{"id":1606,"date":"2008-08-04T10:58:08","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T14:58:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-12-11T14:50:35","modified_gmt":"2010-12-11T18:50:35","slug":"rock-s-unfulfilled-fashion-ideas-the-pon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-s-unfulfilled-fashion-ideas-the-pon\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock\u2019s Unfulfilled Fashion Ideas: The Poncho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_yNGdfMpbRs?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nHas any rocker beside <strong>Stephen Stills<\/strong> ever worked <strong>The Poncho<\/strong>? Maybe some dude from that band <strong>Beechwood Sparks<\/strong>? Ever since I first saw Stills wearing that bad boy on stage in rock films and documentaries, I wanted one. I thought it was cooler than the suede fringed jacket worn by some of his bandmates, <strong>Roger Daltrey<\/strong>, and many others; cooler, even, than <strong>John Phillips<\/strong>&#8216; hat &#8211; just barely cooler, to my tastes.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/reynolds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"397\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_legend\">I still regret not buying one of these things, which E. Pluribus Gergely can attest to my nearly buying one day, many moons ago.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Maybe the only thing The Poncho is not as cool as is that vest that <strong>Burt Reynolds<\/strong> wears, sans shirt, in <em>Deliverance<\/em>. However, <strong>Bono<\/strong> tried to work that Look and failed miserably, so maybe Stills&#8217; Poncho is the coolest of rock&#8217;s unfulfilled fashion ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Around 1991, I found a Poncho in a thrift store and snagged it. Conveniently, I was playing in a faux, third-rate British Invasion band that sometimes performed &#8220;re-creations&#8221; of shows from its &#8220;Festival Era.&#8221; I got to wear The Poncho in concert for at least one of these shows, and I felt a great sense of <strong>pride and responsibility<\/strong>. Unlike the suede fringed jacket, there&#8217;s less worry about obstruction, and if it&#8217;s not already hot enough on stage, The Pancho will help you work up a lather.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the allure of The Pancho ties into the Native American thing. There are lots of Cowboys in rock but few willing to play Indians. Speaking of which, I did a quick search of photos of the old band <strong>Redbone<\/strong> and found none with a band member wearing a pancho.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q13E-U7KzXk?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nOr are panchos of Mexican or South American origin? What do I know? I didn&#8217;t find any photos of <strong>Los Lobos<\/strong> members wearing a pancho. I could imagine one of those blues-rockers <strong>Townsman Hrrundivbakshi<\/strong> digs wearing a pancho: <strong>Steve Ray Vaughn<\/strong> or<strong> Johnny Winter<\/strong>, maybe? I&#8217;m drawing blanks on actual proof, though.<\/p>\n<p>With all his pirate get-ups, I&#8217;m surprised <strong>Keith Richards<\/strong> hasn&#8217;t once crossed over and tried rocking The Pancho. I bet he&#8217;d look great in one. What about those renegade, late-&#8217;60s <strong>Beach Boys<\/strong>? I hear Panchos can be flattering on big, white guys with a flubba-dub build.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever worn a Stills-style Poncho on stage? It&#8217;s draining, and although I never had further opportunities to wear the thing, I&#8217;ve kept it tucked away in our cedar closet, hopeful for the day when I can once more Rock The Poncho.<\/p>\n<nav class=\"page-links\"><strong>Pages:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-s-unfulfilled-fashion-ideas-the-pon\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">1<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-s-unfulfilled-fashion-ideas-the-pon\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">2<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-s-unfulfilled-fashion-ideas-the-pon\/3\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">3<\/span><\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has any rocker beside Stephen Stills ever worked The Poncho? Maybe some dude from that band Beechwood Sparks? Ever since I first saw Stills wearing that bad boy on stage in rock films and documentaries, I wanted one. I thought it was cooler than the suede fringed jacket worn by some of his bandmates, Roger <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-s-unfulfilled-fashion-ideas-the-pon\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342,344],"tags":[77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}