Mon 23 Mar 2009
Song of the Day: Digger “I Want My Hat Back”
Posted by virgil under Song of the Day, Vinyl Collective
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Today’s installment of “Song of the Day” is brought to you by yours truly, Virgil Dickerson.
Friends, today, i am turning back the clocks to 1996 and rocking out with one of my favorite bands from that year, Digger. This Pennsylvania pop-punk outfit came out swinging for the fences with this debut and I wore out the compact disc. Their live show was just so much fun and this was back when they had Phil who was such an energetic co-frontman. I really miss these guys and while thinking of a song for this fine Monday afternoon, my head conjured, “I Want My Hat Back”. This song is a pretty goofy anthem about getting your hat back but at the time, it was my jam. Listening to the album in 2009, it still holds up. I miss these guys. To me though, Powerbait was their best album and as much as I liked their later records, I always compared them to this record. if anyone talk to Chris Benner from Digger, tell them I say hi.
I think I am waxing nostalgic since I am gonna see the Nobodys tonight who were labelmates of Digger.
The album, “Powerbait” is available in the VC store, you can find it here.
The song, “I Want My Hat Back” is the 4th track off of “Powerbait”. You can download the song here.
As the Song of the Day continues, you can find past installments here. You will also notice that each week’s streaming player will have each Song of the Day added so that by week’s end, there will be 5 songs. We hope you like the track.







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this was one of my favourite songs when i was younger. YESSS.
No one has ever heard of it when I talk about it though
fantastic song-of-the-day post. total throwback. i love throwing on POWERBAIT and THE PROMISE OF AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE because i still sing along to them like i was 15yrs old.
INCREDIBLE.
Holy crap, what a weird morning…hells yeah, Digger!!! I know what ya mean about this band. I was lucky enough to be in a touring band around 96-97 and was fortunate enough to play with them a few times…Phil even joined us in the studio and layed some guitar tracks down for demos that we unfortunately never used…RIP Phil, you were a true showman and scholar. “I don’t wanna talk to you, I just want my hat back.” Good call Virgil!
just started listening to this album a few weeks ago. one of my favorite songs. weird!