Some bonaroo new clips on Rob Forbes’s site from Kevin Crawford.
Discuss. 
Nothing to discuss. He is the best in the world. Nice videos and nice flute!
Nothing to discuss again, apart from the stylish head-cover.
Great music!
Thanks, Cathy, for the hint!
Is that some of that Irish kitchen playing?
Sounds great. I like his cap. We call those toboggans.
Thanks for the link.
Michael
I second the approbation of Mr. C’s playing - and also propose his hold of the flute, beautifully demonstrated in these clips, as exemplary.
I can’t share the delight in his very dodgy “sawn-off bobble-hat”, though. What has happened to the bobble? 
And what is the point of a bobble-hat without a bobble?
I have never got to grips with that concept since such gangsterish looking things first appeared(or escaped from military surplus), usually in black and on the heads of bouncers. It is always my first thought on seeing one, how odd they look without the little ball of fluff at the top-centre! Weird! And not even justified as hiding equipment for premature or ill-judged artificial balditude! (Not suggesting KC suffers from either form - I don’t know; but that does seem to be a common excuse for such millinarial bad taste.)
Aww, I was all set to write to Rob and suggest a winter promotion where he includes just such a hat with every order – maybe it’s a girl thing, but I like the headgear just fine!
My suspicion would be that KC, being a practical sort, recorded the tracks during the Great Clare Snowstorm and it was cold in his studio.
Then again he could be aiming for incognito, being as he’s making a $400 Delrin flute sound pretty darned first-class.
Where i grew up (San Bernardino CA)we call those hats “beanies”. My wife tells me that, no, a beanie has to have a propeller on the top of it, but what does she know, she’s from Cleveland 
(JK with all the Ohioans, i was actually born in Akron 
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I can’t wait to get home and see this hat that has caused all the hoopla! (My school internet just gives me sound–no video). It must really be something for all this discussion it’s getting.
Actually, I AM looking forward to seeing Kevin’s technique, etc. as I listen to his playing.
Jeanie 
Greet toons, Cat. 
As a Canadian I can say that Kevin’s hat is called a “toque”.
One of the few Canadian words that has made it into the global English lexicon. That hat is almost a national symbol here, and the ideal wear for cold and blustery days.
Adding to this forum is so much easier when I don’t have to display my ignorance of ITM.
Geoffrey
Still looks daft without a bobble.
Isn’t this a toque?
Oh, hit myself in the head!
tUque not tOque (although they are pronounced the same)
Yes, what AaronMalcomb posted is a toque. A chef’s toque.
What Candians think of when they hear the word can be seen in a humorous montage here. The spelling of the word for this hat should have been tuque in my last message, but I’m an idiot.
So much for being an ambassador for Canada.
Pom-poms, tassles and the like can be fun but are not necessary
Geoffrey
In other words, tuques as in Bob & Doug McKenzie/“Take off, you hoser!” tuques, right?
Thanks Cathy for the link. Fine playing and tone as usual from Kevin. I wonder if Kevin and David are playing the same Pratten flute model as they sound very different? David’s flute has a more squealy sound whereas Kevin’s has a darker, thicker, more Irish sound.
Kevin’s headgear looks just fine too I think. Here in Sweden it’s called a “mössa”. A bobble on top or tassle would look lame and nerdy. Sans bobble or tassle it looks cool and street
It is indeed the same model. The flutes themselves didn’t sound that different in my hands, so I would put it down to 1) playing styles and 2) a very bright sounding mike on David (more highs) and more compression/lower bitrate on Kevin (less highs)
Rob
“It is indeed the same model. The flutes themselves didn’t sound that different in my hands, so I would put it down to 1) playing styles and 2) a very bright sounding mike on David (more highs) and more compression/lower bitrate on Kevin (less highs).” Rob
Fair enough. A nice sounding flute. All the best
Gee, I got the flute, I got the hat, so how come…
I have a real deal sound system … the excerpts sound fine … thanks for putting them up on your site, Cyril
Well not the global English lexicon here! I never heard such a word. We call them a beanie, or a ski cap, or a knit cap.
I’ve been doing an informal poll of people from various places in California, they all call them beanies.