| Author | Message | ||
     Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2438 Registered: 03-2006 |
All hail the great man. Nobody ever looked better in a rhinestone suit or held the stage with Dolly Parton with more panache. Porter, I'm gonna give play Rubber Room and drink a big whiskey in your honor tonight, podnuh! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 808 Registered: 09-2006 |
And so say all of us...well, me anyway. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1007 Registered: 08-2006 |
Ditto, Allen and LK. If the only thing he did was introduce Dolly Parton to the world, he'd still be aces in my book. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1872 Registered: 05-2005 |
who is he? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 864 Registered: 01-2005 |
Gram might have got the Nudie suit idea from Porter for the Flying Burrito Brothers, as Porter never performed anywhere without a Nudie suit. http://www.nudiesrodeotailor.com/gallery _fashions01.html The FBB's Gilded Palace of Sin album cover with all four members decked out in custom Nudie is one of my favorite covers of all time. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2443 Registered: 03-2006 |
Spence, he was a classic hardcore country singer-songwriter, famous for writing some hard-bitten country laments about subjects like divorce, and I think, quite groundbreakingly, mental illness (Rubber Room), and for sporting a big blond pompadour and wearing the Nudie suits Michael talks about. The Burrito Bros. famously went to Nudie, that famous Nashville tailor, and got suits made by him as soon as they got into some money. And, of course, Gram Parsons had his festooned with marijuana leaves and a big cholo cross on the back. Porter's other claim to fame was introducing the young Dolly Parton to the world, on his long-running TV show. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1874 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cheers LK, I dig! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1413 Registered: 03-2005 |
Actually Nudie was a North Hollywood tailor. There was no Nashville to 'im. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2458 Registered: 03-2006 |
So he was, O master o' trivia. Didn't realize that, or if I did, I forgot. When we finally have that musical Jeopardy match, I want you on my team, man. Is Nudie's (excellent moniker, btw) shop still up there someplace? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1415 Registered: 03-2005 |
I don't think so. He be dead. But I guess somebody might have bought the rights. Maybe Tony Alamo. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 343 Registered: 05-2005 |
I never knew those were called Nudie suits! Until I googled, I had the image in my head of one of those all-in-one body suits, with the fake pubes sewn on... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1031 Registered: 08-2006 |
That's a hoot, Catherine! I thought the same thing years back. I always heard how country artists loved Nudie suits and thought, gee, that seems to go against type. I just couldn't imagine a bunch of Bible-banging, momma-loving six-string strummers onstage dressed like blow-up sex dolls. I think it wasn't until I found a copy of "Gilded Palace of Sin" and someone commented on the Nudie suits on the cover that I discovered what they were talking about. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2460 Registered: 03-2006 |
I covet a Nudie suit - I think they're totally badass. I bet Sir Randy has one. The sparkly, rhinestone-laden kind, not the pink unitard kind (okay, maybe one of those, too)... | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2461 Registered: 03-2006 |
I covet a Nudie suit - I think they're totally badass. I bet Sir Randy has one. The sparkly, rhinestone-laden kind, not the flesh-colored unitard kind (okay, maybe one of those, too)... | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2463 Registered: 03-2006 |
I'm so considerate - when I double post something, I vary it slightly, to keep things more interesting. Someday I'll master the GBs board posting process...maybe by the time I reach 3,000 posts... | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 346 Registered: 05-2005 |
They are pretty groovy. If you're going to go over the top, might as well go waaaaayyyy over. The badass didn't rub off on Mike Mills though - he still looked like a mathlete in his!! |