Possibly the best ad for a drummer I've ever seen...

[WI Short Scaler]

That's a great ad, if potential candidates appreciate sarcasm and humor they'll get hired.

 

[mrjim123]

I would have added "Must drool" to the ad because when the drummer drools out of both sides of his/her mouth you then know that the stage is level.

 

[BassBrass]

My 2 cents about cowboy hats:

Being from the Northeast, no one wears them beside a few people playing in a country band at that moment.

But on my first trip to Texas, I realized I was much closer to the sun, which felt significantly brighter and hotter. If I lived there, I could see possibly owning and wearing one for outdoor activities.

The question comes down to wearing a cowboy hat indoors...I don't know about that, regardless of where in the world you are. Again, probably best for times you are actually on the stage with a country band.

another foreign northEasterner here, Yeah my comment was "indoors?" too, but it's obviously a performance prop very similar to the Big Suit David Byrne wore in Stop Making Sense, but everybody does it so there's no Emperor's New Clothes moment.

 

[Hasty]

Well that’s not too far from me. I just sent a text to my drummer and told him to check it out. He’s a fantastic drummer and if he has the time, it would be a hilarious thing for him to check out.

 

[Hasty]

Ok this is hilarious. My drummers response:

How did I miss that group? And how did a country bassist wind up with a Rickenbacker?

 

[groovaholic]

I’m sorry you think my hat is stupid. I guess it’s only fair though… I think deep dish pizza, the Chicago Bears, and astronomical murder rates are stupid too

I think hats are a functional way to keep sun or rain off your scalp and out of your eyes.
Indoors, they strike me as a gimmick - whether the hat in question is a fedora, a baseball cap, a sombrero, or a cowboy hat.

I'm sports agnostic, so I really don't have an opinion on the Bears, and I'd agree that a high murder rate needs to be addressed immediately...but I'm gonna have to draw the line at deep dish.

I'm really sorry to hear that you hate your taste buds so badly that you'd deprive them of deep dish.

 

[Texican]

My 2 cents about cowboy hats:

Being from the Northeast, no one wears them beside a few people playing in a country band at that moment.

But on my first trip to Texas, I realized I was much closer to the sun, which felt significantly brighter and hotter. If I lived there, I could see possibly owning and wearing one for outdoor activities.

The question comes down to wearing a cowboy hat indoors...I don't know about that, regardless of where in the world you are. Again, probably best for times you are actually on the stage with a country band.

Most of my time spent in cowboy hats is on a roof top doing commercial HVAC. Cowboy hat makes a lot of sense in that scenario, and is no less functional than it would be if I was wrangling cattle. Ironically, I didn’t wear a cowboy hat for my last 4 country gigs, and I’ve never worn one for a rock gig. None of these shows were out doors in daylight heat though.

As far wearing them indoors goes…
…that seems to be situational. A good cowboy hat can set you back several hundred dollars. They also take up quite a bit of space, and are susceptible to theft. So at a certain point, you begin to realize that when you wear a cowboy hat outdoors, it’s protecting you, but when you wear a cowboy hat indoors, you’re actually protecting the hat. Sure, you may be able to hang it up somewhere, but what happens if there are 20 other hats inside that need to be hung up? Some will get lost, some will get damaged, some will get stolen, and a few might even be taken by mistake by drunks that didn’t mean to grab the wrong hat.

 

[Texican]

I think hats are a functional way to keep sun or rain off your scalp and out of your eyes.
Indoors, they strike me as a gimmick - whether the hat in question is a fedora, a baseball cap, a sombrero, or a cowboy hat.

I'm sports agnostic, so I really don't have an opinion on the Bears, and I'd agree that a high murder rate needs to be addressed immediately...but I'm gonna have to draw the line at deep dish.

I'm really sorry to hear that you hate your taste buds so badly that you'd deprive them of deep dish.

NY style only please. I don’t want a bundt cake covered in cheese and tomato sauce.

 

[Kubicki Fan]

Poor bass player. They're really bottom feeding at this point.

Sounds like I could join. I live 2200 miles away, I'd be willing to learn drums if provided, and I'm not into country.

 

[Lance Bunyon]

Sounds like I could join. I live 2200 miles away, I'd be willing to learn drums if provided, and I'm not into country.

I play a whole buncha country for $$. It's mostly highly overrated hick pop. Bluegrass? I love me some Bluegrass. Bluegrass doesn't sell beer tho. Hick pop do.

 

[Altitude]

 

[Williethump]

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Here is a pic of me in my “stupid hat” at the world famous Luckenbach Texas dance hall. I’m sorry you think my hat is stupid. I guess it’s only fair though… I think deep dish pizza, the Chicago Bears, and astronomical murder rates are stupid too

(I do like Michael Jordan, so there’s that I guess )

All headgear looks pretty stupid, that's why we laugh at monkeys in hats. But they are functional. Say you're playing the bass line on Luckenbach, Texas out in the north forty and a big rainstorm comes up, a real frog strangler, it keeps the rain, mud and mire off your face. And the fierce Texas son in Summer, Fall and Spring. Works even better than the three-cornered pirate hat or do-rag, derby or Trilby, pork-pie or fedora. That's why cowboys cling to their hats despite the high cost and the difficult storage, it just works well when riding Old Paint out on the range. Or in the recording studio with the leaky roof.

 

[Texican]

Roland Tellez on Instagram: "Super excited to see Vincent Neil Emerson and The Red Horse Band later this week!!! Here is a bass cover of “Willie Nelson’s Wall”… shout out to The Red Horse Band’s rhythm section @richiepizze_ and @dale_vonjohnson . #vincentneilemerson #basscover #texascountry"

Here is my bass cover of some actual “real country” from Texas. Tried to get an upright vibe with a “bouncing” type of feel.

 

[LHbassist]

I think the band should be called "Rodeo Injury" and when the drummer blows up- there's a Cow Chip on his 'stool.'

And here I am, this Saturday- going up to the old Western Cowboy town of Virginia City, Nevada- it's the REAL deal, to sub with The Comstock Cowboys. Those guys, are also as authentic a country band as you will ever see and hear. Look 'em up on You Tube... The studio recordings are a bit better than the live videos. Some pretty good originals, too.

 

[turf3]

Well, actual Texans working outside (and a very large fraction of them are Hispanic, where we got most of the cowboy stuff from, anyways) wear a broad brimmed hat for functional reasons. Cattlemen wear the cheap straw job from Tractor Supply because when you're working around cattle or any kind of general outdoor work there are a lot of opportunities for it to get damaged, or fall in a pile of "something" (and when you're around cattle, there's a lot of "something"). Actual Texans who aren't wearing a performance costume take their hats off indoors, just like their mothers taught them.

I think the expensive hat came from older days when a man would have one hat and he wanted it to be a good one.

Now if you're a member of a country band, you'll wear the hat indoors, because it's a performance costume. Just like Gene Autry wore a five hundred dollar cowboy suit and two silver plated pearl handled revolvers in his performance costume, while actual working cowboys in the horse-and-six-shooter days wore canvas pants and if they even had a pistol it was probably left in the holster for months/years on end. J. Frank Dobie tells the story of one cowboy on a cattle drive who encountered a rattlesnake and decided to shoot it with his Colt, but the gun was so rusted up with months of exposure that it wouldn't work at all and finally the cowboy took the thing and threw it at the snake in disgust; the snake slithered off and he was able to proceed.

 

[Shoreline Gold]

Unfortunately, by setting the bar so low it makes it harder to fire the drummer. And we want that, don't we? Dooon't we??

 

[Williethump]

Roland Tellez on Instagram: "Super excited to see Vincent Neil Emerson and The Red Horse Band later this week!!! Here is a bass cover of “Willie Nelson’s Wall”… shout out to The Red Horse Band’s rhythm section @richiepizze_ and @dale_vonjohnson . #vincentneilemerson #basscover #texascountry"

Here is my bass cover of some actual “real country” from Texas. Tried to get an upright vibe with a “bouncing” type of feel.

Very nice, you nailed it, swingy. Thanks for that, reminding me that country music can be pleasant and wry, bouncy and danceable, when not political.

 

[Williethump]

Wonderful add! But the pic with the "stupid hats" (indoors?) reminds me of

This never gets old, love how the props don't work. Great bass line.

 

[Texican]

Very nice, you nailed it, swingy. Thanks for that, reminding me that country music can be pleasant and wry, bouncy and danceable, when not political.

Thanks man! Just wish I had worn a stupid hat when I recorded it!

 

[Texican]

Well, actual Texans working outside (and a very large fraction of them are Hispanic, where we got most of the cowboy stuff from, anyways) wear a broad brimmed hat for functional reasons. Cattlemen wear the cheap straw job from Tractor Supply because when you're working around cattle or any kind of general outdoor work there are a lot of opportunities for it to get damaged, or fall in a pile of "something" (and when you're around cattle, there's a lot of "something"). Actual Texans who aren't wearing a performance costume take their hats off indoors, just like their mothers taught them.

I think the expensive hat came from older days when a man would have one hat and he wanted it to be a good one.

Now if you're a member of a country band, you'll wear the hat indoors, because it's a performance costume. Just like Gene Autry wore a five hundred dollar cowboy suit and two silver plated pearl handled revolvers in his performance costume, while actual working cowboys in the horse-and-six-shooter days wore canvas pants and if they even had a pistol it was probably left in the holster for months/years on end. J. Frank Dobie tells the story of one cowboy on a cattle drive who encountered a rattlesnake and decided to shoot it with his Colt, but the gun was so rusted up with months of exposure that it wouldn't work at all and finally the cowboy took the thing and threw it at the snake in disgust; the snake slithered off and he was able to proceed.

I’m a real Texan, work outside, and happen to also be Hispanic. So I think I meet your criteria lol. I agree with you that we are taught to not wear our hat inside, but like I said in a previous post, it depends on the situation. Sometimes it just makes more sense to keep it on.

As far as prices go… My work straw is $100 rodeo king from a legit hat shop. It was custom shaped to my dome. My “nice” going out straw is a $30 cheapie from Cavenders that was factory pre-shaped and just happens to look nice on my oddly shaped head. Funny how that worked out. You would think the expensive one would be my nice one and the cheap one would be my work hat, but I spend more time in the work hat and it’s a perfect fit and highly breathable.