Musician's hats

[Bob Roberts]

Here's a little good ole-timey bluegrass, served with nice head-adornments: David Holt in a great TAR - O'Connor in his then black, short-brimmed signature fedora - Hartford dressed in bowler and great humor - Jerry Douglas with a pony-tail - and Mr. Rice with his ... well ... errhhhh ... beaver-tail

Enjoy ...

Nice pikin n grinnin! And country harmonies. I do believe Mr Rices' beavertail mighta been a mullet prototype...

 

[moontheloon]

some good friends of mine in a band called Milkweed ... and they are always well hatted

some more of my buddys pickin'... check 'em out

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=869827309761333

 

[JackieMatra]

Charles Mingus

 

[JackieMatra]

Lester Young shows how to make his signature porkpie hat.

 

[JackieMatra]

Anita O'Day at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958,
wearing what may well be the most famous women's hat in music history.

 

[TheDane]

Wow! Back in 58 they knew how to make non-obstructive wind screens! The copper wire around that nice old Neumann mic definitely won't distort anything

In some circles, Minnie Pearl's hat is even more famous - here on display at The Ryman Auditorium:

 

[JackieMatra]

What instrument did Ms. Pearl play, or did she sing?

 

[TheDane]

She was primarily a comedian and an icon of The Grand Ole Opry Show:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Pearl

 

[JackieMatra]

Rather like considering Ed Sullivan a musician then?
How-dee!

 

[moontheloon]

Monk was always well hatted

 

[TheDane]

Rather like considering Ed Sullivan a musician then?
How-dee!

I'm not sure if he sang too.
How-dee!

 

[hatophile]

I like Mingus's Billy Jack hat for sure.
I like Lester Young's before he porkpied it.
Just now reading the History of Jazz by Ken Burns, great book and some great hats in there and in the videos.

 

[moontheloon]

I like Mingus's Billy Jack hat for sure.
I like Lester Young's before he porkpied it.
Just now reading the History of Jazz by Ken Burns, great book and some great hats in there and in the videos.

I have that 10 DVD set Ken Burns doc

I like it ... although some like to call it ... The History of Jazz according to Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Crouch

... he does tend to leave out some important information

 

[JackieMatra]

I'm not sure if he sang too.
How-dee!

Never in public.
Very rarely tried telling jokes, but never successfully.

 

[safetyfast]

I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but here's another plug for the Decemberists. I'm listening to their EP Florasongs now. Some of the most poetic lyrics of any band I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.

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[hatophile]

I have that 10 DVD set Ken Burns doc

I like it ... although some like to call it ... The History of Jazz according to Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Crouch

... he does tend to leave out some important information

Check out the book, Anthony, it's much more complete.

 

[carouselvic]

 

[hatophile]

 

[wcbrown]

R.I.P. to the "Thin white duke", You made a difference.

 

[Bob Roberts]