Ayup. How's the humditty up there, Charlie?
Stagewear: Is it too much to ask?
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Charlie Bernstein
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You need 'em for dressing up. But you don't have to be dressing up to wear 'em. That way lies madness.
We do, indeed! Remember the STP Family?
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Charlie Bernstein
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Glorious week. We'r house- and plant-sitting in Tenants Harbor. The weather here is as good as it gets.
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I find no benefit in wearing either, compared to the alternatives, so if I'm not dressing up I don't wear them. ;-) "Dressed up" is neither a usual or preferred state for me.
Awesome. We've had a few weeks this summer down here in MA that have been oppressively hot/humid. Last two weeks though have been glorious here as well.
Charlie Bernstein
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For this boy: comfort, variety, the occasion. I gotta be me! Who else is gonna do it? . . .
Yep. That's gotta describe most of us here.
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That comment reminded me of these guys . . . bass player Paul Bryan (producer for Aimee Mann & others) usually wears a jacket & tie. Drummer Jay Bellerose (part of Robert Plant & Allison Krauss' current band) looks comfy in his cardigan sweater, & tele-player Duke Levine (currently touring with Bonnie Raitt) typically wears a country & western-style shirt.
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Here in the Southwest people dress in their Western finery. Often times it's typical cowboy fare....just clean. It's a dilemma of sorts for a Swamp Yankee like me. So I just wear oilskins and speak in Down Easterner.
I've been in bands that had a dress code. I've been in bands that don't. If it is discussed at all it is because someone is concerned about what the band members will be wearing. If it's not discussed then you didn't care enough to bring it up in the first place and have no leg to stand on.
Mostly I don't care.
Mostly I don't care.
Charlie Bernstein
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Yeah, I wear cowboy shirts. Also Hawaiian shirts (genuine Haswaiin preferred: yes, I'm a snob), and button-down shirts and vests. If it's cold, I'll wear a chamois shirt.
I've only worn a tie once, but I'm not against it. It fit the occasion.
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Cool! See post 70. Howdy, Down Easter!
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'Zackly. As I say, that's why I brought it up at the last practice.
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Actually I am a Rhode Islander. I've lived in Massachusetts and New Hampshire as a kid. Spent a lot of time in Maine....so I can pull off some Down East drawl.
I now live near the Mexican border in extreme Southeast Arizona. Because of all my different regional dialects everyone takes me as Aussie perhaps. Lol!
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I used to live in Rhode Island, a.k.a. Vode I-win. Love the accent. Everyone talked like they were raised by Barbara Walters and Elmer Fudd. In a good way.
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Yup! Sometimes mixed wid Brooklyn....especially in Cranston and Providence.
But yeah, take the Rhode Island, add some Bostonian, and a bit of New Hampshire...... It's a tough accent to miss! It's mostly all Spanish here....oh man I am in trouble. What would that even be called?
Charlie Bernstein
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In New York they have Spanglish. I think you're on your own!
I had a home in Puerto Rico for a long time. I sold it just before the pandemic and moved back up to the states full time. I played in a Plena band down there. Plena is a traditional Puerto Rican music. I wouldn't go so far as to say Puerto Ricans dress up, but they don't generally dress down. We didn't show up for a Plena gig in grubbies.
I do speak Spanish at a conversational level.
I do speak Spanish at a conversational level.
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In the 60s, we once played a school dance where the stage had curtains. When they were drawn back, 4 of us were huddled round a Hurricane Lamp, as if it was a camp fire, warming our hands and singing 'Michael Row the Boat Ashore'.
I had a long RAF greatcoat on, which as we stood up to get our instruments to play, I took off. Underneath I had no stagewear, in fact I had nothing on. After baring my bottom, I quickly ran to the side of the stage to put some trousers on, then grabbed my guitar and started playing.
Luckily none of the teachers, who were acting as 'wardens', noticed, but quite a lot of those at the front did.
Some of the things you do when young
They were these trousers in this 'redacted' publicity pic
I had a long RAF greatcoat on, which as we stood up to get our instruments to play, I took off. Underneath I had no stagewear, in fact I had nothing on. After baring my bottom, I quickly ran to the side of the stage to put some trousers on, then grabbed my guitar and started playing.
Luckily none of the teachers, who were acting as 'wardens', noticed, but quite a lot of those at the front did.
Some of the things you do when young
They were these trousers in this 'redacted' publicity pic
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