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Baseball caps are for drummers
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05-02-2025 05:33 PM
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After reading this thread, I went out and bought a new hat.
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LOL! I did the exact opposite!
Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
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You do it well, I used to wear something only in winter, and nothing in summer. Originally Posted by garybaldy
Today my head is weird, it's got two colours, when it happened I thought it was something that would disappear, the doctor said it won't.
I thought the sun was my friend but now the bill is printed on my head for no wearing a hat in summer.
So yes, I'm wearing a hat, if someone tells me to put it off, I say "f.c. .o. !".
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And Ulf. Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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If it was good enough for Jim Hall, it's certainly good enough for me. Originally Posted by garybaldy
When I was young, I wanted to play guitar so I grew my hair long.
Now that I'm old, if I want to play guitar I guess my hair has to fall out.
In other words, grow it while you got it.
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I was never really a hat person, but after my Dad, may he RIP, got a nasty case of aggressive skin cancer on his head (he was bald from his 30s and he loved being outdoors in the sun, hatless), I started wearing various kinds of hats, from pork pie type (I could not pull that off, AT ALL, it even looked a little ridiculous!) to baseball caps.
Eventually started wearing caps and wool hats habitually, even in-doors on gigs, etc. But during the dark days of corona, I gave up hats, and now only wear a wool hat outdoors to keep warm in winter. Now in my mid-60s, I always had thin hair taking after Mom, but not bald. My brother, on the other hand, who took after Dad, was bald by his 30s and now shaves his head, going for a Jason Statham-ish look, at least that’s how his sons see it.
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Bottom line is wear a hat if you want, be bald like Joe Pass and Jim Hall or wear a hairpiece like Al Dimeola. Be comfortable and play good music.
Be appropriate for the venue and don't listen to posters on an insignificant guitar forum when it comes to how YOU want to appear.
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When my facial hairs began to grow I was beginning to lose my hair but I didn't know it yet. When you notice it, it's too late.
I've been shaving my head for more than two decades.
Balding is a problem when you are 40 but if you are getting bald at 25, you assume it.
At 21 I saw a doctor for that and she said : "We, women when we see a bald man we already know is good at bed without testing."
After trying a treatment for my hair loss I remembered what she said and left the treatment.
She was right.
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I have been known to wear a flat cap.
I apologise to all involved. I've not only let them down, I've let myself down.
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I often cut my hair really short with clippers, which makes my head succeptible to the elements. Nothing beats a sunburn on the top of your head, I must say.
Winter I wear a knit hat; summer I'll wear a baseball cap.
A few mentionable hats from my past: a flannel baseball hat with fold down ear flaps; a regular baseball hat that said "You Can Take My Wife But You Can't Take My Chevy". But neither was jazz appropriate.
Pat Finnerty is hilarious. I laughed so hard at his "Why This Song Stinks" about RHCP's Dani California... and he's exactly right. Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Finnerty is one of the very few music YouTubers i watch consistently. He’s the man! Originally Posted by supersoul
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The last time I wore a hat onstage was 1993...and that was only because the band was on a low-budget tour and I hadn't showered/washed my hair in 3 or 4 days.
The last time before that that I wore a hat onstage was 1978...and that was because I was a wee teen who thought hats were cool.
I was wrong.
(That's me on the left playing bass, wearing the uncool hat, in 1978.)
I've said it before, I'll say it again: I don't think I have ever seen a musician onstage wearing a hat where it didn't come across as a conspicuous affectation. I don't care if you're bald; quit being a poser.
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Not the biggest deal. If you have hair, people just think you're trying to give yourself a decent look. If you're bald, it's really no big deal.
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Who's to say hats are not cool? They are cool on some people, and not on others. The only deterring factor is if chicks don't dig it. If they don't , I'm not wearing it. Otherwise can't care less what everyone thinks. So far I'm lucky with the hat ))
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I may wear this to a gig but not while performing. Edit. Ooops! should have washed it before I took the photo!! Originally Posted by supersoul
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Elitist much? Originally Posted by Bob_Ross
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boohoo, ok! lol Originally Posted by Bob_Ross
Just you know don't come to musicians telling them to their faces, might not end well.
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And this guy? What a poser! And with a full head of hair... Originally Posted by Bob_Ross
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Dude, I haven't even gotten started, gimme a few more weeks around here... Originally Posted by ruger9
Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
Right, 'cuz the most badass tough guys are always the jazz musicians!
"Come fight me bro!"
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Where is the LIKE button? This post deserves it. Originally Posted by Stringswinger
I never got into wearing hats for some reason. My baldness is a result of the medications I get from the VA for various ailments stemming from my time in Vietnam and Agent Orange. I served my country and am not at all embarrassed about being bald today.
Tony
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OK well then, let me leave my elitist rant: Originally Posted by Bob_Ross
Dude, I haven't even gotten started, gimme a few more weeks around here...
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Unless you're in a big band or a studio doing a rehearsal/recording, music stands/iPads have no business on the stage! You should KNOW your damn parts!!! I didn't come to watch someone stare at a chart or lyrics all night!
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Used to be a hat devotee, but eschewed them a few years ago. That’s my now neglected hat collection, sitting forlornly and headless on a closet shelf: 15 caps (mostly with music logos) and 1 each of a pork pie and fedora (in which I look and feel ridiculous). Now all I wear are wool caps, only in winter, and never indoors. Where do old forgotten hats go to die?
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I used to have a bumper sticker on my car that said "eschew obfuscation," but there was no hat pictured on it. Originally Posted by JazzPadd
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Do you actually have a Fender Custom Shop, or could you only afford the "stupid hat"? Originally Posted by JazzPadd
Used to be a hat devotee, but eschewed them a few years ago. That’s my now neglected hat collection, sitting forlornly and headless on a closet shelf: 15 caps (mostly with music logos) and 1 each of a pork pie and fedora (in which I look and feel ridiculous). Now all I wear are wool caps, only in winter, and never indoors. Where do old forgotten hats go to die?
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