. Why not - it's fun!

 

[mrpackerguy]

As a mostly wedding dance band, suit n tie all the way baby!

 

[bolophonic]

I love it when the band suits up. We did a sharp wedding gig a few months ago.

 

[CapnSev]

From New Years' Eve:

 

[Mike Shevlin]

I played in a good metal band in the mid '80s & we always wore suits & looked great. Now I'm glad that I don't have to look at 20 year old photos of myself wearing spandex and girl make up.

 

[Mharris]

I still think we're going to take home the trophy wearing red suits.

 

[JohnMCA72]

You definitely get treated differently (better) when you're wearing a suit! Nowadays, when everybody is sloppy casual & you can't tell the band from the customers sometimes, a nice sharp suit (or even sport coat) really stands out.

 

[Ray C Parrish]

I have started wearing suit jackets more an more lately. We are required to at our corporate gigs. Does create some problems when thumbing my bass. End of the sleeve gets hung up. I resisted at first, but......I don't care what kind of music you play.....get the hell out of that t shirt.

 

[ray_yo]

i almost always wear a suit onstage. i play regularly in four groups - a blues trio, a jazz trio, a soul/r&b septet, and a bluegrass quartet. the bluegrass group is the only one where the band doesn't perform in suits.

at the 2009 IBC in memphis i was talking backstage at our venue with chris the drummer from JP soars & the red hots (they won it that year), we were talking about stage attire since our two respective bands were the only ones out of ten in our venue who dressed up. he said something i'll always remember:

"you gotta outdress your audience"

 

[MattyH]

I play in one of the the most popular wedding and production company's in the country. We're on "My Fair Wedding" constantly, USA Today, The Morning Show (NYC), and featured in every magazine you can think of almost weekly. My band wears suits EVERY WEEKEND. Besides getting a little warmer then usual, I LOVE it! Something nice and classy about it. Even when rocking out Livin' On A Prayer for the 10,000 time that month.

And when I'm doing a bar gig, I'll still throw a tie on.