Hokum , Habit and Headwear

[Rich]

I don't do waistcoat, but I do hat. With the soul/silliness band it's a black flat cap worn backwards, and with the ska band it's either a grey trilby or a faux-leather black pork pie. I'd dearly love a proper leather pork pie, but can't justify the cost.

Edited May 23, 2019 by Rich

[Paul S]

Damnation.

[ead]

On 23/05/2019 at 14:11, mikel said:

I have a deep aversion to "musicians" wearing hats, mainly pub/covers bands. My current band agreed in its infancy that hats and waistcoat's were a definite no-no. Nothing screams "Old geezers trying too hard" than a hat and a waistcoat.

As an old git, it's  hat for me 

I would also gently point out that as somebody who has toured europe with a reputable orchestra I would also consider myself to be a musician not a "musician".

Edited May 24, 2019 by ead

[stewblack]

On 23/05/2019 at 14:11, mikel said:

I have a deep aversion to "musicians" wearing hats, mainly pub/covers bands. My current band agreed in its infancy that hats and waistcoat's were a definite no-no. Nothing screams "Old geezers trying too hard" than a hat and a waistcoat.

Interesting perspective.

[Stub Mandrel]

Black trilby, nothing to do with Phil Campbell 😉

I'd been looking for a decent hat for years (decades!) and I finally found it in Sports Direct!

It's also useful for keeping sun out of my eyes and rain off my head.

I also have a penchant for wearing unbuttoned plaid shirts over a t-shirt.

I've been a Neil Young fan since I  was a schoolboy - it was only recently I was reading 'Waging heavy Peace' and suddenly realised we have independently arrived at the same style (or lack of it).

 

[Oopsdabassist]

23 hours ago, Paul S said:

Damnation.

Double Damnation!

 

Ooh just realised I've comitted another sin here too....hand off the fretboard!!🤣

 

 

[Paul S]

I don't suppose you've got a music stand tucked away out of shot?  Might as well go for the full hand of faux-pas.

[Oopsdabassist]

LMAO!!!  Nope but if you look closely you'll see a dangling Smoothhound, which seem to be out of favour at the moment.....does that count?

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, Oopsdabassist said:

Ooh just realised I've comitted another sin here too....hand off the fretboard!!🤣

I couldn't resist fretting with my thumb only for a while the other day 🙂

There is a video but I won't see quite how embarassing I was until 4 June...

[seashell]

I recently re-discovered an embroidered waistcoat of my Mum's, and I teamed it with a black sequinned 'gameshow host' style jacket for our last gig. It's OK though, because I wore them in a spirit of irony. 😝

[lozkerr]

5 minutes ago, seashell said:

I recently re-discovered an embroidered waistcoat of my Mum's, and I teamed it with a black sequinned 'gameshow host' style jacket for our last gig. It's OK though, because I wore them in a spirit of irony. 😝

That outfit definitely needs a hat!

Edited May 24, 2019 by lozkerr

[Paul S]

11 hours ago, lozkerr said:

That outfit definitely needs a hat  picture!

Fixed.   

[mikel]

On 24/05/2019 at 14:24, stewblack said:

Interesting perspective.

Aye, just my personal take. Not right or wrong, just mine.

[mikel]

On 24/05/2019 at 13:43, ead said:

As an old git, it's  hat for me 

I would also gently point out that as somebody who has toured europe with a reputable orchestra I would also consider myself to be a musician not a "musician".

My brother in law is also a musician, and he wears a hat on stage, but as he almost always wears a hat anyway he is not simply wearing one to look like a "musician".

[Rich]

On 24/05/2019 at 18:29, Oopsdabassist said:

dangling Smoothhound

 

Hold, I've got their second album.

[Oopsdabassist]

2 minutes ago, Rich said:

Hold, I've got their second album.

Not a patch on their debut vinyl.....IMO 😏

[Heathy]

On ‎23‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 13:04, Rich said:

Bootsy must be permanently bald. Poor chap. 

 

Fixed.

[Skinnyman]

Hat - but only at certain times of the year. I manage to get away with it by being so cool....

Edited May 26, 2019 by Skinnyman

[Skinnyman]

On 24/05/2019 at 17:52, Stub Mandrel said:

Black trilby, nothing to do with Phil Campbell 😉

I'd been looking for a decent hat for years (decades!) and I finally found it in Sports Direct!

It's also useful for keeping sun out of my eyes and rain off my head.

I also have a penchant for wearing unbuttoned plaid shirts over a t-shirt.

I've been a Neil Young fan since I  was a schoolboy - it was only recently I was reading 'Waging heavy Peace' and suddenly realised we have independently arrived at the same style (or lack of it).

 

Oh bugger.

There was I thinking I was paying homage to Neil Young when it turns out that I’m just channeling my inner Stub....

my hat must have blown off....

[stewblack]

On 25/05/2019 at 17:45, mikel said:

My brother in law is also a musician, and he wears a hat on stage, but as he almost always wears a hat anyway he is not simply wearing one to look like a "musician".

Ah but there's the rub. How can we ever know why people are wearing hats? There are so many reasons. We can't read their minds and even if we could they might be confused as to their own reasons. 

It's a conundrum this hat business. 

[Steve Browning]

On 24/05/2019 at 18:21, Oopsdabassist said:

Double Damnation!

 

Ooh just realised I've comitted another sin here too....hand off the fretboard!!🤣

 

 

You sure you're not just trying to avoid touching those green strings!! 🙂

[mikel]

2 hours ago, stewblack said:

Ah but there's the rub. How can we ever know why people are wearing hats? There are so many reasons. We can't read their minds and even if we could they might be confused as to their own reasons. 

It's a conundrum this hat business. 

Not if you see some old geezers setting up and doing sound check, and having a pre gig pint, sans headware. Then doing the gig hatted.

[Oopsdabassist]

3 hours ago, Steve Browning said:

You sure you're not just trying to avoid touching those green strings!! 🙂

They've been on that bass for going on 8 years now...nicely run in so they are!

[Paul S]

6 minutes ago, Oopsdabassist said:

They've been on that bass for going on 8 years now...nicely run in so they are!

So they started off chrome?  🤢

[Oopsdabassist]

1 minute ago, Paul S said:

So they started off chrome?  🤢

Oh perlease!! 😉

They have always been that glorious OTT shade of dayglo!