Over the years various forms of Queen clothing
was produced. Apart from the official and unofficial merchandise at
concerts; jackets, T shirts, sweatshirts etc were made solely for
the band and crew by the tour manager, record company, promoter, transport
companies, merchandiser etc.
There are fakes around and some items that the fan club produced and
sold are being passed off on ebay as official crew clothing. Generally
a tour jacket would have the persons name embroidered on it and a
reference to what tour, year, continent etc. In the US local promoters
would sometimes produce a one off T shirt just for a particular show.
Very nice items. I had many, but over the years they were stolen,
lost, mislaid or given away to ‘special friends’ I met on
the road.
Some are shown here - not the special friends, not enough web space
for that....
During the encore of We Will Rock You/We
Are The Champions at Madison Square Garden on December 2nd 1977 Fred
took to the stage wearing this NY Yankees baseball jacket and cap.
He used his ‘wand’ mic stand as a bat......
The NY Yankees had recently won the World Series and this was a piece
of theatre and showmanship by Fred. The entire audience at ‘The
Garden’ loved it and the place shook with the response.
The following spring during rehearsals
for the European Tour I noticed the jacket hanging in a wardrobe case
and said how much I liked it. Fred then gave it to me along with the
cap. I wore the jacket for many years on Queen tours, in the studio
and for everyday use. I lost the cap in 1995.
These paper jackets were promotional items
given to the band in 1976 for the 'Day At The Races' album. Fred was
not amused........ Citing that they had just had a record breaking
number 1 album and single world wide with NATO/Bohemian Rhapsody and
they were being given something made of PAPER!!
He refused to wear it or even own it - so gave it to me! I don’t
think I have ever worn it either.
