description: The critically acclaimed coffee-table book, HILLBILLY HOLLYWOOD, features exceptionally rare, never-before-published photos of Elvis, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Gram Parsons, the Louvin Brothers, Buck Owens, George Jones, the Maddox Brothers and Sister Rose, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and many more rockabilly greats, singing cowboys, Western stars, and country &amp; Western pioneers.The book is the first serious look at the origins of country &amp; Western style in California in the 1930s and 1940s and the first to tell the personal stories of the cowboy-tailors Nudie and Turk. The style they created was adopted by the C&amp;W music pioneers in California–a colorful mix of working cowboy and glittering show business–and still defines fancy Western wear.A lively oral history–with Buck Owens, Marty Stuart, Nashville tailor Manuel, original performers from the early Western TV show, The Town Hall Party , and many other C&amp;W greats–tells the story of the origins of C&amp;W style in the performers' and designers' own words. The book offers the last interviews about costumes with the late Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Rose Maddox, Wesley Tuttle and others.An 11-inch square hardcover book, it was designed to look like an old 78 rpm record album with a die-cut cover. It boasts a big and uncluttered format for the rare pictures, and real rhinestones on the cover.The book features gorgeous color photos of the priceless collection of vintage country &amp; Western costumes owned by singer Marty Stuart, probably the greatest collection of vintage Western wear ever put together.Great black-and-white historical pictures are included, too, including the private early-California album of Rose Maddox and a rare 1940 recording-studio set of pictures of Wesley Tuttle. Fan's scrapbook snapshots of the post-World War II era in country music and other pictures from private collections offer a history of such greats of Americana as Tex Ritter, Bob Wills, Stuart Hamblen, Ernest Tubb, Hank Thompson and others.The fancy-cowboy style pictured is still sported by nearly all the contemporary Nashville stars, many of whom, from Brooks and Dunn to Dwight Yoakam, collect these vintage clothes. This is where Madonna got her cowgirl look, a style that has inspired collections by fashion designers like Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, and Anna Sui.This is a stunning &amp; award-winning design book published first by the incomparable art house Rizzoli Books but offered for the first time at half off the original cover price.Published to rave reviews, it was written with spark by ex- Rolling Stone magazine writer Debby Bull. People Magazine called it "an eyeful of memorable style"; the New York Times said the book is "as flamboyant as its subject"; and the Baltimore Sun raved, "You will adore this devastatingly visual sendup." This book is the winner of many coveted design awards, including the American Institute of Graphic Designers’ prized "Fifty Books, Fifty Covers" competition for the best designed books of the year.This is a great gift for C&amp;W, rockabilly, costume-design, cowboy, Forties Hollywood, music and fashion fans, and it's an important source book for anyone interested in collecting costumes of this style or the era.
language: English
title: Hillbilly Hollywood
titlecomplete: Hillbilly Hollywood
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Happy Motorist