I was getting my haircut yesterday and Angie (the stylist) and I were talking about the origin of the pompadour haircut. The pompadour or versions of it, have been worn by a bunch of different people such as Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Mike Ness of Social Distortion (during Social D's early years), The Stray Cats and Brian Setzer, young Johnny Cash, Robert Gordon, members of The Clash wore pompadours at various times, even Morrissey has worn quite a nice form of a pompadour.
There are others..... David Lynch, the director, wears his hair quite high on top, and also was the director of Eraserhead (the movie), there is John Lydon, and Johnny Bravo. 
There is a distinction between the classic pompadour nowadays between the extreme quiff, which is more of a psychobilly cut and the sides are shaved for that. 
The origin of the pomadour actually comes from Marquise de Pompadour, a mistress of France's Louis XV who had her hair exceptionally high on top at times. The term "pompadour" used in referring to high hair was then brought into 1950's culture when John Steinbeck mentioned it when describing a male haircut standing tall on top in the 1952 novel "East of Eden".
Guys started wearing their hair up high on top in the mid-50's and the whole greaser scene, Elvis, and rockabilly culture was birthed.The term "pompadour" became the word used for having high hair on top and shorter hair sides and that look - I think because Steinbeck used it in his novel.
For me, I just loved the rockabilly scene and culture and when I was around 21 years old began wearing my hair in the manner I do. I get asked a lot how long have I worn my hair like I do, and this is a photo of me when I was around 22 years old 
- so it's been quite a long time. I get asked what I put in it and for those that are interested, it is a combo of a pumpspray Rave #4 Megahold (#3 is not strong enough) and also FIber Grease. 
I did once have a energetic and detailed chat with David Crowder about hair, and I believe he spent more daily time on his hair than I did.
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So that was some very unimportant rambling about hair and styles on this Friday night. No major spiritual significance or theological debates or ministry application. Just trivial hair information on a Friday night.
