I look at these pictures of Nudie and Gram, and they just break my heart. Nudie really loved Gram, and Gram really loved Nudie. It was a sort of father/son relationship . . . and Nudie knew Gram was at risk, much like Hank Williams was . . . but what was Nudie to do?
He posted Gram's bail, he mentored him, he tried to keep him from teetering on the edge, he gave him the second most famous Nudie Suit of all time -- one that would take the shaggy haired country/folk/rock singer from this world into a whole 'nother cosmic dimension. He immortalized Gram . . . and Gram gave Nudie that wide-eyed hero worship a son gives a father.
They were quite a pair, Nudie and Gram. So sad, how it ended. . . still we have the few still photos, moving images, and the recordings to live forever. I want to thank Raeanne Rubenstein for being there . . . those are her photos of Nudie and Gram, she rarely gets credit for them.
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