Attire

[AllanAllen]

He’s wearing a collared shirt. That is dressed up. Good lord, you guys sure can make a mountain of a mole hill.

Henry, you look sharp at show time, shoes or not.

[RJVB]

He’s wearing a collared shirt. That is dressed up.

Wait, any kind of shirt with a collar, including polos, checkered flanel and fleece over-shirts? I wasn't aware I'm dressing up almost all the time !

[AllanAllen]

Wait, any kind of shirt with a collar, including polos, checkered flanel and fleece over-shirts? I wasn't aware I'm dressing up almost all the time !

The first two yes. The second two, possibly, depending on what part of America you are in. I’m in the part that a flannel is dressed up 9 months of the year, but that’d be too hot on stage

[DawgBone]

He’s wearing a collared shirt. That is dressed up. Good lord, you guys sure can make a mountain of a mole hill.

Henry, you look sharp at show time, shoes or not.

I don't need a collar with this:

[Boss Man Zwiebelsohn]

I don't need a collar with this:

Haha nice, that's a hip hat for a hip cat!

Reminded me immediately of this one:

[SierraTango]

I enjoy dressing well for a gig. I cut the brass buttons off the right side of my blazer sleeve years ago for obvious reasons.

[DawgBone]

Haha nice, that's a hip hat for a hip cat!

Reminded me immediately of this one:

He's rocking the pure homburg with the pencil roll brim and ribbon around it's edge. I have one of those also but I like the brim flat, not curved up on the sides so much. If they aren't that way when I get them I just steam them a little until they are the shape I want. Plus the obvious sitting on a flat surface upright in a hat box will eventually make it that way. They are pretty much the only pieces of formal wear I ow.n unless you count shitkickers (formal wear in TX) cause I don't rock any collared shirts or dress shoes. I just like nice jewelry, boots, and hats. The wayfarer shades go without saying haha.

[Doug B]

I wouldn't complain if it was an attractive lady

But NO shorts on gigs...again, unless it's an attractive lady.....

This was not even a FUGLY lady. More like a guy with sasquatch type hairy legs. (No Squatch allowed!)

[Doug B]

No one has yet to mention a Zoot Suit:

[Boss Man Zwiebelsohn]

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It's super easy to get the real deal in Chicago, you just need to speak a little Spanish.

Like "la concha de tu puta madre, carajo, huevón"?

[JCat]

Stay cool in a Porkpie hat. (A cliche, I know, but an honest cliche.)
Tip: Finish your set with Mingus' "Good Bye Porkpie Hat" and then through your hat like a Frisbee to your fans in the audience.

[Boss Man Zwiebelsohn]

No need for a tuxedo if you've got a beautiful guitar.

[AllanAllen]

I played in a 60s rock band and we dressed up. One of the other guys would pair new dickies with his sport coat and dress shirt. I can't remember if he wore sneakers or dress shoes... anyway, it worked. We looked cool as hell and when we walked into the club, people just knew we were the band.

[DawgBone]

I played in a 60s rock band and we dressed up. One of the other guys would pair new dickies with his sport coat and dress shirt. I can't remember if he wore sneakers or dress shoes... anyway, it worked. We looked cool as hell and when we walked into the club, people just knew we were the band.

You get a nice enough hat you never pay for drinks. I'm adding a gold tooth to my outfit his morning since I needed a crown anyways and gold is still superior to all other materials so it's killing two birds with one stone. Tooth repair plus boosting my blues cred, lol.

[supersoul]

When in public, my attire mainly consists of Dickies clothing and Vans shoes in all seasons.(no affiliation) Shoes and belt both, are always black canvas.

Dickies are great! They always look good, classic, and they're durable. I'm hard on my clothing but Dickies stand up. You have to break them in a bit. I have like 5 Dickies pants, 4 or 5 shirts, and a jacket.

My shirts are usually button down with a collar. I think they just look better on me. Short sleeve in the summer, long sleeve in the winter (although rolling up long sleeves can look good too). In general I like to have some color in my clothings, even if it's muted. I don't like wearing black or white.

Never shorts or sandles (maybe at the beach). I used to wear boots even in the summer, but I've mellowed and now I wear running shoes. I like how they bounce.

Socks are also important. They have to have some color or some patterns, but they can't be loud. It's a subtle thing, where they're not seen unless I'm sitting.

I also have a couple suits for when I need more armor.

[DawgBone]

Yeah man. My inspiration in clothing style comes from my granddaddy and all the WWII generation and an article in Guitar Player magazine I bought as a seventeen year old in 1988. That article introduced me to the late, great, guitarist “Little” Charlie Baty and guitarist Anson Funderburgh. Both players music and clothing styles were then,and are now classically hip. Imho, the coolest of all.

Pretty sure Anson's hair back in the 90's was the inspiration for Beavis of Beavis and Butthead fame. The cartoonist, Mike Judge, played bass for him for some time. I know and have gigged with several guys that have or are currently gigging with Anson. Some great players there!

[DawgBone]

Anson Funderburgh is always cool. Even when he is drawn bad. You sir are keeping good company. AF’s bands are always tight.

Yep. He has had Wes Starr on the drums the past couple years. That dude is an absolute monster with a righteous rimshot. He's probably got the most badass shuffle of any drummer on the planet right now. Killer player. Def among the top four or five drummers I've gotten the chance to play with. He split for Cali to gig with Anson sometime around 19 or '20 I believe.

[DawgBone]

Funderburgh and Judge must’ve had a falling out. That was harsh of Judge. Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets featuring Sam Myers(RIP) 1986-2006 is my favorite AF era. That was a tight band.
A cool thing about Sam Myers, before blowing the harmonica and vocals, is that he got his professional start playing drums in the Stringdusters backing the best blues man of all time, Mr.Elmore James.

Pretty sure he's still friends with Judge. Judge just borrowed the hair for his character lol. I think Judge still lives in the Austin area.