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Monday March 1, 2010
HellBilly Delux Custom Hats
Custom-painted Stetsons that rock
Studio 3005: 3005 Canton St, Suite A; Deep Ellum; 214.884.8014
Kids are always decorating their clothes, whether it's
drawing on Vans, or, in the 80s, sticking Gummy Bears on
their shirts, to complement the blood spilled from getting
punched by kids who draw on Vans. For a guy whose
tinkering's taken on a hellacious bent, check out custom
hats from HellBilly Delux.
Turning straw cowboy hats into intricately evil aftermarket
masterpieces, Hell's headed up by "HillBilly" Joe, a 6'9",
Deep Ellum-dwelling occasional bodyguard whose main gig was
creating high-tone home wall treatments; born in Roaring
Springs, he learned to paint from his commercial-artist
father, and after brilliantly defacing his first lid for
himself, was soon fielding requests from the likes of
Motorhead's Lemmy, Zakk Wylde, and David Allan Coe (who,
thanks to his hat, will no longer be confused for Merle
Haggard). The process: by phone or in person, Joe'll ask
about colors/theme ideas/etc, then sketch prelims for your
approval; after a deposit, he/you will measure your head for
a Stetson (the only brand he'll use, as it's Garland-based),
then realize the vision with acrylic
paint/putty/metal/whatever it takes, except airbrushing,
which, being more Swank than Playboy, he considers cheating.
Finished designs have ranged from an angel-winged heart, to
painted-on snakeskin with a real center-mounted rattlesnake
head, to a sterling silver Superman shield whose green
backing glows like kryptonite under a black light -- though
sons of this Earth also get weak-kneed after discovering
they've been standing in dog pee and bust.
A note of caution: some of these hats have proven too
fetching, case in point being Lamb of God's lead singer's,
on which some fans have placed a $5K bounty -- an offer that
hopefully won't lead to him getting bloodied up and shoved
in back of a van.
They're not cheap, but damn they're handsome, at
HellBillyDelux.com
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