Who could ever forget Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in their matching Nudie Suits? The California Country Music scene was very independent, and didn't really give a hoot about Nashville.
Nudie, Buck, Merle Haggard, Merle Travis and their cohorts began the Academy of Country Music in the early 1960's to establish and honor their special brand of music.
The Golden West and the promise of inventing yourself in it's wide open spaces really appealed to these mavericks and they certainly made the best of it.
So, because it is the weekend and you may have a little more time on your hands, enjoy another heaping helping of the beauty of Nudie.
I hate to break it to you, but those are N. Turk, not Nudie suits. Doyle Holly told me that himself. Buck was too cheap to spring for Nudie suits for the band. The watermelon suit he wore "On The Bandstand" LP cover is a Nudie and the black suit he was buried in was a Nudie, but the band never wore Nudies.
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