It seems like just a year or two ago that I wrote about one of the all-time favorites in my collection which is the 1991 Nashville Sounds cap although in reality that was just over ten years ago. Even more baffling is I've written about four other Sounds caps since then with today's Fresh Fitted Friday selection being the "Music City" variant from the 2015 rebrand.
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| Three of those four caps were from that rebrand with this "Music City" alternate being what will likely be my final entry from that epic set by Brandiose. |
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| I never imagined back in 2015 that a "Made in U.S.A." tag would someday become a thing of the past on New Era caps but I'm still holding onto the hope that the manufacturing of these timeless hats comes back stateside. |
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| The hit of red on the MILB batterman over a mostly black cap is fitting for a team from Nashville, which in my mind is a town synonymous with Johnny Cash, aka The Man in Black, who has an entire museum dedicated to him in Nashville that I will certainly visit during that long overdue trip to Nashville I'll eventually take. |
This week's cap holds other significance to me as today is the birthday of a friend who is originally from Nashville. As it happens he is also a baseball fan and has a great appreciation for live music which should come as no surprise given his hometown roots.
But on a more somber note, today also marks the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" which was a tragic day in United States history in when about 600 civil rights marchers set out on what would have been a historic trek from Selma to the state's capital in Montgomery. The nonviolent protesters were only just outside of Selma when local lawmen brutalized dozens of them.
Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a second attempt but his efforts were cut short due to a court-ordered injunction against the march. The third and final try began on March 21 and grew by the thousands until approximately 25,000 demonstrators reached the Alabama State Capital in Montgomery on March 25.
From now on when I look upon the "MC" on this week's cap I will also think of "Montgomery County" as the Selma to Montgomery marches were truly a watershed moment in American history as the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 happened shortly after those events.
In the caption of the third photo I mentioned Johnny Cash being known as "The Man in Black" however I think few know the story behind that despite the fact that in the lyrics of the song by that name, he states "I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down."
That solidarity certainly extends to the civil rights movement and you don't have to listen to very much of his music to know that he made music for the marginalized. So if you're looking for a good place to start examining that aspect, you might want to check out this poignant re-review of his 1961 album "Blood, Sweat & Tears" as well as listening to the album itself of course!
This week's Fresh Fitted Friday selection is not going on the Trading Block however please don't hesitate to reach out if you want any other cap from that list and you are willing to part with any of the hats on my Wish List.
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