Quote Originally Posted by Jerry View Post
It's not that I'm an "undercover baldy",as you put it. In fact, if I didn't shave my head, I would have thinning hair on top, and in cooler months I often go hatless. But, being in Scotland, I guess you don't experience the kind of temperatures and sun conditions we have here in Virginia during July and August.The temperatures are often over 100F(38C) and humidity near 100 percent at times. Believe me,you do not want to experience a "scalp burn". It is quite painful. Add to this, I have already had cancer so I use any available protection against getting skin cancer, including a hat.
I agree. I have a full head of hair, but I still wear a panama hat to games in the summer months, to avoid getting sunburn on my ears, nose, and neck. I think it looks just fine, and it's a nod to the differing weather conditions in the USA than in Scotland. I usually wear an fedora to work, with a straw hat for summer, too, though, so I guess I'm a "hat guy".

That being said, I have worn a glen many times with bands, and I don't like them all that much. And balmorals call up too many bad memories of the old days, when many people in the band either wore them like pizza men, or put so many pins in the thing that you couldn't see the hat underneath. Yech!