Musician's hats

[BobHufford]

I'm sure someone slipped them into your stuff when you weren't looking

Or slipped something into your drink when you weren't looking ...

I saw L.S. at Hammon's Student Center in Springfield, Missouri on July 8, 1977. Still ranks as the best concert I have attended. "Gimme Three Steps" was my song back then.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I have heard Ronnie's widow can be quite litigious.

Can't blame her really. She collects $6figures a yr just for licensing the name.

I'm sure Ronnie had a few more hats than just one but if she didn't go after this kind of stuff aggressively I'm also sure there would be a gazillion hats out there with owners claiming to all be his, with no provenance to back them up.

 

[Spudman]

Well I should at least have a vague recollection of getting the ticket. I mean, I can still remember seeing Bob Marley in concert for Pete's sake.

 

[hatophile]

Well I should at least have a vague recollection of getting the ticket. I mean, I can still remember seeing Bob Marley in concert for Pete's sake.

That's pretty good if you can remember Marley. That's another one I'd like to have seen.

 

[moontheloon]

Can't blame her really. She collects $6figures a yr just for licensing the name.

I'm sure Ronnie had a few more hats than just one but if she didn't go after this kind of stuff aggressively I'm also sure there would be a gazillion hats out there with owners claiming to all be his, with no provenance to back them up.

agreed

and his wife did her due diligence to find out if this was indeed the missing hat that she was looking for ... and indeed it is
it is the very hat that Ronnie is wearing in the video I posted

a former member of the road crew held on to it for nearly 25 years post plane crash when he then offered it to an auction house in Los Angeles where my buddy Tim scored it for 3 grand in I think 1991

in 1994 he started getting letters from Ronnies wifes lawyer

they first went after the auction house that had since closed down .. then they went after the member of the road crew and really could do nothing to him .. and have since been harassing Tim ... at first it was non stop ... serving him legal papers ... he was threatened a few times via phone... now about twice a year he hears from her lawyers

he jokes about how he is going to roll down to Florida and hit up the Freebird cafe for a BLT wearing the hat

not sure if she still owns the place .. but she once did

 

[hatophile]

agreed

and his wife did her due diligence to find out if this was indeed the missing hat that she was looking for ... and indeed it is
it is the very hat that Ronnie is wearing in the video I posted

a former member of the road crew held on to it for nearly 25 years post plane crash when he then offered it to an auction house in Los Angeles where my buddy Tim scored it for 3 grand in I think 1991

in 1994 he started getting letters from Ronnies wifes lawyer

they first went after the auction house that had since closed down .. then they went after the member of the road crew and really could do nothing to him .. and have since been harassing Tim ... at first it was non stop ... serving him legal papers ... he was threatened a few times via phone... now about twice a year he hears from her lawyers

he jokes about how he is going to roll down to Florida and hit up the Freebird cafe for a BLT wearing the hat

not sure if she still owns the place .. but she once did

Careful, she's probably monitoring this conversation right now

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The late Johnny Winter (RIP). I saw him within the last 5 yrs & while I enjoyed his show it was apparent his stamina was slipping away.

 

[Frunobulax]

The late Johnny Winter (RIP). I saw him within the last 5 yrs & while I enjoyed his show it was apparent his stamina was slipping away.

Indeed. He sat in a folding chair for the last time I saw him, 3-4 years ago, and he had to be helped on and off stage. With the albino features and so skinny, he always did look a little sickly.

Boy could still tear up a fretboard tho.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Don't remember when he wore this hat but Zappa was probably in the anti war, anti Uncle Sam persona of the times.

 

[Frunobulax]

Don't remember when he wore this hat but Zappa was probably in the anti war, anti Uncle Sam persona of the times.

That was late 70s. Another from the same shoot -

Boy needs a sammich!

 

[hatophile]

The late Johnny Winter (RIP). I saw him within the last 5 yrs & while I enjoyed his show it was apparent his stamina was slipping away.

Hmm, Charlie One Horse hat.

 

[Bamaboots]

Hmm, Charlie One Horse hat.

Good eye.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[Hurricane Jack]

SRV!

 

[jlee562]

Ben Harper...looks like upstairs at The Fillmore. The article this came from in The Atlantic mentions he wears Borsos.

 

[Bamaboots]

Dwight Yoakam, back when he still had hair under his hat.

 

[Frunobulax]

One of my favorite New Orleans musicians, Kermit Ruffins, always sports some fine lids...

I would imagine he's a regular at Meyer the Hatter

"Lisa! Get away from that jazz man!" - Marge Simpson

 

[Frunobulax]

Because I was reading an article about them getting inducted into the R&R HoF, Bun E. Carlos and one of those visor-incorporated straws...

 

[moontheloon]

Because I was reading an article about them getting inducted into the R&R HoF, Bun E. Carlos and one of those visor-incorporated straws...

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love Bun!!!!!

and he has one of the largest vintage drum collections in the world

 

[BobHufford]

Bun E. Carlos and one of those visor-incorporated straws...

I have that same hat. I liked it because it reminded me of those from the '30s.