Hats

[Mandolin Mick]

Maybe I'll post some pictures of me wearing the French Beret with my new Gibson F-9. However, I wonder if I'll be able to get away with the beret at Beanblossom ...

[D C Blood]

The approved Cafe cap, of course...

[Andy Alexander]

The best hat in bluegrass music is Mike Compton's "The _______" baseball cap.

[oldwave maker]

Favorite festival hats: brazilian Washburn, opryland mall special , oldtime fiddle contest cowpoke....

Old Wave- "when 'good enough' costs more than a mexican liver transplant and takes longer than WW2"

[Capt. E]

I've worn hats since at least the mid-70's. Not caps, but HATS. My favorite is "The Bushman" made by Akubra in Australia (you can order them here: www.davidmorgan.com ) I own at least 10 different hats, one a vintage Stetson originally purchased by my grandfather in the 1930's. The appropriate hat keeps you cool in summer, warm in winter, and dry when it rains. I hate getting my head wet. Wouldn't feel dressed without one.

[Jim MacDaniel]

I'm not a hat guy, but I often wear ballcaps in casual mode -- including mandolin time -- and a handfull of favorites follow:

[mandocrucian]

The absolute finest in bluegrass headware is featured on the cover and inside photo layout of the first album by Country Gazette - A Traitor In Our Midst



Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a large, clear jpg of just the cover of the Traitor LP, and nothing at all for the inside jacket photo spread.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Shameless plug: for anyone needing a picking-suitable headcover, these are available over at my Zazzle storefront...

[John Rosett]

I used to wear a hat when I played mandolin.

[JEStanek]

Not much mando content but here's the hat of the day. From Ayers Rock in Northern Territory OZ worn in the Philly Burbs, USA after 20+ inches of snow with my Wonka glasses. This is also a good warm weather hat. I can pull down the brim when I flub a note.

Jamie

[mandroid]

Having had a Melanoma cut out of my face, this week, I'm in the market for a Broad brim Panama .

{not that any sunny summer festivals are within hundreds of miles}

Seem to be playing "All of Me" a lot, since then, ..

[Big Joe]

Here are my favorite hats for playing mandolin. I think everyone needs one. Gets you better tone and a warm head! .

[jim_n_virginia]

Here are my favorite hats for playing mandolin. I think everyone needs one. Gets you better tone and a warm head! .

Hey if your giving them away Big Joe I'll take TWO!!! LOL!

[Steve Williams]

Here's my current favorite, a generic from a Feed Store out my way...I also wear Bailey hats a lot. Just happened to be on fiddle when this picture was taken, but there's lots of mando content in front of me!

[Paul Kotapish]

I have a bald dome that always needs protection from the sun and the elements--even inside.

I usually wear a beret or cap of some kind--a cotton Berkeley-hipster snood in sunny California and either a Basque beret or my grandfather's old Donegal cap in colder climes. I also wear a straw hat--cowboy or otherwise--in the hot sun and a ball cap for hiking.

On stage it's usually the cotton snood.

I have to say that I don't much like watching bands wearing ball caps or cowboy hats where the brims cast shadows on their faces, and I really hate that black cowboy hat thing that so many country singers feel compelled to do. Dwight Yoakam is the only one who effectively pulled that off.

[JeffD]

There is an everything for a dollar store near here that has a couple of shelves of black bowler hats, I am thinking I might get a stack, just for, you know, just, well, just in case.

[foldedpath]

I have to say that I don't much like watching bands wearing ball caps or cowboy hats where the brims cast shadows on their faces, and I really hate that black cowboy hat thing that so many country singers feel compelled to do. Dwight Yoakam is the only one who effectively pulled that off.

I once heard a lighting director gripe that "anyone who showed up with a cowboy hat should bring their own up-lights!"

For gigs with our Celtic-ish trio, I wear a black wool hat with a short brim. I've seen it variously described as a fisherman's cap or a fiddler's cap. It's like a Greek sailor cap without the rope trim.

[Sleepy]

Here it is, hopefully

[Mandoviol]

There is an everything for a dollar store near here that has a couple of shelves of black bowler hats, I am thinking I might get a stack, just for, you know, just, well, just in case.

If you get a stack, wear them all at once at jams.

[JeffD]

If you get a stack, wear them all at once at jams.

Zacly!

[billkilpatrick]

noooo way - never got the hat thing. when necessary - to keep warm in winter and avoid sun-stroke in summer - i'll wear one but never anything i'd consider "mah' pickin' hat" ... it would be too much like a costume.

[JeffD]

noooo way - never got the hat thing. when necessary - to keep warm in winter and avoid sun-stroke in summer - i'll wear one but never anything i'd consider "mah' pickin' hat" ... it would be too much like a costume.

Well thats right.

So, I would guess, you would vote no on getting matching vests?

[JeffD]

but never anything i'd consider "mah' pickin' hat" ... it would be too much like a costume.

Well thats right.

So, I would guess, you would vote no on getting matching vests?