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The History of the Hat (thanks to Tony):
Some weeks before, the Specials were playing at the Commodore and I went with a friend of mine,Kazim Robinson. While the concert was going on, Kazim (who was a bit more larcenous than I was), and me decided to go backstage to the dressing rooms. Of course they were all on stage at the time so the dressing room was empty- except for some booze, stage clothes and the stingy-brim hat (trilby? fedora?) . Kazim put on the hat disregarding my protestations and we walked back out. There was zero security at the time. He subsequently gave me the hat which I believe I gave to Bobby H who must have passed it on to Richard! It suited him perfectly.