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Feb 2022
32m 51s

Country Music's Tailor: Nudie Cohn

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About this episode

This week Mairi MacKenzie joins us to delve into the wonderfully whimsical world of Nudie Cohn, whose bejeweled and bespoke creations won the hearts of country music stars and fans alike.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

MacKenzie, Mairi. Dream Suits: The Wonderful World of Nudie Cohn. Tielt: Lannoo, 2011.

Nudie, Jamie Lee and Mary Lynn Cabrall.

Nudie: The Rodeo Tailor. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2004.

http://www.nudiesrodeotailor.com/

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