EPISODE NOTES:
"It's better to be looked over than overlooked." So was the motto of Nudie's Rodeo Tailors. The company's brash and bombastic frontman Nudie Cohn, an early twentieth-century Ukrainian Jewish immigrant. From humble origins, Nudie carved out a name for himself as the king of sparkly western wear favored by everyone from country crooners to rock and roll royalty.
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RESOURCES:
- Bull, Debby. Hillbilly Hollywood. New York: Rizzoli, 2000.
- George-Warren, Holly and Freedman, Michelle. How the West Was Worn. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001.
- Greenlaw, M. Jean. Ranch Dressing: The Story of Western Wear. Birmingham, AL: Lodestar Books, 1993.
- Mackenzie, Mairi. Dream Suits: The Wonderful World of Nudie Cohn. Tielt, Belgium: Lannoo Publishers, 2011.
- Nudie, Jamie. Nudie the Rodeo Tailor: The Life and Times of the Original Rhinestone Cowboy.
Films:
- Burns, Ken, dir. Country Music. 2019; Florentine Films, WETA.
- Figueroa, Yuri, dir. Manuel. 2019; Nashville, TN: El Capitán Films.
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