Musician's hats

[RBH]

This shot of Dave Matthews in the remake of 'Where The Red Fern Grows'

And a shot with Julia Roberts, wearing a pretty nice looking hat,.

 

[B. F. Socaspi]

I can't believe I forgot one of my most favorite bands, The Decemberists. I've seen these folks live six times, and there's always at least two band members in hats on stage, not to mention their press photographs:

The first folks I thought of! Next came The World Inferno Friendship Society:

 

[HadleyH]

American composer Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981) who wrote "Stardust" "Georgia on my Mind" etc....

 

[carouselvic]

Mark O'Connor Musician's Musician

 

[cooncatbob]

BR-549

 

[nola89]

There is only one musician that is a master of headwear.

I give you Thelonious Monk.

That is one hip cat.

 

[metropd]

The Clash

Joe Strummer and The Clash wore 30's and 40's style fedoras all the time.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

Nice shot

:cool2:

 

[Carlisle Blues]

Slag:whip:

 

[Octavius]

 

[tracyam]

As mentioned earlier...The Clash

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Monk was of course known for his eclectic, sometimes outrageous headwear.

But, in my opinion, no musician has become so associated with his chosen headwear than Lester Young. Make no mistake. At the time, a very wide brimmed, very low crowned porkpie hat on a very tall man was a profound statement: "I am different", "I am special", said Lester. "I am me."

Early

Nearing the end.

bk

 

[tracyam]

The Pogues have been known to wear a hat or three...

 

[MisterGrey]

Leonard Cohen, one of my favorite artists of all time, is often seen in nice headgear:

I think you've just eliminated my hesitation about wearing some of the bolo ties I got last Christmas.

I first heard Cohen in high school on the "Natural Born Killers" soundtrack and was astounded at the range of musical and vocal styles he's gone through over the years. He was a nice addition to my outdated musical tastes.

 

[MattJH]

I first heard Cohen in high school on the "Natural Born Killers" soundtrack and was astounded at the range of musical and vocal styles he's gone through over the years. He was a nice addition to my outdated musical tastes.

He's in my top 3 artists of all time. I just scored tickets to see him at the Beacon Theatre in NYC this coming February, including VIP tickets to the pre-reception party. I'm beside myself with excitement. 1200 more tickets will be released tomorrow via Ticketmaster if anybody is interested.

Here's one of him doffing (while pinching the crown, uh-oh!):

 

[nola89]

Monk was of course known for his eclectic, sometimes outrageous headwear.

But, in my opinion, no musician has become so associated with his chosen headwear than Lester Young. Make no mistake. At the time, a very wide brimmed, very low crowned porkpie hat on a very tall man was a profound statement: "I am different", "I am special", said Lester. "I am me."

Early

Nearing the end.

bk

I hope you didn't miss the fact that Lester is my avatar.

 

[JohnnyB53]

She writes that Jack White bought an Akubra Sydney, mentioning Elvis Costello had earlier chosen the same style.

Yep, Elvis is a major hat-wearing force in pop music:

 

[RBH]

What about Bono? He is often in a hat.

 

[Colby Jack]

Haven't seen him in a long while...I think it was with the Dixie Dregs back in the 80's...

 

[carouselvic]

Haven't seen him in a long while...I think it was with the Dixie Dregs back in the 80's...

I consider him to be among the best of all the prodogies if not #1. I last saw Mark at Winfield at their Past Master's in 97.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UfDb47H8J4