Got a gig! Which A/S to wear??

milkid said:

Got my first gig with my blues/folk band this Saturday - first time playing out since the kids were born... so of course, my first thought was which aftershave to wear... so here goes...

Whichever is the winner by Saturday afternoon, I'll wear to the gig

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cstrother said:

You actually have an underlying excellent question there. We can tell by the two surviving photos that Robert Johnson was a sharp-dressed man. What would a juke joint blues man, in say the early 1930s, one with a reputation for liking the womean, wear for AS to a gig?

You say "folk" and blues? I am guessing that Woody Guthrie was a Clubman or bay rum kind of guy. Bob Dylan, maybe more English Leather. Or maybe Brut, after he got some money. Or what would a Beatle or Rolling Stones wear in the earlier days? Later, patchouli, or some such thing, and it there probably would not have been much shaving associated with it.

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galopede said:

Whenever i have a gig with my ceilidh band, it's a good, effective deodorant that's needed rather than after shave.

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MrGuy said:

I went with the Clubman as well. My first suggestion would have been (now stay with me here) shave with Williams and follow with a big, all over slash of Lilac Vegetal BECAUSE.... The first thought I had when I read "blues/folk" was the duo of Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcghee, who had a small part in the Steve Martin movie "The Jerk", where Martin's onscreen brother (played by Dick Anthony WILLIAMS) gave him a gift of "A whole half bottle of Lilac Vegetal"

Ok, all that wasn't exactly my FIRST thought, but you have to give me a little credit for having a story Don't forget to start the show with a Tab and a couple of Twinkies

As far as the show goes, good luck no matter what you wear. It's been almost 2 years since I was on stage, I sure do miss it Don't let the whiskey and wimmen get ya' down!

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