On this day in 1973 we lost Gram Parsons to a search for cosmic visions and delight. He left us some good American music…
Photo: Gram Parsons and Nudie Cohn, 1969
“I love country music but I find it very hard to take seriously. I also think a lot of country music is sung with the tongue in cheek, so I do it tongue in cheek.”Mick Jagger
One more classic country birthday today: Porter Wagoner - Aug. 12, 1927 - 2007…
Porter Wagoner: I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name - from A Slice of Life, 1957
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Webb Pierce - Aug. 8, 1921 - 1991 - was the most flamboyant of all the classic country stars.
He couldn’t settle with just a custom made Nudie suit, but had Nudie Cohn ‘tailor’ a whole 1962 Pontiac Bonneville convertible for him with silver dollar trimmed seats and interior, six shooter door handles, steer horn front grille, etc., etc. And let’s not even mention Webb’s guitar shaped swimming pool…
Webb Pierce: There Stands The Glass, 1953
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Webb Pierce took Nudie to the extreme.
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Stonewall Jackson in a spiffy blue Western suit [Key#StonewallJackson]
Deke Dickerson’s Photo Archive: Scotty BroylesScotty Broyles was a Texas-born mandolin player who was in the Navy, stationed in San Diego, in the early 1950s. During this time he began shooting color slides of everything from nature scenes to country music shows. Some of these images are literally the only known color photographs of particular musicians, and they make vividly present an era that is usually mired in two-dimensional black and white. These were real people, playing music and having a ball, during the most colorful and vibrant era of West Coast country music.These images have never been available to the public before now. Contact us for media use. Our rates are flexible and reasonable. These images may not be reproduced without permission, and any violation of copyright will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.At the Big D Jamboree in Dallas, late 1950s](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m79w98prxJ1qefx0uo1_500.jpg)
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Stonewall Jackson in a spiffy blue Western suit [Key#StonewallJackson]
Deke Dickerson’s Photo Archive: Scotty Broyles
Scotty Broyles was a Texas-born mandolin player who was in the Navy, stationed in San Diego, in the early 1950s. During this time he began shooting color slides of everything from nature scenes to country music shows. Some of these images are literally the only known color photographs of particular musicians, and they make vividly present an era that is usually mired in two-dimensional black and white. These were real people, playing music and having a ball, during the most colorful and vibrant era of West Coast country music.
These images have never been available to the public before now. Contact us for media use. Our rates are flexible and reasonable. These images may not be reproduced without permission, and any violation of copyright will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
At the Big D Jamboree in Dallas, late 1950s
